Taliban Attacks

Taliban Launch Rare Coordinated Attack On Afghanistan

AP | HEIDI VOGT and RAHIM FAIEZ | Posted 04.16.2012

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KABUL, Afghanistan — The Afghan capital awoke Monday to a second day of explosions and heavy gunfire as Afghan-led forces worked to defeat insur...

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Clinton To NATO: Be Prepared For 'Most Destructive And Sensational Attacks' Yet In Afghanistan

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 06.14.2011

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BERLIN — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton warned NATO allies on Thursday against bringing forces home from Afghanistan too soon, e...

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Pakistani Army Fighting The Taliban (VIDEO): Amazing Footage From New PBS Documentary

Posted 05.25.2011

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"NOW on PBS" has obtained some amazing footage of the Pakistani army taking the fight to the Taliban in Waziristan as part of its look at the U.S.'s ...

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Taliban Widen Afghan Attacks From Base In Pakistan

nytimes.com | ERIC SCHMITT and MARK MAZZETTI | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON �" Senior Taliban leaders, showing a surprising level of sophistication and organization, are using their sanctuary in Pakistan to stoke ...

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Pakistan Taliban Leader Sher Muhammad Qasab Arrested

DAWN.COM | Posted 05.25.2011

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ESHAWAR: Pakistan said soldiers Wednesday arrested a third man from a list of most-wanted Taliban commanders in the Swat valley that offered hundreds ...

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Afghanistan Dispatch: Inside Kabul

Gilles Dorronsoro | Posted 05.25.2011

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The attack earlier this week on Pul-i-Alam, only 50 kilometers from Kabul, exemplifies the next step in the Taliban's winning strategy in Afghanistan: destabilizing the cities in the country's Pashtun belt.

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Afghan Taliban Launch Attacks On Official Buildings In Eastern Province

BBC News | Posted 05.25.2011

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Taliban militants have attacked official buildings in east Afghanistan, firing rockets at a police headquarters and government offices, officials say....

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Hakimullah, Potential Baitullah Mehsud Successor, Phones AP To Say He's Alive

AP | NAHAL TOOSI and KAY JOHNSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A barrage of rockets hit a residential area of Pakistan's northwestern Peshawar city in a brazen pre-dawn attack Tuesday, k...

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Pakistan Anti-Taliban Militias Rise Up After Army Leaves

AP | ELENA BECATOROS | Posted 05.25.2011

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SULTANWAS, Pakistan — Village leaders in a former Taliban stronghold are rebuilding their own militia to protect the area from militants holding...

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Pakistan Taliban Attacks Prevent Return Of Landowners

The New York Times | Jane Perlez and Pir Zubair Shah | Posted 05.25.2011

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Even as hundreds of thousands of people stream back to the Swat Valley after months of fighting, one important group is conspic...

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Pakistan Reclaims Stronghold From Taliban

AP | ZARAR KHAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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ISLAMABAD — Pakistani forces killed 80 militants and drove the Taliban from a major urban stronghold on Wednesday, the army said, as U.S. milita...

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Pakistanis Used As US 'Spies' Get Taliban-Style Punishment When Caught

MSNBC | Posted 05.25.2011

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"I was given $122 to drop chips wrapped in cigarette paper at al-Qaida and Taliban houses," confessed 19-year-old Habibur Rehman, just before the Tali...

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Taliban Execute Man, Woman For Having Illicit Relations

Dawn | Posted 05.25.2011

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Local Taliban executed a man and a woman on charges of having illicit relations in Hangu district near the border of Orakzai Agency a few days back....

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Sitara Achakzai, Female Afghan Politician, Gunned Down By Taliban For Women's Rights Work

AP | Noor Khan | Posted 05.25.2011

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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - A female provincial official known for fighting for women's rights was gunned down in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, followin...

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Pakistani Taliban Move Into New Areas Amid Continued US Drone Attacks

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

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Pakistani Taliban have moved into a new area in Pakistan, clashing with villagers and police in a mountain valley about 100 km (60 miles) from the cap...

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Taliban Leader: We're Targeting American Troops

ABC | Posted 05.25.2011

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Three of the most dangerous Taliban leaders in Pakistan, once arch-enemies, have formed an alliance that could threaten thousands of American troops s...

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Taliban Spring Offensive Undermines NATO Stability

Radio Free Europe | Ron Synovitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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It has become a rite of spring during the last three decades in Afghanistan. After months of cold weather, the spring thaw makes it possible for mili...

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Taliban ambush kills 20 Afghan police

AP | NOOR KHAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Taliban militants ambushed a group of police while they were eating lunch in remote southern Afghanistan, killing 20 and...

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Bombs, attacks kill 24 in Afghanistan

AP | AMIR SHAH | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL, Afghanistan — Roadside bombings and insurgent attacks Tuesday killed 24 people in Afghanistan, including 13 police officers, while U.S.-l...

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Bush "Envious" Of Soldiers Serving "Romantic" Mission In Afghanistan

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Bush let his inner adventurer out while discussing the state of the war in Afghanistan with military and civilian personnel. While those in...

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Taliban Attacks In Afghanistan Soared In 2007

The Guardian (U.K.) | Posted 05.25.2011

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Attacks by the Taliban in Afghanistan surged last year, according to previously unpublished figures from allied military forces fighting insurgents. ...

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Taliban Kills 9 Police Officers In Afghanistan

AP | NOOR KHAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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A pair of militant attacks killed nine police officers in southern Afghanistan Sunday and the Netherlands announced that two of its soldiers had been ...

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