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Taliban

Type: Organization
Name: Taliban
Nationality: Afghanistan
Fact Sheet: Fact Sheet for Taliban
First Reported 11/06/2009 - Updated 1 hour ago - 50 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)
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KABUL (Reuters) NATO forces mistakenly killed seven Afghan soldiers and police in an air strike during a battle while searching for two missing American soldiers in Afghanistan, the Afghan Defense Ministry said on Saturday.The NATO-led force confirmed ... [Yahoo! News - 1 hour ago]
First Reported 11/06/2009 - Updated 10 hours ago - 35 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)
ISLAMABAD – The Pakistani army entered the last of three militant strongholds targeted by a major offensive in the northwest on Friday, as gunmen wounded a senior army officer and a soldier in the capital.The operation in South Waziristan, the main Taliban ... [Military.com - 10 hours ago]
First Reported 6 hours ago - Updated 46 mins ago - 8 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)
Pakistani forces were close to overrunning all three Taliban strongholds in South Waziristan as they killed 18 militants in fierce fresh battles in the lawless region and adjoining areas over the last 24 hours.While the Army has taken control of two Taliban ... [Outlook India - 46 mins ago]
First Reported 11/05/2009 - Updated 11/06/2009 - 22 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)
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The Taliban levelled a stinging verbal attack on the United Nations, which is relocating 600 foreign staff in Afghanistan after the militia attacked one of its guesthouses in Kabul.In a statement on its website, the Taliban accused the United Nations ... [Indian Express - 11/06/2009]
First Reported 11/06/2009 - Updated 6 hours ago - 5 Documents
Motive probed for US army shooting rampage No takers for Abbas' Palestinian presidency Australian goverment bails out James Hardie One dead in Orlando office shooting French security guard vanishes with millions Diplomat row hits Fijians ... [Southland Times - 6 hours ago]
First Reported 11/05/2009 - Updated 11/05/2009 - 28 Documents
Five British soldiers killed in Afghan attack named by MoDUN announces temporary withdrawal of 600 staff due to security concernsManhunt continues for killer who fled on motorbike in wake of shootingBrown to make major speech on Afghanistan tomorrowTaliban ... [Mail Online UK - 11/05/2009]
First Reported 11/05/2009 - Updated 11/06/2009 - 24 Documents
The Afghan police officer who shot dead five British soldiers in Helmand on Tuesday approached the Taliban two months ago to offer his services and sought refuge with the insurgents after carrying out the killings, Afghan security sources said yester ... [The Independent - 11/06/2009]
First Reported 11/05/2009 - Updated 21 hours ago - 16 Documents
“We will keep trying our best to address the questions that we have facing Afghanistan and to make sure that the wishes of the Afghan people come true towards achieving an effective clean government. My government will be for all Afghans and all those ... [EuroNews - 21 hours ago]
First Reported 13 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 5 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)
PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN - When terrorists last week blew up the Mina Bazaar, a market for women and children, they detonated a car bomb so powerful it left more than 100 people dead and 15 missing in a nightmarish scene of scattered limbs, charred corpses ... [MSNBC - 3 hours ago]
First Reported 11/05/2009 - Updated 11/06/2009 - 7 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)
The leader of the Pakistani Taliban has urged his fighters to stand fast against a military offensive in tribal South Waziristan, warning them in an intercepted message that cowards will go to hell.Pakistani forces launched an offensive in mid-October ... [Daily Express - 11/06/2009]
First Reported 11/06/2009 - Updated 15 hours ago - 9 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)
There is much evidence that the Taliban are less a fundamentalist religious group dedicated to sponsoring al-Qaida in international jihad and more an amalgam of groups seeking to fight foreign occupation and reassert the traditional dominance of the Pashtun ... [Guardian.co.uk - 15 hours ago]
First Reported 21 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 4 Documents
By Robert Birsel - AnalysisISLAMABAD (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton patched up ties with uneasy ally Pakistan on her recent visit but strains are likely to intensify over Afghan insurgent factions fighting out of Pakistani border ... [Reuters - 4 hours ago]

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...in separate incidents in south Afghanistan over the past two days, senior military commander in the region Shir Mohammad Zazi said on Saturday. "Three ANA soldiers were killed as their vehicle overran a landmine at around 10 a.m. local time in Gereshk district of Helmand province" Zazi told Xinhua...
...Earth will end by December 21, 2012? Prabhu says: Is population the main reason for all the problems we are facing? Prabhu says: Q& Now VOICE "It's important to concentrate on what lies ahead and stay fresh mentally." MS Dhonin captain Pak daily says troops have killed at least 21 Taliban in Makeen, where a house owned by Baitullah Mehsud was also demolished, writes...
"In the afternoon... during the search operation launched to find the two drowned American soldiers, a clash took place with Taliban. Then aircraft mistakenly bombed the Afghan and NATO defence lines" he said

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Afghan army convoy 'bombed' [IOL - 18 mins ago]
Obama, Europe and Afghanistan: 'We Don't Have S... [Spiegel Online - 25 mins ago]
Taliban defied by Pakistani models [Telegraph - 39 mins ago]
18 Militants, 3 Soldiers Killed in Pak Clashes [Outlook India - 46 mins ago]
Troops kill 12 Taliban militants in NW Pakistan... [Yahoo! Canada - 46 mins ago]
Seven Killed In Nato 'Friendly Fire' Strike [Sky News - 49 mins ago]
Seven Afghans killed in Nato strike [Abu Dhabi National - 50 mins ago]
Private funeral today for soldier killed in Afg... [CTV.ca - 1 hour ago]
Obama adviser urges caution on extra Afghan troops [Reuters India - 1 hour ago]
Fort Hood gunman's family: America made him wha... [Haaretz - 1 hour ago]
Afghans killed during search for missing U.S. t... [Yahoo! News - 1 hour ago]
Gilani insists on resumption of Indo-Pak compos... [rediff.com - 1 hour ago]
18 militants, 3 Pak soldiers killed in war on T... [rediff.com - 1 hour ago]
Afghans killed during search for missing U.S. t... [Reuters - 1 hour ago]
3 Afghan army soldiers, 8 Taliban militants kil... [Xinhua News Agency - 1 hour ago]
Sterner test for Chavan [India Today - 1 hour ago]
Kabul hits back at foreign criticism [MSNBC - 1 hour ago]
South Waziristan clashes kill 11 Taliban militants [South Asian News Agency - 2 hours ago]
Soldiers, militants killed in southern Afghanistan [Khaleej Times - 2 hours ago]
Column: The Kingdom of Money is here, by TJS Ge... [msn.co.in - 2 hours ago]
7 Afghans killed in search for missing troops [ABC Online - 2 hours ago]
NATO strike kills 7 Afghan security forces: Kab... [Yahoo! News - 3 hours ago]
7 Afghans killed during missing U.S. troops sea... [Yahoo! News - 3 hours ago]
NATO blunder kills 7 [iafrica.com - 3 hours ago]
Afghans question good of more U.S. troops [UPI - 3 hours ago]
12 militants killed in Pakistan [Yahoo! India - 3 hours ago]
Twenty-five troops hurt as Afghan search continues [Yahoo! Malaysia - 3 hours ago]
In Peshawar, denial over Taliban tactics [MSNBC - 3 hours ago]
7 killed in NATO airstrike in Afghanistan [RTE Online - 3 hours ago]
Is Pakistans Internal War Spinning Out Of Control? [Tehelka - 3 hours ago]
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Kamran Pasha: A Muslim Soldier's View from Fort... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 17 hours ago]
Major Nidal Malik Hasan is a murderer and has brought great shame upon every American Muslim in the armed forces. There are currently over 10,000 Muslim ...
Dan Siegel: Mr. President, Can the Ghosts of Vi... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 19 hours ago]
Dear Mr. President: In these days before a fateful decision, I hope you are hearing the wise counsel of those who directly experienced the Vietnam ...
Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuff... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 19 hours ago]
This Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs: Like Him or Not, Karzai's the Man in Afghanistan SI Analysis: After opposition candidate Abdullah Abdullah ...
Pakistani Army enters key Taliban town [The Long War Journal - 20 hours ago]
Pakistani troops have entered the last major Taliban stronghold in South Waziristan. Twenty-four Taliban fighters have been reported killed during fighting over ...
How important are Taliban headquarters? [FP Passport - 21 hours ago]
The Pakistani military reported that they entered and largely cleared the "Taliban headquarters" in South Waziristan today. The reported success is part of ...
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Tea Parties, the Berlin Wall, and the Forgotten... [Slate Magazine - 20 hours ago]
Pakistan 'bombs Taliban targets' - 06 Nov 09 [Al Jazeera - YouTube - 11/06/2009]
Christopher Hitchenson: Afghan poll [Slate Magazine - 11/06/2009]
Hunt For Rogue Afghan Policeman [Sky News - YouTube - 11/05/2009]
The Political Gabfest for Nov. 6, 2009. [Slate Magazine - 11/05/2009]
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