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Pakistan Taliban Bomb Politicians’ Offices, Kill 9
(PARACHINAR, Pakistan) — Pakistani Taliban detonated bombs at the campaign offices of two politicians in the country's northwest on Sunday, police said, killing...
Fiery Afghan Bus Crash Kills 30, Taliban Blamed
(KABUL, Afghanistan) -- An official says a bus in southern Afghanistan has collided with the burning wreckage of a truck that was attacked by Taliban insurgents,...
Taliban Capture 9 From Helicopter in Afghanistan
(KABUL, Afghanistan) — Officials say a helicopter owned by an Afghan company has made an emergency landing in a Taliban-controlled area of eastern Afghanistan,...
Taliban Attacks Kill 9 People in Afghanistan
(KABUL, Afghanistan) — Insurgents shot six police officers dead at a checkpoint and a suicide bomber killed three civilians at a shopping bazaar in two attacks...
Taliban Attack Kills 13 Afghan Soldiers
(KABUL, Afghanistan) -- The Defense Ministry says Taliban militants have attacked an army outpost near the border with Pakistan, killing 13 soldiers. Ministry...
Taliban Attack Afghan Governor’s Compound
(KABUL, Afghanistan) — A huge explosion tore through a governor's compound, followed by a gunbattle with Taliban gunmen Wednesday in western Afghanistan,...
Taliban Taker-Outer
A Marine scout sniper adjusts his M40A5 rifle before heading out on a mission in Helmand Province Mar. 23.
Drop in Taliban Attacks Incorrect
(WASHINGTON) — The U.S.-led military command in Afghanistan incorrectly reported a decline last year in Taliban attacks and is preparing to publish corrected...
Afghans Arrest Senior Pakistani Taliban
(KABUL, Afghanistan) -- Afghan intelligence officers have arrested a senior Pakistan Taliban commander who was hiding out in eastern Afghanistan, a security...
WATCH: Malala Yousafzai Gives Her First Public Address Just Months After Being Shot in the Head By The Taliban
It's been four months since the Taliban attacked Malala Yousafzai, the 15-year-old Pakistani girl who had spent years advocating for education rights for girls,...
A Visit with a Taliban Bomb-Maker
“I am here in Kandahar on a short vacation,” says the young man, about 27, who we will call Mullah Kalam. His beard is trimmed neat; he is wearing a black...
Tale of the Taliban Bomber: Behind the Plot to Kill Afghanistan’s Spy Chief
KABUL -- For Asadullah Khalid, the morning of Dec. 6 — the day the Taliban tried to kill him — was as routine as any other. Dressed in an embroidered beige...
Taliban Spokesperson Accidentally CC’s Entire Mailing List
Qari Yousuf Ahmedi, an official Taliban spokesperson, accidentally shared the group's email list with more than 400 addresses.
“Taliban could run for Afghan president: poll chief”
Every once in awhile you stumble across a headline that you have to read twice to be sure you weren’t mistaken the first time That’s true of this Agence...
Schoolgirl Shot by Taliban Flown to U.K. for Treatment
The 14-year-old Pakistani schoolgirl shot in the head last week by the Taliban has been airlifted to the U.K. for emergency medical treatment. Malala Yousafzai,...
Taliban Threaten to “Eliminate” Prince Harry “At Any Cost”
Less than a week after his arrival in Afghanistan for front line service as an Apache pilot, the Taliban have threatened to do anything in within their power to...
Why the Taliban Are Winning
Navy SEAL Reed Kitchen concludes that after 10 months in eastern Afghanistan last year, the U.S. military is using the wrong yardsticks to measure progress:...
“I would like to highlight the remarkable difference between Afghanistan today vis Afghanistan under the Taliban rule. Today more than five times as many children are in school, roughly 85% of Afghans have basic health care within one hour of where they live, women represent 27% of the parliament, and 52% of the Afghan people believe their government is headed in the right direction.”
– Army Lieut. General Curtis Scaparrotti, No. 2 U.S. military officer in Afghanistan, speaking to reporters Monday via at the Pentagon via teleconference from...
“If Afghanistan dissolves into a situation where the Taliban were able to take over a chaotic situation, it could easily return to an al-Qaida base for attacks on the United States of America.”
– Senator John McCain, Republican from Arizona, on Fox News on Sunday. Since 9/11, al Qaeda – or what is left of it – has resettled in Pakistan and Yemen, among...
