Dozens Dead or Hurt in Wedding Party Blast in Afghan Capital

RAHIM FAIEZ / The Associated Press Aug 17, 2019 Fears grow it could be the deadliest attack in Kabul this year as explosives are set off at an event to which more than 1,000 were invited. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Militant Hideout in Afghan Capital Shows Security Woes

The Associated Press Feb 2, 2018 The revelation that militants were operating in a western district of Kabul follows a recent series of attacks that have killed nearly 200 people and wounded hundreds more. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

New Research Raises Alarm Over Environmental Threat From Munitions

Abrahm Lustgarten / ProPublica Jan 10, 2018 The report from Canadian scientists confirms things the Pentagon had long sought to deny: that RDX contamination, once present in soil, moves easily into water supplies. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Common Denominator in Mass Shootings: Guns

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Dec 4, 2015 Until our society recognizes that death comes from a gun, the list of place names that recently added Colorado Springs and San Bernardino will have no end. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Car Bombs Triple and Suicide Bombings Rise by One-Third Worldwide

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 3, 2014 Civilian deaths due to improvised explosive devices have increased by 70 percent over the past three years, with more than 53,000 people killed or injured globally between 2011 and 2013. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Texas Plant Had 270 Tons of Explosive Material, Was Not Being Monitored for Safety

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Apr 21, 2013 The Department of Homeland Security monitors fertilizer plants with at least 400 pounds of potentially explosive ammonium nitrate. But apparently, it wasn't even aware that the West, Texas, plant that exploded Wednesday, killing at least 14 people and obliterating a small town in the process, even existed. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

2 NATO Protesters Arrested, Charged With Terrorism

Staff / Truthdig May 21, 2012 Two men involved in the NATO summit protests in Chicago are being held on separate terrorism charges. One is accused of making a false threat about blowing up a highway overpass. The other is charged with discussing the making of a pipe bomb. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Massachusetts Man Arrested in Plot to Bomb Pentagon, Capitol

Staff / Truthdig Sep 29, 2011 A Massachusetts man was arrested by federal authorities Wednesday on suspicion of planning an attack on the Pentagon and the U.S. Capitol with remote-controlled airplanes loaded with explosives. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

American Officials Enjoy Lives Without Shame

Derek Lazzaro / Truthdig Sep 3, 2011 Three recent news headlines illustrate how shameless some American officials have become when it comes to breaking the rules or messing up and pretending that everything is still OK. They also prove that in modern America, it’s possible for screwups to continue their lives and careers with hardly a blip.Three recent news headlines illustrate how, in modern America, it's possible for some well-placed screwups with the right connections to continue their lives and careers with hardly a blip. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Obama: ‘Two Suspicious Packages’ Caught En Route to U.S.

Staff / Truthdig Oct 30, 2010 On Friday, President Obama announced that he'd been told Thursday night about two suspicious packages heading to the U.S. from Yemen that turned out to contain explosives and represented a terrorist threat. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Magic Bomb Wand Would Be Funny if It Didn’t Kill People

Staff / Truthdig Nov 5, 2009 What's wrong with a $60,000 wand that can detect explosives and truffles from up to a kilometer away? Nothing, if it works The US military, technicians, journalists and people with eyes have been trying to get Iraqi officials to see reason, but that doesn't bother one Gen Jabiri, who says (Continued). Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Explosives-Laden Truck Detonates, Kills 25 in Afghanistan

Staff / Truthdig Jul 9, 2009 An overturned truck filled with timber and, it turned out, explosives blew up early Thursday morning in Logar province, Afghanistan, killing 25 people. Thirteen of the victims were children on their way to school, according to the Associated Press. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )