Reiterating the call for a UN force to protect the displaced who have been “left at the mercy of militias,” Adam Rojal, spokesperson of Darfur’s refugees and IDPs, told Peoples Dispatch that violence in Darfur is part of the military junta’s campaign “to kill the surviving victims of genocide and war crimes” 

With foreign troops set to officially leave Afghanistan territory by September 11, the Taliban continues to intensify its attacks on provincial capitals, districts, bases and checkpoints

This May, at least 624 people, including 302 civilians and 322 security forces, have been killed in a number of bomb blasts, target killings and violent encounters