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WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is turning up the pressure on Pakistan to fight the Taliban inside its borders, warning that if it does not act more aggressively, the United States will use considerably more force on the Pakistani side of the... Full Article at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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We shall fight in the air, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields, we shall fight in the hills -- for 18 months. Then we start packing for home. Full Article at GoErie.com
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In this photo taken on Monday, Sept. 7, 2009, Taliban commander Baz Mohammed, center, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at his headquarters in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan. View Photo »
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In the long run, it is not going to be about killing Taliban
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| DATE: 2009-12-08 | PRINT | SHARE LAHORE, Pakistan, Dec 8, 2009 (AFP) - Twin bomb blasts tore through a busy market in Pakistan's second city of Lahore late Monday, killing 36 people and wounding scores more as the nation struggles to quell a... Full Article at Haveeru Daily Online
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KABUL Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived Tuesday in Afghanistan with plans to assure officials and American troops there that the United States is committed to winning the war despite plans to begin pulling forces out in 2011. Full Article at Huffington Post
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LAHORE, Pakistan - Twin blasts at a market in eastern Pakistan killed up to 48 people as militants struck back amid an army offensive against the Taliban, but the country's president said the bombings would not deter the government in its campaign. Full Article at Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor
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In this photo taken on Monday, Sept. 7, 2009, Taliban commander Baz Mohammed, center, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at his headquarters in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan. View Photo »
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The Taliban will eventually come down from the hills, probably in dribs and drabs, when they’ve been sufficiently pummeled by the combined Afghan National Army and NATO forces, seen their base among the Afghan people undermined by improved governance, and had their sanctuaries in Pakistan squeezed from ...
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CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — The nation's highest-ranking military officer told soldiers and Marines on Monday that the insurgency in Afghanistan has grown in the last three years and he expects casualties to rise next year as additional U.S. troops pour into... Full Article at Huffington Post
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When considering war strategy, it’s best to start where you want to finish. For example: in Afghanistan the United States needs to destroy the Taliban. The question is, how? Full Article at Town Hall
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The Taliban (Pashto: طالبان ṭālibān, also anglicised as Taleban; translation: "students") is a Sunni Islamist, predominately Pashtun movement that governed Afghanistan from 1996 until 2001, when its leaders were removed from power by Northern Alliance and NATO forces. Full Article
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Former Taliban commander and presidential candidate Mullah Abdul Salam Rocketi speaks during a campaign rally in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Aug. 14, 2009. Afghans will head to the polls on Aug. 20 to elect new president.
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A supporters of the former Taliban commander and presidential candidate Mullah Abdul Salam Rocketi, listens during an election campaign rally in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Aug. 14, 2009. Afghans will head to the polls on Aug. 20 to elect a new president.
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Supporters of the former Taliban commander and presidential candidate Mullah Abdul Salam Rocketi attend his election campaign rally in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Aug. 14, 2009. Afghans will head to the polls on Aug. 20 to elect a new president.
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The former Taliban commander and presidential candidate Mullah Abdul Salam Rocketi, left, talks with one of his supporters during a campaign rally in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Aug. 14, 2009. Afghans will head to the polls on Aug. 20 to elect a new president.
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The former Taliban commander and presidential candidate Mullah Abdul Salam Rocketi, background, greets one of his supporters during a campaign rally in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Aug. 14, 2009. Afghans will head to the polls on Aug. 20 to elect a new president.
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Former Taliban commander and presidential candidate Mullah Abdul Salam Rocketi speaks during an interview with Reuters TV in Kabul August 2, 2009. Afghanistan's presidential election will be held on August 20.
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Former Taliban commander and presidential candidate Mullah Abdul Salam Rocketi (C) talks to supporters in Kabul, August 2, 2009. Afghanistan's presidential election will be held on August 20.
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Former Taliban commander and presidential candidate Mullah Abdul Salam Rocketi (R) attends an interview with Reuters TV in Kabul August 2, 2009. Afghanistan's presidential election will be held on August 20.
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Trucks destroyed by Taliban fighters sit by the roadside in Afghanistan's northern Kunduz province July 8, 2009. Taliban fighters set 12 trucks, belonging to a construction firm, on fire and kidnapped two drivers, the local governor said.
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In this photograph taken on June 8, 2009, Taliban fighters sit on the ground in a prison after their arrest during the joint Operation Tofan, involving the Afghan National Army and NATO forces, in the Balamurghab district of north western Badghis province.
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Pakistani internally displaced people, fleeing from military operations against Taliban militants in troubled Swat valley and Buner, queue for food at a makeshift camp in Swabi on May 14, 2009.
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Pakistani internally displaced people, fleeing from military operations against Taliban militants in troubled Swat valley and Buner, get buckets at a makeshift camp in Swabi on May 14, 2009.
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Pakistani internally displaced people, fleeing from military operations against Taliban militants in troubled Swat valley and Buner, get buckets at a makeshift camp in Swabi on May 14, 2009.
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NOW ZAD, AFGHANISTAN - APRIL 03: U.S. Marines fire a 120mm mortar on a Taliban position on April 3, 2009 in Now Zad in Helmand province, Afghanistan.
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NOW ZAD, AFGHANISTAN - APRIL 03: U.S. Marines unpack 120mm mortars to fire on Taliban positions on April 3, 2009 in Now Zad in Helmand province, Afghanistan.
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The Taliban will eventually come down from the hills, probably in dribs and drabs, when they’ve been sufficiently pummeled by the combined Afghan National Army and NATO forces, seen their base among the Afghan people undermined by improved governance, and had their sanctuaries in Pakistan squeezed from ...
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As president, I will make the fight against al-Qaida and the Taliban the top priority that it should be
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The sides emphasized that the resurgence of the Al Qaeda and Taliban in Afghanistan threatens the progress made over the last few years
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The Mujahidin (holy warriors) of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (name of ousted Taliban regime) would continue resistance against U.S. and its national and international allies
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We understand that some of those who fight with the insurgency do not do so out of ideology, theology or conviction, but frankly due to coercion and money. The average Taliban fighter, it is our information, receives two to three times the monthly salary than the average Afghan soldier or police officer...
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Any success by the Taliban in either Afghanistan or Pakistan benefits al-Qaeda
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A withdrawal date only emboldens Al Qaeda and the Taliban
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Till now, the Pakistan army and the ISI have been training and funding a large number of Taliban terrorists
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The Taliban is a nationalist organization, which wants to govern Afghanistan under Sharia law, not attack the United States
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What we have seen in the last year develop is an unholy alliance, if you will, of al Qaeda, the Taliban in Pakistan and the Taliban in Afghanistan
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Put simply, the Taliban and al Qaeda have become symbiotic ... each benefitting from the success and mythology of the other.
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Obama is an idiot. ... Obama is clueless. The Taliban does understand Obama and his panty waste cranial disturbances.
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We will pursue a military strategy that will break the Taliban's momentum and increase Afghanistan's capacity over the next 18 months.
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Not if our government provides the Taliban with proof that al Qaeda was behind 9/11. Had only it done so 8 years ago, there'd have been no Afghanistan War, since, if it had, the Taliban was prepared to turn Osama bin Laden over to us.
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Not if our government provides the Taliban with proof that al Qaeda was behind 9/11. Had only it done so 8 years ago, there'd have been no Afghanistan War, since, if it had, the Taliban was prepared to turn Osama bin Laden over to us.
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Washington's assertion that American troops could begin leaving in 18 months provoked anxiety in Afghanistan, and rekindled longstanding fears in Pakistan that America would abruptly withdraw, leaving Pakistan to fend for itself. Both countries face intertwined Taliban insurgencies regarding the new pol...
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White House officials familiar with deliberations said that while some elements of the Taliban were inclined to harbor al Qaeda, which operated freely in Afghanistan through 2001, other members were focused on Afghanistan's internal politics and much less likely to support the international terror group...
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Took him far too long to make the decision. It helped the Taliban and it rattled Pakistan
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Here, we look at the aspects of the post-2001 period and we're looking at al-Qaida, whose strength lies in the border between two countries, and Taliban insurgents.
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You know if you had told us a year ago that the Pakistani army would be going after Pakistani Taliban, I think a lot of people would've said no, that couldn't ever happen, that's not the way it works. But they saw the threat to their sovereignty
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The U.S. is convinced that Pakistan's border areas provide sanctuaries to the Taliban. Unless these sanctuaries are taken out, the problem of insecurity in Afghanistan will only get much worse
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It is an unfortunate but unavoidable fact that those military offensives... were directed against the Taliban that were are focused on Pakistan, not the Taliban who are focused on Afghanistan
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I think that the likelihood of the leadership of the Taliban, or senior leaders, being willing to accept the conditions Secretary Clinton just talked about depends in the first instance on reversing their momentum right now, and putting them in a position where they suddenly begin to realise that they'r...
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American officials are talking with Pakistan about the possibility of striking in Baluchistan for the first time -- a controversial move since it is outside the tribal areas -- because that is where Afghan Taliban leaders are believed to hide.
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A landmine killed a U.S. soldier and a NATO-led airstrike killed a group of Taliban militants in Afghanistan, the military said Sunday. The soldier was killed during combat operations in eastern Afghanistan, the International Security Assistance Force said without elaborating.
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