Taliban Militants

Pakistani Taliban Move Into New Areas Amid Continued US Drone Attacks

Reuters | Posted 05.09.2009 | World


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...

Former Taliban Officials Offer Insight On How Talks Can Progress

GlobalPost | Jean MacKenzie | Posted 04.24.2009 | World


KABUL -- Talking to the Taliban is all the rage. Whether for or against, upbeat or down, everyone seems to be weighing in on the wisdom or folly o...

Taliban Spring Offensive Undermines NATO Stability

Radio Free Europe | Ron Synovitz | Posted 03.09.2009 | World


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...

Marines Plan Afghanistan Troop Redeployment

Los Angeles Times | Tony Perry | Posted 12.25.2008 | Politics


Reporting from Marine Headquarters At Al Asad, Iraq -- Marine Corps leaders are devising a plan to send thousands of additional combat troops to Afgha...

Taliban Destroying Bridges, Planting Mines In Prep For Battle With Afghan Troops

AP | NOOR KHAN and JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics


ARGHANDAB, Afghanistan _ — Taliban fighters destroyed bridges and planted mines after overrunning villages outside southern Afghanistan's larges...

Taliban Fighters Take Over Several Afghan Villages Outside Kandahar

AP | JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics


KABUL, Afghanistan — U.S.-led coalition and Afghan forces killed more than 15 insurgents during a hunt for inmates who fled prison after a sophi...

Vital US Supply Line Threated By Taliban Militants, Thieves

Posted 05.28.2008 | Politics


KHYBER AGENCY, Pakistan — Thieves, feuding tribesmen and Taliban militants are creating chaos along the main Pakistan-Afghanistan highway, threa...