http://taliban.web2announcer.com/ Web 2.0 announcer top stories for Taliban en Tue, 12 Jun 2007 07:10:14 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2042122 unknown@Netscape.com 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. Tue, 12 Jun 2007 07:10:14 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2042122DickcheneyiranTalibanRobertgatesbushNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1999772 unknown@Netscape.com 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. Mon, 21 May 2007 22:15:49 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1999772TalibanwaronterrorSanginNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1874227 unknown@Netscape.com 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. Sun, 13 May 2007 07:55:51 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1874227MullahDadullahTalibanleaderNATOTroopsAfghanistanfightingNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1862074 unknown@Netscape.com 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. Sat, 12 May 2007 20:21:39 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1862074TalibanKabulafghanTroopsAfghanistanNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1785183 unknown@Netscape.com 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. Mon, 07 May 2007 23:12:51 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1785183KabulAfbhanistanTalibankidnappingsarkozyNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1704031 unknown@Netscape.com 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. Wed, 02 May 2007 16:42:06 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1704031KarzaiAfghanistanTalibanNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1650838 unknown@Netscape.com 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. Sat, 28 Apr 2007 21:55:44 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1650838AfghanistanTalibandisasterhaircutNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1613375 unknown@Netscape.com 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. Wed, 25 Apr 2007 21:54:27 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1613375TalibanBinLadenplannedcheneyAttackNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1462879 unknown@Netscape.com 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. Sun, 15 Apr 2007 19:44:20 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1462879TalibanhaswaysEludingushuntersNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1380827 unknown@Netscape.com 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. Tue, 10 Apr 2007 13:59:46 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1380827AfghanistanTalibanAustraliaTroopsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1377167 unknown@Netscape.com 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. Mon, 09 Apr 2007 18:44:36 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1377167TalibanDemandsnewprisonerswapNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1360315 unknown@Netscape.com 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. Sun, 08 Apr 2007 20:14:46 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1360315TalibanterroristsafganistanbeheadingtortureNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1327336 unknown@Netscape.com 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 Fri, 06 Apr 2007 18:56:46 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1327336DutchAfghanistanwartacticsTalibanNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1289219 unknown@Netscape.com 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. Wed, 04 Apr 2007 06:41:37 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1289219GermanyTalibansocialdemocratsAfghanistanNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1235121 unknown@Netscape.com 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. Sat, 31 Mar 2007 08:13:00 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/12351218SuspectedTalibankilledbyTroopsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1115926 unknown@Netscape.com 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." Fri, 23 Mar 2007 12:28:42 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1115926pakistanmilitantTalibanAlQaedaAfghanistanNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1094451 unknown@Netscape.com 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. Wed, 21 Mar 2007 19:30:21 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1094451AfghanistanTalibancorruptionNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1054377 unknown@Netscape.com 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. Sun, 18 Mar 2007 23:20:48 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1054377TalibanguerrillasAfghanistanNosesandearsChoppedoffNews http://web2announcer.com/go/912049 unknown@Netscape.com 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. Thu, 08 Mar 2007 18:05:18 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/912049AfghanistanwarlordsTalibanNews http://web2announcer.com/go/903320 unknown@Netscape.com 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. Thu, 08 Mar 2007 03:45:07 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/903320AfghanistanTalibanNATONews http://web2announcer.com/go/898034 unknown@Netscape.com 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. Wed, 07 Mar 2007 19:01:00 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/898034TalibanCommanderNews http://web2announcer.com/go/854664 unknown@Netscape.com 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. Mon, 05 Mar 2007 12:41:23 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/854664TalibansuicidebomberassassinationattemptDickcheneyAfghanistanNews http://web2announcer.com/go/793630 unknown@Netscape.com 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. Wed, 28 Feb 2007 18:12:53 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/793630TalibanAlQaedairaqAfghanistanpakistanartKellerNews http://web2announcer.com/go/659015 unknown@Netscape.com 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. Mon, 19 Feb 2007 19:41:00 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/659015TalibanbrieflySeizestownpoliceFleeNews http://web2announcer.com/go/641615 unknown@Netscape.com 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 Sun, 18 Feb 2007 16:34:21 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/641615IsraelTalibansegregationNews http://web2announcer.com/go/609217 unknown@YahooMyWeb.com No description for this story Fri, 16 Feb 2007 04:35:08 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/609217podviewerspodsfootagetv scheduleviewertv promosCurrent TVTalibanby the peopletv networkgreenlightstv sponsorsvc2greenlighthella storyChinesecharactercallouts http://web2announcer.com/go/462306 unknown@Netscape.com 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. Mon, 05 Feb 2007 16:11:09 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/462306TalibanCommanderAirstrikeAfghanistanNATOAbdulghafourNews http://web2announcer.com/go/444574 unknown@Netscape.com 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. Sun, 04 Feb 2007 09:48:52 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/444574TalibanleaderkilledNATOAirstrikeNews http://web2announcer.com/go/441394 unknown@Netscape.com 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. Sun, 04 Feb 2007 04:25:19 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/441394TalibanAfghanistanNATOMusaQalaNews http://web2announcer.com/go/403540 unknown@Netscape.com 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. Thu, 01 Feb 2007 10:33:45 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/403540bushadministrationOpposespakistanLinkedAidbillTalibanNews http://web2announcer.com/go/373096 unknown@Netscape.com More than 1,000 civilians were killed in Afghanistan in 2006, most of them as a result of attacks by the Taliban and other anti-government forces in the country's unstable south, a rights group said Tuesday. Tue, 30 Jan 2007 15:13:40 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/373096AfghanistanafghanciviliansTalibanNATONews http://web2announcer.com/go/332085 unknown@Netscape.com "There is a problem of forces coming from Pakistan into Afghanistan to attack and then to return to Pakistan to seek refuge and refitting," he said at a media briefing on US efforts to frame a new strategy in Afghanistan with NATO to ward off the renewed Taliban threat Sat, 27 Jan 2007 03:34:30 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/332085pakistanAfghanistanNATOTalibanthreatNews http://web2announcer.com/go/310437 unknown@Netscape.com NATO will send an additional brigade to Afghanistan to help fight the insurgent Taliban. A brigade typically numbers from 1,500 to 3,500 troops--drawn, in this case, from the various nations participating in NATO's International Security Assistance Force. Fri, 26 Jan 2007 00:03:21 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/310437AfghanistanNATOTalibanNews http://web2announcer.com/go/139898 unknown@Netscape.com Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Friday said he would visit Afghanistan in the next few days, seeking ways to boost President Hamid Karzai's government and stop resurgent Taliban militants. Fri, 12 Jan 2007 20:26:32 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/139898PoliticspentagonafghanKarzaiTalibanNews http://web2announcer.com/go/130832 unknown@Netscape.com Nato Forces in Afghanistan claimed yesterday to have thwarted a major Taliban border incursion from Pakistan by killing up to 150 insurgents in a night-time operation. Fri, 12 Jan 2007 19:12:19 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/130832insurgentspakistanTaliban150killedNews http://web2announcer.com/go/5657 unknown@Netscape.com Afghan and NATO soldiers used rockets, planes and artillery in rolling battles with Taliban insurgents this weekend in Afghanistan's volatile south. The combat killed 71 militants and five Afghan soldiers in one of the bloodiest clashes since the 2001 U.S.-led invasion. A British soldier was killed in a separate attack. The fighting Mon, 21 Aug 2006 09:23:55 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/5657NewsTalibanfightingAfghanistan http://web2announcer.com/go/5470 unknown@Netscape.com More than 70 Taliban guerrillas have been killed in fighting with NATO and Afghan forces in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar, a provincial police official said on Sunday. Sun, 20 Aug 2006 13:43:04 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/5470NewsTalibanAfghanistanNATOkandahar http://web2announcer.com/go/959 unknown@Netscape.com A draft Bush administration plan for special military courts seeks to expand the reach and authority of such "commissions" to include trials, for the first time, of people who are not members of al-Qaeda or the Taliban and are not directly involved in acts of international terrorism, according to officials familiar with the proposal. Thu, 03 Aug 2006 16:14:21 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/959PoliticsbushAl-QaedaTalibanTerroristNews