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Bloomberg
July 19, 2008
Afghanistan will remain vulnerable to attacks as long as
Taliban and
al-Qaeda fighters have safe havens in neighboring
Pakistan, and a bigger US force won't ...
Edmonton Sun
July 19, 2008
By MICHAEL DEN TANDT
the US media has at last woken up to the realities of the Afghan war and the news couldn't be more grim. Judging from the tone of the ...
Xinhua
July 19, 2008
The
Taliban, fighting
Afghan government and foreign troops since being ousted from power in a 2001 US-led invasion, has denied its involvement in the latest ...
WKBT
July 19, 2008
Newsday
July 18, 2008
the Pentagon will send close to 800 more bomb-resistant vehicles to
Afghanistan, where a resurgent
Taliban has military leaders planning US troop ...
Pakistan Dawn
July 18, 2008
A pamphlet purportedly issued by so-called '
Mujahideen Islami Emarat-i-
Afghanistan' said: "There is a complete ban on entry of small and big vehicles into ...
EurasiaNet
July 18, 2008
A Pentagon report released in late June describes a dual terror threat in
Afghanistan. The
Taliban is seen as a continuing threat in southern provinces like ...
Reuters
July 18, 2008
KABUL (Reuters) - The
NATO-led international force in
Afghanistan rejected on Friday reports from
Afghan officials that it killed more than 50 civilians in ...
Heritage.org
July 18, 2008
Daily Times
July 18, 2008
Taliban:
al Qaeda has financed the
Taliban in both
Pakistan and
Afghanistan, and in the resultant chaos, it has been able to steadily recruit, re-establish ...
International Herald Tribune
July 17, 2008
CNN International
July 17, 2008
New York Times
July 17, 2008
Calls in Parliament and around
Afghanistan are again increasing for the foreign forces to stop their
bombing raids. The Red Cross called for the
Taliban and ...
Bloomberg
July 17, 2008
Afghanistan will remain vulnerable to attacks as long as
Taliban and
al-Qaeda fighters have safe havens in neighboring
Pakistan, and a bigger US force won't ...
Boston Globe
July 17, 2008
New York Times
July 17, 2008
Here's one anecdote from Hamdullah, an
Afghan government employee who had a run-in with the
Taliban: "They slapped my face. They held me for eight hours ...
CNN International
July 17, 2008
Mullah Bismullah Akhund was killed Saturday in the Now Zad district of
Helmand province, long a bastion for the
Taliban and a major front in the Afghan war. ...
International Herald Tribune
July 17, 2008
AP
Peshawar, Pakistan: A top
Taliban leader threatened Thursday to attack the provincial government in northwestern
Pakistan unless it quits after the
army ...
Xinhua
July 17, 2008
Xinhua
July 17, 2008
Some 698 civilians were killed in
Afghanistan in the first half of year 2008, 255 of them by Afghan and foreign troops, according to UN figures. ...
istockAnalyst.com
July 17, 2008
The Australian
July 17, 2008
Xinhua
July 17, 2008
KABUL, July 17 (Xinhua) --
Afghan forces in a series of operations have killed six
Taliban Insurgents elsewhere in the country's eastern
Paktia and central ...
EurasiaNet
July 16, 2008
Taliban operations have captured headlines of late, such as the July 13 assault on a combined US-Afghan military post in eastern
Afghanistan that left nine ...
Bloomberg
July 16, 2008
Reuters
July 16, 2008
Sabit, a US-trained lawyer, returned from exile in 2002, months after US-led and
Afghan forces overthrew the
Taliban government. ...
guardian.co.uk
July 16, 2008
British special forces in
Afghanistan have killed a leading
Taliban commander in a
gun battle in the south of the country, defence sources said yesterday. ...
Seattle Post Intelligencer
July 16, 2008
The post was only two days old and occupied by 45
US soldiers and 25 Afghan
soldiers when it was attacked, the
London Times reported.
Taliban fighters ...
