A.M. Links: Obama Visits Afghanistan, Iranian Court Summons Mark Zuckerberg, Eurosceptics Top European Elections

President Obama made a surprise visit to
Afghanistan, promising the U.S. war would “finally” end by the
close of the year. During the trip officials unwittingly revealed
the identity of the
CIA station chief in the country.
The father of one victim of a weekend rampage at the
University of California at Santa Barbara blamed the lack of
tighter gun laws. Elliot Rodger fatally stabbed three people before
shooting three others and then himself.
An Iranian court has summoned
Mark Zuckerberg to court to answer complaints about privacy
violations caused by apps owned by Facebook.
At least 40 people were killed in fighting between separatists
and pro-government forces at the airport in Donetsk,
Ukraine.
At a pro-military rally in
Abuja, Nigeria, an air marshal claimed the government knew the
whereabouts of nearly 300 girls kidnapped last month but couldn’t
send the army there.
Elections in
Europe this weekend saw various Euroskeptic and populist
parties across the continent perform well.