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Saturday, November 21, 2009 1:17 AM

Taliban

Type: Organization

Name: Taliban

Nationality: Afghanistan

Fact Sheet: Fact Sheet for Taliban

First Reported 17 hours ago - Updated 42 mins ago - 18 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Mullah Mohammad Omar

Mulla Omar in Karachi, claims WT

WASHINGTON: Mulla Muhammed Omar, the leader of the Afghan Taliban, has fled Quetta and found refuge from the potential US attacks in Karachi with the assistance of Pakistan's intelligence, the Washington Times claimed on Friday.The newspaper, without ... [The News International - 42 mins ago]

Entities: Mullah Mohammad Omar, Karachi, Taliban, Quetta

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 9 hours ago - 27 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Al Qaeda

Suspected US strike on al-Qaeda kills eight

A SUSPECTED US missile attack targeting al-Qaeda-linked militants has killed eight people in Pakistan's mountains on the Afghan border as CIA chief Leon Panetta held talks in Islamabad. The attack, the presumed work of CIA drones, was the second in two ... [NEWS.com.au - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Pakistan, Islamabad, Al Qaeda

First Reported 12 hours ago - Updated 41 mins ago - 13 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Central Intelligence Agency

'Al-Qaeda, Taliban leaders not in Pakistan'

Zardari urges US to stop drone attacks; Pasha protests linking ISI to Taliban; Gilani says US Afghan strategy must not disturb balance of power; CIA boss holds talksISLAMABAD: Strongly reacting to some of the reports of the presence of al-Qaeda and Taliban ... [The News International - 41 mins ago]

Entities: Pakistan, Central Intelligence Agency, Taliban

First Reported 19 hours ago - Updated 10 hours ago - 18 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

More than 20 killed in separate Afghan blasts (Reuters)

HERAT, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber in southwestern Afghanistan killed 17 people Friday, and an Afghan lawmaker escaped a separate blast on the outskirts of Kabul but five of his bodyguards were killed, officials said.The provincial governor ... [West Australian - 10 hours ago]

Entities: Kabul, Rohul Amin, Afghanistan, Taliban, Farah (Afghanistan)

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 16 hours ago - 29 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Zafar Iqbal (Ministry of Defence)

Roadside bombing kills three Pakistan police

A bomb packed with steel pellets tore through a Pakistani police vehicle on the outskirts of the northwestern city of Peshawar early Friday, killing three policemen, officials said.It was the second attack in Peshawar in less than 24 hours, after a suicide ... [Sify - 16 hours ago]

Entities: Pakistan, Peshawar, Karim Khan, Zafar Iqbal (Ministry of Defence)

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 22 hours ago - 18 Documents (in Politics)

NATO

Leading article: The Afghan strategy is finally beginning to shift

The West is looking to create the conditions that will allow withdrawalCloseWhatever you may think of President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan – and most of the governments with Nato forces there can barely disguise their exasperation with him – you have ... [The Independent - 22 hours ago]

Entities: NATO, Taliban, Hamid Karzai

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 56 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Hamid Karzai

Afghanistan: key dates for Karzai

As Hamid Karzai begins his controversial second term as Afghanistan's president, Channel 4 News looks at the key dates and turning points for the country and the man.2001:7 Oct: US and British planes begin bombing in the hunt for al-Qaida leader Osama ... [Channel 4 News - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan, Kabul

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 7 hours ago - 5 Documents

The Stakes in Afghanistan

Guest post by J.F. Murphy J.F. Murphy is a former Marine infantry officer and Iraq veteran who graduated from the U.S. Navy’s SERE program. He is a fellow of the Truman National Security Project. After nearly two months of deliberation, some have ... [The Moderate Voice - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Afghanistan, Taliban, Pakistan, Al Qaeda

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 7 Documents

Ghost towns left by Pakistan assault on South Waziristan

Donkeys nibbling on the roadside are the only creatures living in the ruins of war in the hamlet of Ladha, the scenic valley emptied of inhabitants due to fighting between army and Taliban.For five weeks, 30,000 troops backed by warplanes and helicopter ... [Sify - 11/19/2009]

Entities: South Waziristan, Pakistan, Taliban, Assault

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 9 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Edinburgh meeting makes NATO action plan for Afghanistan more vivid

By Abdul Hadi MayarKABUL, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- After its Parliamentary Assembly's meeting in Edinburgh, NATO seems to have moved further closer to a final decision on troops surge in Afghanistan.Though no formal statement was issued at the end of the meeting, ... [Xinhua News Agency - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Afghanistan, NATO, Edinburgh (United Kingdom), Taliban

First Reported 9 hours ago - Updated 47 mins ago - 6 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

16 Afghans killed in suicide attack

Reporting from Kabul, Afghanistan - Authorities on Friday were investigating whether a blast that hit a crowded marketplace in western Afghanistan was aimed at a provincial governor considered friendly to the United States.A suicide bomber rode a motorcycle ... [Los Angeles Times - 47 mins ago]

Entities: Farah (Afghanistan), Suicide Attack, Afghanistan

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 20 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

19 killed, 51 wounded in Pakistan courthouse bombing

A suicide bomber killed 19 people Thursday outside a courthouse in northwestern Pakistan, the latest attack in an onslaught by Islamist militants fighting back against an army offensive in the nearby Afghan border region.The bombing was the seventh attack ... [3 News - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Pakistan, South Waziristan, North Waziristan, Taliban

Quotes

Of his sister, Amis said: "She died at the age of 46, not of anything sudden; she was one of the most spectacular victims of the revolution. It would have needed the Taliban to protect her."

'The sexual revolution killed my sister' says Author Martin Amis [Mail Online UK - 23 mins ago]

..." Joya is 31. Her country has been at war her entire life. If the Taliban gets its way, Joya won't see her next birthday. "Most Afghans my age or younger have known only bloodshed, displacement and occupation." She was a baby when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, barely four when her family fled to Iran to live as refugees, like millions of other Afgha...

'Bravest woman in Afghanistan' tours Canada [Canada.com - 54 mins ago]

More Content

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'The sexual revolution killed my sister' says A... [Mail Online UK - 23 mins ago]
The week Liz Jones tried to live on £65 [Mail Online UK - 24 mins ago]
'Al-Qaeda, Taliban leaders not in Pakistan' [The News International - 41 mins ago]
Mulla Omar in Karachi, claims WT [The News International - 42 mins ago]
Eight militants die in US drone attack [The News International - 43 mins ago]
Obama Weighs Troop Increase in Afghanistan [US News - 46 mins ago]
16 Afghans killed in suicide attack [Los Angeles Times - 47 mins ago]
Holder makes a reasonable decision [Miami Herald - 53 mins ago]
'Bravest woman in Afghanistan' tours Canada [Canada.com - 54 mins ago]
Canadian soldiers to face 'California Taliban' ... [Canada.com - 54 mins ago]
Afghanistan-bound Canadians train in California [National Post - 56 mins ago]
Panetta meets Gilani; 10 die in drone attack [Arab News - 1 hour ago]
Afghanistan's bravest woman calls on US to leave [Global Research - 1 hour ago]
The Political Gabfest for Nov. 20, 2009. [Slate Magazine - 1 hour ago]
Afghan government would fall if NATO withdraws,... [Malaysian Insider - 1 hour ago]
A decisive moment [The News International - 1 hour ago]
America's Afghan strategy [The News International - 1 hour ago]
Taliban chief hiding in Pak [Deccan Chronicle - 1 hour ago]
Quiet American 'planned another Mumbai attack' [Times Online - 1 hour ago]
Afghan government would fall if NATO withdraws ... [Yahoo! News Australia - 2 hours ago]
Untying the Afghan Knot [US News - 2 hours ago]
Primary Sources: Maj. Nidal Hasan [AOL - 2 hours ago]
Afghan govt would fall if NATO withdraws: UK mi... [West Australian - 2 hours ago]
Bitch-Busting, Ammo-Counting Aliens Gun Is Real... [Gizmodo - 2 hours ago]
Afghan government would fall if NATO withdraws ... [InSing.com - 2 hours ago]
This Week at War: Heading for a Bad Breakup [Foreign Policy Magazine - 2 hours ago]
Mullah Omar moved to Karachi by ISI: US [Times of India - 2 hours ago]
American allegedly linked to Mumbai massacre [Times Online - 2 hours ago]
Pak using terror as state policy: PM [Economictimes - 2 hours ago]
Suicide bomber on a motorcycle kills 16 in Afgh... [Los Angeles Times - 3 hours ago]

Blogs

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Blog still down ; Conservative Credibility Not ... [Progressive Bloggers - 1 hour ago] âThat evidence and the suggestion that every single Taliban prisoner that was taken into custody and turned over was tortured is simply not credible and cannot ...
Report: Pakistani intel helped Mullah Omar flee... [Jihad Watch - 1 hour ago] Fiend, er, Friend and Ally Update. "EXCLUSIVE: Taliban chief hides in Pakistan," by Eli Lake, Sara A. Carter, and Barbara Slavin for the Washington Times, November ...
Obama and Afghanistan: It’s Hard to Decide on a... [Firedoglake - 2 hours ago] (photo by Marco Vossen) White House press secretary Robert Gibbs told Reuters (via TPM) today that it will be at least another week — in other words, after Thanksgiving ...
George Mitrovich: Of Roadside Bombs And Afghani... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 3 hours ago] On Sunday night 60 Minutes ran a story entitled, "The Deadliest Weapon." Before that broadcast and the story reported by Bryon Pitts, I had been ambivalent ...
Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuff... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 3 hours ago] The Past Two Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs: Increased Tension Over Iran's Program SI Analysis: After an IAEA report suggests that Iran's recently ...

Audio/Video

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Afghans blame violence on poverty, not Taliban [Russia Today - YouTube - 11/20/2009]
Deadly bomb strikes Peshawar - 19 Nov 09 [Al Jazeera - YouTube - 11/19/2009]
Who's to blame for attacks in Pakistan? [Russia Today - YouTube - 11/18/2009]
Karzai Paved Way for Taliban? [CBS - YouTube - 11/17/2009]
Taliban vs. Al Qaeda [CBS News Online - YouTube - 11/17/2009]

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