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Education has been one of Afghanistan's few bright spots since the Taliban fell, but the government is taking a big step backward. Girls study in a school in Kabul / Reuters I recently finished reading Joseph Ellis' excellent biography of George Washingt
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Sen. John McCain endorsed U.S. talks with the Taliban this morning on “This Week,” setting himself at odds with Mitt Romney, who he is backing for the GOP presidential nomination.
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Pakistani men carry carpets through the streets in Badkhhala, in Pakistan's Swat Valley where the Pakistani military has driven out the Taliban, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012. View Photo »
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The Taliban used to be our allies when we were fighting the Russians ... So Taliban are people who want — their main goal is to keep foreigners off their land. It’s the al Qaeda you can’t mix the two. The al Qaeda want to come here to kill us. The Taliban just says we don’t want foreigners. We need to u...
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PIER PAOLO CITO Credit: AP New Cardinal Timothy Dolan (right) of New York leaves St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome with fellow Cardinal Angelo Sodano after Saturday’s ceremony. Pope Benedict XVI designated 22 new cardinals Saturday, including Timothy Dolan of
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In his leaked report on the occupation of Afghanistan, Lieutenant-Colonel Daniel Davis says top US military officials have concealed the reality about the war on Afghanistan. His accusations have sparked fresh debates and renewed criticisms of Washington
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Pakistani children carry water pots up a steep stone staircase in Badkhhala, in Pakistan's Swat valley where the Pakistani military has driven out the Taliban, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012. View Photo »
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Nearly all the forested areas have been mercilessly stripped of trees but the Swat in particular has borne the brunt of the Taliban's atrocities over the last two years
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai has told a top Pakistani cleric with ties to militants that key Afghan Taliban leaders are either killed or arrested whenever they show willingness to negotiate with his government. "President Hamid Karzai told me that certa
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Audio for this story from Weekend Edition Sunday will be available at approx. 12:00 p.m. ET The United States has reportedly started talks with the Taliban about reconciling before the 2014 NATO pullout from Afghanistan. Afghan President Hamid Karzai say
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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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