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President Donald Trump pledged to hit the Taliban “harder” than ever as America marked the 18th anniversary on Wednesday of the 9/11 attacks that led the country into war in Afghanistan. Trump spoke after aborting what would have been a historic peace summit and as relatives remembered the victims of the single deadliest attack on US soil at ceremonies in New York and Washington. After a solemn commemoration at Ground Zero in Manhattan, Trump spoke at a Pentagon event honouring the nearly 3,000 people killed in the attacks — announcing an unprecedented escalation of the military assault on the Taliban. He said that over “the last four days” US forces have “hit our enemy harder than they have ever been hit before and that will continue.” The nature of the offensive was not immediately clear but Trump said it was ordered after he cancelled peace talks with the Taliban over the weekend in retaliation for a bomb attack that killed one US soldier last week. He also warned milit...

KABUL: A secret US summit with the Taliban and Afghanistan's leader, abruptly cancelled by President Donald Trump on Saturday, was not the first time Washington has sought a deal with them. Since well before the US invasion Washington has tried to obtain promises from the Taliban, resulting in a tragic series of missed opportunities and all but guaranteeing suspicion around any new deal. Before 9/11: empty promises According to declassified documents, the Clinton administration secretly made contact many times with the Taliban in the years before the September 11, 2001 attacks by Al-Qaeda. Washington feared the Taliban were allowing Afghanistan to be used as a safe haven for jihadists, particularly Al-Qaeda supremo Osama bin Laden. They secured nothing but empty promises from Al-Qaeda right up until 9/11. After 9/11: missed opportunities After the US invasion, the Taliban agreed to lay down their arms in exchange for an amnesty. The US declined the offer, vowing to...

https://www.geo.tv/latest/246648-watch-horrifying-video-of-punjab-police-torturing A horrifying video has surfaced on social media which shows officials from the Punjab police beating and humiliating Salahuddin Ayubi, a mentally disabled man accused of robbery. Ayubi died allegedly as a result of custodial torture earlier this week. In the video, two police officers can be seen hitting the deranged Ayubi and using abusive words to intimidate him. Ayubi appears to be in extreme pain and is struggling to comprehend the situation he is in. In a sickening display of abuse of power, the police officials can also be seen asking Ayubi to stick out his tongue for their amusement, apparently oblivious to the mental and physical condition of the suspect. Strong reaction on the video has flowed in from Pakistani users on social media, who have called on the Punjab government to make an example out of officials responsible for the death of the mentally-challenged man. Photo: Screenshot from vi...