added 2007 Tue Jun 12 7:10:14 by bubba2
A media campaign portraying Iran as supplying arms to the Taliban fighting U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, orchestrated by advocates of a more confrontational stance toward Iran in the Bush administration, appears to have backfired last week when Robert Gates and the commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan issued unusually strong denials.
A media campaign portraying Iran as supplying arms to the Taliban fighting U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, orchestrated by advocates of a more confrontational stance toward Iran in the Bush administration, appears to have backfired last week when Robert Gates and the commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan issued unusually strong denials.
added 2007 Mon May 21 22:15:49 by pawfoots
Shots cracked over barricades in the dark, and the night filled with sounds of men shouting and running. The defenders of a small outpost in the town of Sangin slammed mortars into firing tubes, sending up flares that cast a ghostly light over the confused scene.
Shots cracked over barricades in the dark, and the night filled with sounds of men shouting and running. The defenders of a small outpost in the town of Sangin slammed mortars into firing tubes, sending up flares that cast a ghostly light over the confused scene.
added 2007 Sun May 13 7:55:51 by TechnologyExpert
Mullah Dadullah, the Taliban's most prominent military commander, was killed in fighting in southern Afghanistan with Afghan and NATO troops, officials said Sunday. Dadullah was killed Saturday in the southern province of Helmand, said Said Ansari, the spokesman for Afghanistan's intelligence service.
Mullah Dadullah, the Taliban's most prominent military commander, was killed in fighting in southern Afghanistan with Afghan and NATO troops, officials said Sunday. Dadullah was killed Saturday in the southern province of Helmand, said Said Ansari, the spokesman for Afghanistan's intelligence service.
added 2007 Sat May 12 20:21:39 by KelLuv
KABUL, May 12 (Reuters) - Western and Afghan troops have driven the Taliban from a southern area after a week-long battle in which more than 70 militants were killed, an Afghan security official said on Saturday.
KABUL, May 12 (Reuters) - Western and Afghan troops have driven the Taliban from a southern area after a week-long battle in which more than 70 militants were killed, an Afghan security official said on Saturday.
added 2007 Mon May 7 23:12:51 by KelLuv
KABUL, (Reuters) - Afghanistan's Taliban extended again on Monday their deadline for a deal to release a kidnapped French aid worker, saying French president-elect Nicolas Sarkozy had pressing domestic issues to deal with.
KABUL, (Reuters) - Afghanistan's Taliban extended again on Monday their deadline for a deal to release a kidnapped French aid worker, saying French president-elect Nicolas Sarkozy had pressing domestic issues to deal with.
added 2007 Wed May 2 16:42:06 by KelLuv
KABUL (Reuters) - President Hamid Karzai warned on Wednesday that Afghan patience was wearing thin over the killing of civilians by Western forces hunting Taliban guerrillas, saying further deaths would lead to bad consequences.
KABUL (Reuters) - President Hamid Karzai warned on Wednesday that Afghan patience was wearing thin over the killing of civilians by Western forces hunting Taliban guerrillas, saying further deaths would lead to bad consequences.
added 2007 Sat Apr 28 21:55:44 by tehranchik
When Deborah Rodriguez, a Michigan mother of two, visited Afghanistan in 2001 as a part of a disaster-relief tour arranged by a Christian humanitarian group, she wondered what she had to offer the citizens of a country who had weathered five long years of Taliban control.
When Deborah Rodriguez, a Michigan mother of two, visited Afghanistan in 2001 as a part of a disaster-relief tour arranged by a Christian humanitarian group, she wondered what she had to offer the citizens of a country who had weathered five long years of Taliban control.
added 2007 Wed Apr 25 21:54:27 by STONERS
A top Taliban commander said al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden was behind the February attack outside the U.S. military base in Bagram, Afghanistan , during the visit there by Vice President Dick Cheney , according to an interview shown Wednesday by Arab broadcaster Al-Jazeera.
A top Taliban commander said al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden was behind the February attack outside the U.S. military base in Bagram, Afghanistan , during the visit there by Vice President Dick Cheney , according to an interview shown Wednesday by Arab broadcaster Al-Jazeera.
added 2007 Sun Apr 15 19:44:20 by STONERS
Troops with powerful rifle scopes scanned mountain ridges for elusive, black-clad Taliban infiltrators. Afghan soldiers, hit by a roadside bomb, pressed on into the valley. U.S. Special Forces swept through the sinister alleys of its main settlement.
Troops with powerful rifle scopes scanned mountain ridges for elusive, black-clad Taliban infiltrators. Afghan soldiers, hit by a roadside bomb, pressed on into the valley. U.S. Special Forces swept through the sinister alleys of its main settlement.
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added 2007 Tue Apr 10 13:59:46 by tynxy
Australia is to deploy a 300-member special forces task group back to Afghanistan to help counter the expected Taliban summer offensive, Prime Minister John Howard has announced.
Australia is to deploy a 300-member special forces task group back to Afghanistan to help counter the expected Taliban summer offensive, Prime Minister John Howard has announced.
added 2007 Mon Apr 9 18:44:36 by STONERS
The Taliban on Monday threatened to kill four Afghan medical personnel and their driver unless the government releases two Taliban commanders, seeking a deal similar to the prisoner swap that won an Italian journalist's freedom last month.
The Taliban on Monday threatened to kill four Afghan medical personnel and their driver unless the government releases two Taliban commanders, seeking a deal similar to the prisoner swap that won an Italian journalist's freedom last month.
added 2007 Sun Apr 8 20:14:46 by zaph22
The kidnapped translator for an Italian journalist was beheaded Sunday, a purported spokesman for the Taliban said. Meanwhile, a roadside bomb killed a NATO soldier, and violence in the east left four Afghans and two militants dead, officials said.
The kidnapped translator for an Italian journalist was beheaded Sunday, a purported spokesman for the Taliban said. Meanwhile, a roadside bomb killed a NATO soldier, and violence in the east left four Afghans and two militants dead, officials said.
added 2007 Fri Apr 6 18:56:46 by jovial
The Dutch infantrymen stood on a ridge near the Baluchi Valley, an area in south-central Afghanistan controlled by the Taliban and tribes opposed to the central government
The Dutch infantrymen stood on a ridge near the Baluchi Valley, an area in south-central Afghanistan controlled by the Taliban and tribes opposed to the central government
added 2007 Wed Apr 4 6:41:37 by david_nwpa
The leader of Germany's Social Democrats has proposed staging a new peace conference on Afghanistan that would include representatives of the Taliban. It's a controversial idea that has met a mixed reception so far.
The leader of Germany's Social Democrats has proposed staging a new peace conference on Afghanistan that would include representatives of the Taliban. It's a controversial idea that has met a mixed reception so far.
added 2007 Sat Mar 31 8:13:00 by STONERS
Suspected Taliban militants attacked a checkpoint manned by Afghan troops and the clash left eight insurgents dead and one Afghan guard wounded, a statement from the U.S.-led coalition said Saturday.
Suspected Taliban militants attacked a checkpoint manned by Afghan troops and the clash left eight insurgents dead and one Afghan guard wounded, a statement from the U.S.-led coalition said Saturday.
added 2007 Fri Mar 23 12:28:42 by Fabienne
From the article: "Clashes between Pakistani tribesmen and foreign militants near the Afghan border this week have left up to 160 people dead, including about 130 Uzbek and Chechen fighters, the provincial governor said Friday. The government says the bloodletting shows the success of its decision to use local tribesmen to root out foreign militants linked to al-Qaida. However, experts say it also exposes authorities' lack of control of a region also used by the Taliban to support attacks in Afghanistan."
From the article: "Clashes between Pakistani tribesmen and foreign militants near the Afghan border this week have left up to 160 people dead, including about 130 Uzbek and Chechen fighters, the provincial governor said Friday. The government says the bloodletting shows the success of its decision to use local tribesmen to root out foreign militants linked to al-Qaida. However, experts say it also exposes authorities' lack of control of a region also used by the Taliban to support attacks in Afghanistan."
added 2007 Wed Mar 21 19:30:21 by populist
Bribery and corruption are pervasive in Afghanistan's current government, according to a survey released on Monday that said most Afghans believe their leaders are more corrupt than the Soviet-backed government in the 1980s or the Taliban-run government in the 1990s.
Bribery and corruption are pervasive in Afghanistan's current government, according to a survey released on Monday that said most Afghans believe their leaders are more corrupt than the Soviet-backed government in the 1980s or the Taliban-run government in the 1990s.
added 2007 Sun Mar 18 23:20:48 by TechnologyExpert
Taliban guerrillas chopped noses and ears of at least five truck drivers in eastern Afghanistan as punishment for transporting supplies to U.S.-led troops, officials and residents said on Sunday.
Taliban guerrillas chopped noses and ears of at least five truck drivers in eastern Afghanistan as punishment for transporting supplies to U.S.-led troops, officials and residents said on Sunday.
added 2007 Thu Mar 8 18:05:18 by SusanParrish
Fugitive Afghan rebel leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar told The Associated Press his forces have ended cooperation with the Taliban and suggested that he was open to talks with President Hamid Karzai.
Fugitive Afghan rebel leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar told The Associated Press his forces have ended cooperation with the Taliban and suggested that he was open to talks with President Hamid Karzai.
added 2007 Thu Mar 8 3:45:07 by populist
A top Taliban commander said Wednesday the group has 4,000 fighters bracing to rebuff NATO's largest-ever offensive in southern Afghanistan, now in its second day. Suicide bombers are ready, land mines have been planted and helicopters will be targeted, Mullah Abdul Qassim, a top Taliban commander in Helmand province told The Associated Press.
A top Taliban commander said Wednesday the group has 4,000 fighters bracing to rebuff NATO's largest-ever offensive in southern Afghanistan, now in its second day. Suicide bombers are ready, land mines have been planted and helicopters will be targeted, Mullah Abdul Qassim, a top Taliban commander in Helmand province told The Associated Press.
added 2007 Wed Mar 7 19:01:00 by Varadinum
A senior Taliban commander has been captured by Afghan troops in the southern province of Kandahar as he tried to escape a Nato manhunt disguised as a woman in a burqa.
A senior Taliban commander has been captured by Afghan troops in the southern province of Kandahar as he tried to escape a Nato manhunt disguised as a woman in a burqa.
added 2007 Mon Mar 5 12:41:23 by Spadecaller
Just how seriously Bush has bungled his war on terror became painfully clear when a Taliban suicide bomber attacked Bagram Air Force Base in an apparent assassination attempt on Dick Cheney, who was visiting there last Tuesday.
Just how seriously Bush has bungled his war on terror became painfully clear when a Taliban suicide bomber attacked Bagram Air Force Base in an apparent assassination attempt on Dick Cheney, who was visiting there last Tuesday.
added 2007 Wed Feb 28 18:12:53 by TimALoftis
Speaking out for the first time, Keller explains how the Taliban and al Qaeda are merging and how they learned successful techniques from the war in Iraq. Keller says the war in Iraq has shortchanged the U.S. effort to go after al Qaeda in Pakistan.
Speaking out for the first time, Keller explains how the Taliban and al Qaeda are merging and how they learned successful techniques from the war in Iraq. Keller says the war in Iraq has shortchanged the U.S. effort to go after al Qaeda in Pakistan.
added 2007 Mon Feb 19 19:41:00 by STONERS
Police fled a town in western Afghanistan on Monday and suspected Taliban militants briefly moved in - the second time in a month that the government has lost control of a district in the area.
Police fled a town in western Afghanistan on Monday and suspected Taliban militants briefly moved in - the second time in a month that the government has lost control of a district in the area.
added 2007 Sun Feb 18 16:34:21 by Ousama
Today, Israel is witnessing a confrontation that will reach the High Court of Justice between a group of women and followers of the Jewish faith who have come to be known as the 'Israel's Taliban'. What is interesting is that this confrontation is not between secularists and fanatics since even the religious Israeli women can no longer tolerate the
Today, Israel is witnessing a confrontation that will reach the High Court of Justice between a group of women and followers of the Jewish faith who have come to be known as the 'Israel's Taliban'. What is interesting is that this confrontation is not between secularists and fanatics since even the religious Israeli women can no longer tolerate the
added 2007 Mon Feb 5 16:11:09 by bhartzer
A day after saying it killed a "key" senior Taliban commander in southern Afghanistan in a precision airstrike, NATO's International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) Monday identified him as Abdul Ghafour.
A day after saying it killed a "key" senior Taliban commander in southern Afghanistan in a precision airstrike, NATO's International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) Monday identified him as Abdul Ghafour.
added 2007 Sun Feb 4 9:48:52 by STONERS
NATO -led troops killed a senior Taliban leader with a precision airstrike near a southern Afghan town overrun by militants, a spokesman for the alliance said Sunday.
NATO -led troops killed a senior Taliban leader with a precision airstrike near a southern Afghan town overrun by militants, a spokesman for the alliance said Sunday.
added 2007 Sun Feb 4 4:25:19 by corey.spring
Hundreds of villagers fled a southern Afghan town overrun by Taliban militants, fearful of a NATO attack on the insurgent fighters who have hoisted their trademark white flag over the town's ransacked government center, residents said.
Hundreds of villagers fled a southern Afghan town overrun by Taliban militants, fearful of a NATO attack on the insurgent fighters who have hoisted their trademark white flag over the town's ransacked government center, residents said.
added 2007 Thu Feb 1 10:33:45 by STONERS
The U.S. administration is opposed to provisions of a bill now in the hands of Congress which would link military aid for Pakistan to its efforts to tackle the Taliban, the U.S. embassy said.
The U.S. administration is opposed to provisions of a bill now in the hands of Congress which would link military aid for Pakistan to its efforts to tackle the Taliban, the U.S. embassy said.
