Taliban

With Afghanistan on the precipice of falling to the Taliban after U.S. troops were pulled out of the country, University of Montana history professor Mehrdad Kia appeared on Monday’s Talk Back program to speak of the country he knows so well.

MIAMI (AP) — A federal judge is faulting the U.S. government for lengthy delays in a lawsuit filed by a Pakistani-American man accusing the U.S. of malicious prosecution in a terror financing case. U.S. District Judge Cecilia M. Altonaga agreed with Irfan Khan's lawyer Tuesday that the Justice Department's tactics have caused months of unnecessary delays...

This week, January 27, White House Deputy Press Secretary Eric Schultz explained to ABC News reporter Jon Karl, that the White House prefers to describe the Taliban as an "armed insurgency" rather than a terrorist organization. In response, Montana congressman Ryan Zinke described the administration's new position as "delusional."