Following its formation in 2007, the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) emerged as one of Pakistan’s deadliest militant organizations. Military efforts severely curtailed the TTP’s ability to launch attacks by 2016, but recent signs including a deadly attack in Quetta on April 21 suggest the group is attempting to rebuild its operational capacity. This report charts the rise and decline of the TTP and explores options for the Pakistani state, with cooperation and support from the United States, to stifle its resurgence.
A Pakistani soldier surveys what used to be the headquarters of Baitullah Mehsud, the TTP leader who was killed in March 2010. (Pir Zubair Shah/New York Times)
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The president of the University of South Carolina has admitted to plagiarizing remarks by retired Adm. William McRaven.
Parts of two of President Bob Caslen s speeches were nearly identical to McRaven s speech to the graduating class of 2014 at the University of Texas at Austin.
University of South Carolina President Bob Caslen, the former superintendent of the US Military Academy at West Point, has admitted to plagiarizing remarks by retired Adm. William McRaven during commencement speeches at graduation ceremonies last week.
Caslen offered his resignation to the university s board over the weekend if the board no longer had confidence [in] him serving, as every president serves at the pleasure of the board, university spokesman Jeffrey Stensland said in a statement to Military.com. The offer was not accepted.
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By MAY ZHOU in Houston | China Daily | Updated: 2021-05-11 06:30 Share CLOSE Bernard Loeffke with China s swimming national champion in 1980 while serving at the US embassy in Beijing. PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY
Bernard Loeffke, retired US Army major general, motivated by own experiences
While this year marks the 50th anniversary of Ping-Pong Diplomacy, which was started by American and Chinese table tennis players and led to sports and cultural exchanges between the two nations, retired US Army Major General Bernard Loeffke remembers how it was before then.
During the Vietnam War, the 1957 graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point was wounded by Vietnamese forces, who were trained and equipped by Chinese.