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WASHINGTON, May 6, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), which defends religious freedom and the constitution, urged the Secretary of Defense today to cut ties with an anti-Christian extremist whom the Pentagon is using to provide advice on crafting policies on religious tolerance for the armed forces. In a letter to Secretary Chuck Hagel, the ACLJ argues that the views of Mikey Weinstein of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) "do...

LENOIR CITY, Tenn., April 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- As they searched for landmines and other unexploded ordnance at a Kabul, Afghanistan girls school, employees of Sterling Global Operations (SGO) knew their task was important, but its significance was amplified when a 15-year-old Pakistani girl was shot a few weeks later by Taliban terrorists because she wants an education. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130205/CL54289LOGO-b ) Malala Yousafzai started school again in...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- IntraHealth International strongly condemns the killings of at least eight health workers--seven of whom were female--over the past several days in Pakistan. According to the BBC and other news outlets, at least eight polio vaccination workers and one driver have been fatally shot, leading UNICEF to temporarily suspend its program to eradicate polio in Pakistan. "These attacks on health workers who were providing essential...

Network Presents New Two-Hour Special Featuring Raw Battlefield Footage, Soldiers' Photographs and Testimonies For A Comprehensive 360-Degree View Of The Entire War "Not once in a minute of time over there did I ever fight for any piece of Afghanistan ... I fought for my men and I fought for my country and I fought to get home" -- U.S. Army MSG David Dzwik Inside the Afghanistan War Premieres Monday, Nov. 5, 2012 at 8 p.m. ET/PT WASHINGTON, Oct. 22, 2012...

Military Heroes Joined by Government, Military, NYC First Responders and Business Leaders to Rededicate Iconic 'Horse Soldier' Statue at WTC Memorial NEW YORK, Oct. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being released by Constellations Group: Friday, October 19(th), is 11 years to the day since US Army Special Operations Horse Soldiers joined the Northern Alliance under the cover of snow and darkness to roust the Taliban from their strongholds following the 9/11...

MARIETTA, Ga., Oct. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- On September 15, 2012, facing down insurgent attacks and a diminishing US military presence, AISG Construction completed a permanent health clinic with twelve treatment rooms serving 4,000 local citizens of Khan Neshin District - dead center in the "homeland" of the Taliban. After picking up from a failed contractor and working almost exclusively with an Afghan labor force, AISG built a reinforced concrete and brick structure that meets US...

VIENNA, Va., May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today D3 Systems releases the third installment of its Afghan Futures series, a survey of 2,039 Afghans by its subsidiary, ACSOR Surveys. The survey features a detailed look at how Afghans attitudes have changed over time, in particular after the recent massacre of civilians in Kandahar province. Six in 10 Afghans say the recent massacre of civilians in Kandahar province represents a broader pattern of mistreatment by U.S....

NEW YORK, July 5, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Coinciding with President Obama's announcement of a major troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, Ethics & International Affairs has published a special symposium on the ethics of the War in Afghanistan. The symposium features a lead article by Richard W. Miller of Cornell University, author most recently of Globalizing Justice: The Ethics of Poverty and Power (Oxford, 2010) and responses by George R. Lucas (U.S. Naval Academy), Darrel...

NEW YORK, June 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- A new BBC World News America/Harris Poll finds that a majority of Americans (52%) believe that the United States should move to get its troops out of Afghanistan now that Osama bin Laden is dead. However, 35% believe that U.S. troops should stay according to the existing plans. Reasons why most people favor withdrawing U.S. troops may be that a 51% to 14% majority of adults are not confident that U.S. policies in Afghanistan will be successful, and...

The Taliban is now fighting their war through microblogging site Twitter. The Islamist extremists sent out their first tweet on May 12 claiming "enemy attacked in Khak-e-Safid," with a link to their website for more details about rebel fighters killing "at least 6 puppet police."The group ruled Afghanistan between 1996 and 2001, and they banned almost all electronic products.  However, now the group sends out text messages and emails, releases videos of attacks on...