Members of African criminal enterprise charged with large-scale trafficking of rhinoceros horns and elephant ivory and heroin distribution DEA Indictment alleges conspiracy to smuggle at least 190 kilograms of rhinoceros horns and at least 10 tons of elephant ivory valued at more than $7 million NEW YORK – DEA Special Operations Division Special Agent in …
The Afghan government says it has freed 490 Taliban prisoners from jails across the country in a gesture of good will as part of efforts to move a stalled peace process forward. Feroz Bashari, government media center chief, told the Associated Press on 13 June that the freed Taliban insurgents were either ailing or had …
Afghan Special Forces Free Scores From Taliban Prisons By Mohammad Habibzada VOA feature, photos Afghan Special Forces broke into a pair of Taliban prisons Late May in southern Afghanistan and freed more than 100 prisoners, including women held by the Taliban, an Afghan official told VOA. General Mohammad Radmanesh, a spokesman for the Afghan Ministry …
The Army flag was dedicated and unfurled to the general public on 14 June 1956 at Independence Hall, Philadelphia, on the 181st anniversary of the establishment of the U.S. Army by the Continental Congress in 1775. Measuring 4 feet 4 inches by 5 feet 6 inches, the flag is of white silk with a blue …
AMERICA’S FIRST NATIONAL INSTITUTION Since its official establishment, June 14, 1775 — more than a year before the Declaration of Independence — the U.S. Army has played a vital role in the growth and development of the American nation. Drawing on both long-standing militia traditions and recently introduced professional standards, it won the new republic’s …
