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Afghan National Army (ANA) backed by the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) eliminated 18 Taliban militants in Nawbahar district of southern Zabul province on Saturday, Afghan army commander in the region said. Full Article at People's Daily Online
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Three Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers and eight Taliban fighters have been killed in separate incidents in south Afghanistan over the past two days, senior military commander in the region Shir Mohammad Zazi said on Saturday. Full Article at People's Daily Online
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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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I don't foresee the return of the Taliban, And I want to be very clear that Afghanistan is not in danger—imminent danger—of falling.
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At least 12 militants were killed and five soldiers including two officers were injured in the ongoing military operation in Pakistan's South Waziristan tribal area during the last 24 hours, an army statement said Saturday. Full Article at People's Daily Online
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Afghan troops and NATO war jets pounded insurgents during a "fierce battle" in southern Afghanistan, killing 17 rebels, the defence ministry said on Sunday. Full Article at Hindustan Times
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In a startling statement, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said Wednesday that it is difficult for the international coalition "to occupy Afghanistan or to defeat Taliban" in Afghanistan. Full Article at People's Daily Online
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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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If NATO really wanted to help, they should go and bombard the Taliban hideouts and sanctuaries
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An extensive search has been continuing for two U.S. soldiers missing in northwest Afghanistan's Badghis since Wednesday, as 25 NATO and Afghan forces were wounded during the search operation Friday, a statement of the NATO-led International Security... Full Article at People's Daily Online
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KABUL: Investigations were under way Sunday into the deaths of seven soldiers and police killed in what Afghan officials called a mis-targeted Nato air strike, one of the worst ‘friendly fire’ incidents of an eight-year war. Full Article at Dawn
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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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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.
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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 sits next to his 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 (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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Former Taliban commander and presidential candidate Mullah Abdul Salam Rocketi (R) 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 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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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 children, fleeing from military operations against Taliban militants in troubled Swat valley and Buner, attend a class in their tents school 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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Pakistani internally displaced children, fleeing from military operations against Taliban militants in troubled Swat valley and Buner, attend a class in their tent school at a makeshift camp in Swabi on May 14, 2009.
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Pakistani internally displaced children, fleeing from military operations against Taliban militants in troubled Swat valley and Buner, lineup during school assembly outside their tent school at a makeshift camp in Swabi on May 14, 2009.
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Pakistani internally displaced children, fleeing from military operations against Taliban militants in troubled Swat valley and Buner, attend a class in their tent school at a makeshift camp in Swabi on May 14, 2009.
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Local residents flee from military operations against Taliban militants at the Shamuzai area in troubled Pakistan's Swat valley on May 12, 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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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.
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I don't foresee the return of the Taliban, And I want to be very clear that Afghanistan is not in danger—imminent danger—of falling.
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If NATO really wanted to help, they should go and bombard the Taliban hideouts and sanctuaries
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The government strategy is to try to get back some of the Taliban on our side. The price is for them to be involved in the management and administration of Afghanistan.
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Then the aircraft came ... And when the aircraft came, we Taliban dispersed and they bombed where the Afghans and their NATO soldiers had been fighting. There were many casualties.
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Washington's political leadership, like the Pentagon, now accepts that the Taliban-led insurgency in Afghanistan is best tackled with contact between the Pakistan armed forces and the Taliban, and not by the political governments of the region.
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The White House has approved a new plan to pay -- they're going to pay members of the Taliban to change sides and support the U.S. And if it works there, they're going to try it with Fox News.
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If the Taliban regime will not comply with that objective, we must bring about change in that regime to ensure that Afghanistan's links to international terrorism are broken.
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Did you hear this? President Obama has approved a new plan to pay members of the Taliban to switch sides and support the United States. In a related story, 10 million unemployed Americans just joined the Taliban.
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Not just Afghanistan, but also Pakistan. In the last 12 to 18 months, there has been greater cooperation from Pakistan government to fight Taliban on Pakistani side
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And in that role, he has built new and potentially deadly ties to the Taliban - forging alliances that may greatly complicate the Obama administration's decisions about what to do in Afghanistan and Pakistan
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Then he was toasted by the Pakistani Army and the Pakistani intelligence services as a hero ... he joined the Al Qaeda. He became a convert to the global Islamic Jihad, and Al Qaeda sent him to Afghanistan, where he was critical in teaching the Taliban [ Images ] the tactics of small-unit warfare, ambus...
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I know that Obama's election has brought great hopes to peace-loving people in the United States ... But for Afghans, Obama's military buildup will only bring more suffering and death to innocent civilians, while it may not even weaken the Taliban and al-Qaeda.
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Pakistani Sikhs feel threatened by the Taliban and other extremist forces
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Britain has consistently shouldered its fair share of the burden and more - especially in the last three years, since we deployed into Southern Afghanistan, the heartland of the Taliban
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The Pakistan Taliban share overlapping membership with those very same groups that target India and, obviously, the Afghan Taliban operating in Afghanistan. So it can't defeat its own internal security threats -- which brings into question Pakistan's national integrity and obviously its strategic assets...
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This includes coercing or compelling Pakistan to abandon its continued support of the Afghan Taliban
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Having received $13 billion, if not more, from the United States to participate in the war on terrorism, Pakistan continues to support the Afghan Taliban. This means that Pakistan is undermining the very war on terrorism that it has received a handsome reward allegedly to support
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I don't think that what India does or does not do in Afghanistan is going to make Pakistan stop supporting the Taliban. I think we need to think very hard about what is Pakistan's genuine source of insecurity and put some things on the table that might be out of the box
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In recent years, they've had an exaggerated idea of this, and they still continue to deploy resources along the border with India that should be spent against the growing threat that they really face, which is the Taliban [ Images ] moving east and affiliating with other unsavoury characters and attacki...
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I want to get our troops home as quickly as possible ... The way we can do it is to train up the Afghans themselves. The Taliban have access to weapons they can use indiscriminately against you or me on the streets of cities in Britain. What we are facing in Afghanistan is an insurgency, it is guerilla ...
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If we let the Taliban back into control in Afghanistan, then al-Qaeda will have an even bigger base in which to move
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He is in the five most wanted terrorists' list with big head money and headed the Tehreek-e-Taliban operations in Shangla in the North West Frontier Province before fleeing to Karachi
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Watching a young and inexperienced American president appear to waiver on his commitment to their country, (the Afghan people) are deciding, at the level of both the individual and the mass, whether to make their peace with the Taliban -- even as the Taliban itself can only take solace and encouragement...
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