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First Reported 10/13/2009 - Updated 10/14/2009 - 6 Documents

Reconciliation Efforts in Afghanistan Flounder: A Key to U.S. Strategy Falters As the Taliban Gains Strength

KABUL -- As Washington policymakers debate the U.S. role in Afghanistan, most agree that one element will be important to whatever strategy emerges: the need for reconciliation with insurgents who can be bought off or persuaded to lay down their weap ... [Washington Post - 10/14/2009]

Entities: Taliban, insurrectionist, Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin, United States, Afghanistan

First Reported 10/11/2009 - Updated 10/11/2009 - 5 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

NATO

Taliban influence in N Afghanistan to cripple NATO mission

KABUL: While NATO has been endeavoring to sweep Taliban insurgents out from their hotbed in southern Afghanistan, the militants by influencing the northern provinces have opened a new front against the western military alliance.The militants have stretched ... [Online News Pakistan - 10/11/2009]

Entities: NATO, Afghanistan, Taliban

First Reported 10/13/2009 - Updated 10/14/2009 - 8 Documents (in Politics)

Airstrikes killed 9 militants: Pakistan

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan - Pakistani jets pounded militant hide-outs along the Afghan border and killed at least nine guerrillas, intelligence officials said Wednesday, part of a stepped-up campaign of airstrikes before an expected government offensive ... [Khaleej Times - 10/14/2009]

Entities: Pakistan, South Waziristan, Taliban, Military/Armed Forces, insurrectionist

First Reported 10/12/2009 - Updated 10/12/2009 - 22 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Pakistan Says 41 Killed in Market Bombing

PESHAWAR, Pakistan A suicide car bombing targeting Pakistani troops killed 41 people Monday, the fourth grisly militant attack in just over a week, as the Taliban pledged to mobilize fighters across the country for more strikes.The Taliban also claimed ... [St. Petersburg Times Russia - 10/12/2009]

Entities: Taliban, Pakistan, insurrectionist, South Waziristan, Assault

First Reported 10/11/2009 - Updated 10/12/2009 - 23 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Scores freed after Pentagon assault

SHOWN UP: Soldiers take their positions yesterday outside the main gate of the Pakistan army headquarters after an attack by armed men in Rawalpindi, on the outskirts of Islamabad . Picture: REUTERS PAKISTANI commandos freed dozens of hostages held by ... [Business Day - 10/12/2009]

Entities: Assault, Hostage, Islamabad, insurrectionist

First Reported 10/10/2009 - Updated 10/11/2009 - 16 Documents (in Politics)

Army frees hostages, 7 dead

Obama's Afghan options Blast in Pakistan's Peshawar kills dozens Indian embassy blast kills 17 Egypt severs ties with Louvre over artefacts Iran nuclear scientist 'disappears' Saudi sex talker jailed and 1000 lashes Two dead as rocket ... [stuff.co.nz - 10/11/2009]

Entities: Hostage, Taliban, Assault, South Waziristan

First Reported 10/08/2009 - Updated 10/08/2009 - 22 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

International Security Assistance Force

Explosion rocks Afghan capital Kabul

An explosion rocked the Afghan capital Kabul near the Indian Embassy but the cause was not immediately clear, witnesses said. Casualties feared but Indian staff is safe.The blast occurred shortly after 0930 IST in the heavily fortified centre of the ... [News Today - 10/08/2009]

Entities: Kabul, International Security Assistance Force, NATO, Taliban

First Reported 10/11/2009 - Updated 10/12/2009 - 3 Documents

Yemen: 59 Shiite insurgents killed

A total of 59 Houthi insurgents have been killed, including senior leaders as the Yemeni army has expanded 'cleansing operations' against the Shiite rebels in several Saada areas, a security source said. The Houthis suffered big losses as many others ... [Albawaba - 10/12/2009]

Entities: Shia Islam, insurrectionist, Yemen

First Reported 10/11/2009 - Updated 10/12/2009 - 8 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Timed blasts in Iraq city kill 23, injure 80

BAGHDAD - The bombers who attacked the western Iraqi city of Ramadi yesterday seemed determined to make sure none of their targets survived.First, they bombed a crowded parking lot outside the provincial government's headquarters. Seven minutes later, ... [Philadelphia Inquirer - 10/12/2009]

Entities: Iraq, Detonation, Suicide Bomb, Bomber, insurrectionist

First Reported 10/09/2009 - Updated 10/10/2009 - 6 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Pakistan: 25 killed and 50 injured in blast

The Muslim News OnLine:At least 25 civilians have been killed and 50 injured in a huge explosion in a crowded market place in Peshawar, NWFP Pakistan Friday.No one has yet claimed responsibility in one of the most deadliest blast in the area. It is not ... [Muslim News - 10/10/2009]

Entities: Pakistan, Peshawar, Pro-Taliban, Khyber (Pakistan)

First Reported 10/08/2009 - Updated 10/09/2009 - 10 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Kabul attack

The Taliban has claimed responsibility for a massive suicide car bomb that targeted the Indian embassy in the Afghan capital killing 17 people and injuring another 63, most of them civilians.In a statement on its website, the Islamist insurgent group ... [ABC Online - 10/09/2009]

Entities: Kabul, Taliban, Zemarai Bashary (Ministry of the Interior)

First Reported 10/12/2009 - Updated 10/12/2009 - 2 Documents

West accused of supporting Chechen insurgents

MOSCOW: The leader of Russias volatile southern region of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, on Sunday accused the West of backing insurgents who are waging a violent campaign against his Moscow-backed government.The war on the territory of the Chechen Republic ... [DAWN Group - 10/12/2009]

Entities: insurrectionist, Ramzan Kadyrov, Jean-Claude Van Damme

Quotes

...on Sunday that officials have cited what they call 'recent US intelligence assessments' that the Taliban and other Afghan insurgent groups have "much closer ties to al-Qaeda now than they did before 9/11" and would allow al-Qaeda to re-establish bases in Afghanistan if they were to prevail

Hawks still link Taliban to al-Qaeda [Asia Times Online - 10/14/2009]

...There is no truth, he claims, that insurgents stage attacks on American forces from the Pakistani side of the border. "They operate from Afghanistan. If somebody claims that everything is happening from this side of the border, I am sorry, this is misplaced, and we refute it."

Obama's War [PBS - 10/14/2009]

...Congress on Pakistan's expenditures, its progress in combating Islamist insurgents and the extent of civilian control over the Pakistani military. "Pakistan will not compromise on its sovereignty. I have put onon the table our concerns" Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said after a meeting Tuesday with Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John F Kerry (D-Mass...

U.S. Seeks to Ease Pakistani Worries on Aid Bill [Washington Post - 10/14/2009]

...as the Taliban gains strength and as Afghans grow more and more anxious that the United States is not committed to their country for the long term. "When the enemy has the momentum, it's highly unlikely you're going to get people willing to talk" said Bruce Riedel, a former CIA analyst who led the Obama administration's war policy review in the spring...

Reconciliation Efforts in Afghanistan Flounder: A Key to U.S. Strategy Falters As the Taliban Gai ... [Washington Post - 10/14/2009]

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9 militants killed in air strikes: Pakistan [Sympatico - 10/14/2009]
Hawks still link Taliban to al-Qaeda [Asia Times Online - 10/14/2009]
Outside View: No good deed [UPI - 10/14/2009]
2 Minnesotans killed in Afghanistan [Minnesota National Guard - 10/14/2009]
The Civilian Surge Myth [The New Republic Online - 10/14/2009]
Karzai: Vote was fair despite some fraud [Philadelphia Inquirer - 10/14/2009]
Airstrikes killed 9 militants: Pakistan [Khaleej Times - 10/14/2009]
Pakistan fires back at Taliban [National Post - 10/14/2009]
Obama's War [PBS - 10/14/2009]
Fighter jets bomb Taliban hideouts [Oman Tribune - 10/14/2009]
That Karzai conundrum [Philadelphia Inquirer - 10/14/2009]
US rejects Pak opposition to Kerry Lugar bill [Deccan Herald - 10/14/2009]
AP sources: Afghan corruption worries McChrystal [Star-Telegram - 10/14/2009]
Jharkhand must vote Restore popular rule in Ranchi [News Behind News - 10/14/2009]
Forces Disrupt Terrorist, Drug Havens in Afghan... [Elites TV - 10/14/2009]
The war on civilians [Rabble.ca - 10/14/2009]
Doubts over security of Pakistan nukes [New Straits Times - 10/14/2009]
Obama to sign Kerry-Lugar bill, sans any change [Indian Express - 10/14/2009]
Afghanistan's helicopter force takes to the skies [Yahoo! Canada - 10/14/2009]
U.S. Seeks to Ease Pakistani Worries on Aid Bill [Washington Post - 10/14/2009]
Reconciliation Efforts in Afghanistan Flounder:... [Washington Post - 10/14/2009]
India goes shopping for security [AFP via Yahoo! - 10/14/2009]
1895 Room holds Tarrant County’s historic treas... [Star-Telegram - 10/14/2009]
Afghanistan : US military puts Obama on the spot [Monday Morning - 10/14/2009]
U.S. Seeks to Ease Pakistanis' Concerns Before ... [Washington Post - 10/14/2009]

Blogs

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The Week We Were All Glenn Beck's Appendix [Wee... [Gawker - 19 hours ago] This week was all about gun violence and terrible elections and Jay Leno. Nouriel Roubini likes to rock the party. JFK blown away, what else did Mad Men have to ...
Josh Horwitz: What is the "Message" B... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 11/05/2009] In a November 3 Washington Post article about increased sale of guns and ammunition since the election of President Barack Obama, Wayne LaPierre, Chief ...
Will Obama U turn on Afghanistan? [John Redwood MP - 10/14/2009] The silence from the President on whether he will back his General and send in more troops or not is deafening. He made it as major feature of his election ...
Not Enough Troops, Not Quick Enough [Daily Kos - 10/14/2009] Ever since somebody leaked General Stanley McChrystal's strategic assessment of the situation in Afghanistan late last month, we've had a smidgen of debate in the ...
Lisa Schirch: The Costs of Drone Strikes [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 10/13/2009] No matter the outcome of President Obama's deliberations about US strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan, the tactic of using unmanned drone strikes should ...

Audio/Video

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8 U.S. soldiers killed in Afghanistan [MSN Video: What's Hot - 10/05/2009]
Dahlia Lithwick on where Saving Face goes from ... [Slate Magazine - 10/02/2009]
Dozens die in Afghan bus bomb [Reuters Video: Top News - 09/29/2009]
IED shown exploding on Afghan road [Reuters Video: Top News - 09/14/2009]
Talking to the Taliban [Reuters Video: Top News - 08/11/2009]

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