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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The Afghan Taliban are denying their leader Mullah Omar wrote to President Barack Obama last July. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid describes as "baseless allegations" reports that Omar had sent a letter indicating an...
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Afghanistan (AP) — The Afghan Taliban are denying their leader Mullah Omar wrote to President Barack Obama last July. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid describes as "baseless allegations" reports that Omar had sent a letter indicating an interest in...
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The Tolonews website runs a story on its front page reporting about the news of the death of Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar in Kabulin this May 23, 2011, file photo. The White House received a letter last year purported to come directly from Mullah... View Photo »
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The Taliban ruthlessly cut down more than 80% of the forests when they controlled Swat. The illegal cutting by Taliban not only caused environmental degradation but also deprived the local population of an economic lifeline
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2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.) KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The Afghan Taliban are denying their leader Mullah Omar wrote to President Barack Obama last July. ...
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A U.S. soldier from Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry, throws away the empty shell of a 120mm mortar after firing rounds at Taliban positions in Shalay Valley from Combat Outpost Penich, in Kunar province, near the Afghanistan-Pakistan... View Photo »
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The Taliban ruthlessly cut down more than 80% of the forests when they controlled Swat. The illegal cutting by Taliban not only caused environmental degradation but also deprived the local population of an economic lifeline
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Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani will travel to Qatar next week to talk with government leaders there about moves to broker a peace deal with the Afghan Taliban, Foreign Office said Saturday. Talking to a private television on Saturday, Foreign Office...
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"For much too long, Afghan civilians have paid the highest price of war." The 130,000-strong coalition force led by the U.S. says it has been hitting the Taliban hard, seizing their one-time strongholds while expanding and training the Afghan army and...
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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. It has regrouped and since 2004 revived as a strong insurgency movement... Full Article
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Former Taliban militants with gowns hold copies of Islam's holy book "Quran" which were given by Afghan officials during a joining ceremony with the Afghan government in Herat, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday Jan. 30, 2012. Mullah Abdullah, not picturreed, a Taliban militant...
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Former Taliban militants hold their weapons during a joining ceremony with the Afghan government in Herat, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday Jan. 30, 2012. Mullah Abdullah, not pictured, a Taliban militant commander from Herat province joined with Afghan government along with his 30...
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Taliban militants hand over their weapons after joining the Afghan government's reconciliation and reintegration program, in Herat January 30, 2012. Some thirty Afghan Taliban have joined the program, Herat governor Daoud Shah said.
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A Taliban militant poses for a picture after joining the Afghan government's reconciliation and reintegration program, in Herat January 30, 2012. Some thirty Afghan Taliban have joined the program, Herat governor Daoud Shah said.
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In this picture taken on January 29, 2012 a Taliban fighter jumps from a police vehicle with his weapon after he joined Afghan government forces during a ceremony in Herat province. Thirty fighters left the Taliban to join government forces in western Afghanistan. The Taliban, ousted...
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Afghan commando soldiers disclose the faces of detained Taliban militants during a news event in Herat, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012. 15 Taliban militants were killed and six more were arrested during a joint operation of NATO - led forces and Afghan commando...
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Afghan National Army (ANA) commandos present blindfolded Taliban fighters to the media in Herat on January 29, 2012. ANA commandos captured six Taliban fighters after an operation in the outskirts of Herat on January 29.
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Two former members of Taliban militants, right, wait to be examined by German army medics working as a mobile medical team part of the NATO- led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) during a joining ceremony of Taliban militants with the Afghan government in Baghlan, north of...
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Supporters of Pakistani pro-Taliban religious party Jamiat Ulema Islam listen to their leaders during a rally in Karachi, Pakistan on Friday, Jan 27, 2012. A pro-Taliban Islamist party has shown its strength by holding a large rally in southern Pakistan ahead of parliamentary elections,...
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Former Taliban minister Maulvi Arsala Rahmani, a member of the High Peace Council set up by President Hamid Karzai two years ago to liaise with insurgents, speaks during an interview in Kabul January 26, 2012. Senior Afghan peace negotiators believe the Taliban are willing to...
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An Afghan girl holds a doll in a displaced camp in Kabul on January 25, 2012. Despite massive injections of foreign aid since the fall of the Taliban in 2001, Afghanistan remains desperately poor with some of the lowest living standards in the world.
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A U.S. soldier from Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry, throws away the empty shell of a 120mm mortar after firing rounds at Taliban positions in Shalay Valley from Combat Outpost Penich, in Kunar province, near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, in this file photo taken October...
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Pakistani protesters shout anti-US slogans during a protest in Multan on January 24, 2012 against the US drone attacks in the Pakistani tribal region. A US drone fired missiles into a vehicle, killing four militants in Pakistan's Taliban and Al-Qaeda hub of North Waziristan on January...
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Two US gunners sit aboard a US helicopter Chinook at the Bagram Airport on January 21, 2012. The French defence minister said that an Afghan soldier who killed four French troops was a Taliban infiltrator, as he appeared to dampen the prospect of an early withdrawal. Gerard Longuet flew...
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A German medic and soldier, center, part of a mobile medical team in the NATO- led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) explains the usage of the medicine to father of an Afghan child patient during a joining ceremony of Taliban militants with the Afghan government in...
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A German medic soldier, right, part of the NATO- led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) checks an Afghan child patient through a mobile medical team during a joining ceremony of Taliban militants with the Afghan government in Baghlan, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday,...
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A former Taliban militant, center, holds the national flag of Afghanistan as others stand while they are seen face covered during a joining ceremony with the Afghan government in Ghazni, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Jan. 16, 2012. About 25 former Taliban militants from Ghazni...
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Face covered former Taliban militants stand during a joining ceremony with the Afghan government in Ghazni, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Jan. 16, 2012. About 25 former Taliban militants from Ghazni province handed over their weapons and joined with Afghan government as part of a...
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Taliban fighters stand with their weapons after they joined Afghanistan government forces during a ceremony in Laghaman province on January 15, 2012. The leader of Afghanistan's second biggest insurgent group on Sunday said they have held talks with the US and Afghan government but have...
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Captured Taliban fighters are presented to the media in Herat on January 15, 2012. Herat security forces captured seven insurgents from Herat, officials said in a statement.
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Pakistan's Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar (L) talks with her Afghan counterpart Zalmai Rassoul during their meeting in Kabul February 1, 2012. Khar said on Wednesday that a leaked U.S. military report claiming Pakistan supported the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan can be...
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A detail shows the hand of Pakistan's Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar as she speaks during a joint press conference at the Foreign Ministry in Kabul on February 1, 2012. A leaked NATO report accusing Pakistan of secretly aiding Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan overshadowed a...
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Former Taliban militants with gowns hold copies of Islam's holy book "Quran" which were given by Afghan officials during a joining ceremony with the Afghan government in Herat, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday Jan. 30, 2012. Mullah Abdullah, not picturreed, a Taliban militant...
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