Taliban Joke

A Spanish court acquitted a British-Indian man of public disorder after he joked to friends about being a member of the Taliban and planning to blow up a flight from London's Gatwick to Menorca in Spain in 2022.

Aditya Verma sent the message before departing Gatwick airport, which read, "On my way to blow up the plane (I'm a member of the Taliban)."

The failure of Afghanistan's new leaders to name a new cabinet after more than three months has sparked a wave of online jokes, with even the Taliban insurgents joining in.

US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel has expressed regret to a professor of Indian descent, officials said Saturday, after he appeared to jokingly ask if the academic was a member of the Taliban.

A Spanish court acquitted a British-Indian man of public disorder after he joked to friends about being a member of the Taliban and planning to blow up a flight from London's Gatwick to Menorca in Spain in 2022.

Aditya Verma sent the message before departing Gatwick airport, which read, "On my way to blow up the plane (I'm a member of the Taliban)."

The failure of Afghanistan's new leaders to name a new cabinet after more than three months has sparked a wave of online jokes, with even the Taliban insurgents joining in.

US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel has expressed regret to a professor of Indian descent, officials said Saturday, after he appeared to jokingly ask if the academic was a member of the Taliban.