Haqqani Network
First commercial flight leaves Kabul
Top of The World: The first commercial international flight out of Afghanistan since the US-led evacuation operations ended last week departed from Kabul airport on Thursday. And, the UK is threatening to send migrants who try to cross the English Channel back to France. Also, Hong Kong police on Thursday raided the June 4th Museum dedicated to the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre.
US-Pakistan Relations Further Complicated After Afghanistan Attacks
Two attacks over the weekend in Afghanistan drew into even sharper relief the challenges of relations between Pakistan and the U.S. One reason: officials pointed to the first attack, in which a suicide bombing of an armored convoy killed 17 people, as a likely calling card not of the Taliban but the Haqqani terrorist network. […]
Top of the Hour: Attacks in Afghanistan, Morning Headlines
Over the weekend two attacks in Afghanistan proved some of the deadliest in that country in over two months. In Kabul, a bombing left 17 people dead, and some officials pointing beyond the Taliban and towards a growing threat: the Haqqani network, which is based in neighboring Pakistan. That and this morning’s other top headlines.
Increase in the use of Drone Raise Legal Concerns
Officials in Pakistan say a US drone attack Thursday killed a top member of the militant Haqqani network. Mary Ellen O’Connell, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame talks with host Marco Werman about the legal concerns raised by drone strikes.
