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I think this will reverberate very loudly in the region, and you will see it perceived especially by our enemies, by the Taliban and al-Qaida, as an admission that America is losing its will and is not committed over the long term, and they will be able to convince their recruits to wait the U.S. out
SOURCE: Voice of America -
national security adviser James Jones said last weekend that the al-Qaida presence has diminished, and he does not ‘foresee the return of the Taliban’ to power. He said that according to the maximum estimate, al-Qaida has fewer than 100 fighters operating in Afghanistan without any bases or ability to l...
SOURCE: UK Indymedia Newswire -
The Taliban is a nationalist organisation, which wants to govern Afghanistan under Sharia law, not attack the United States
SOURCE: Inter Press Service -
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
SOURCE: Inter Press Service -
Put simply, the Taliban and al Qaeda have become symbiotic ... each benefitting from the success and mythology of the other.
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the residual effects of years of jihad against the former Soviet Union, Taliban rule, civil strife, popular suspicion regarding outside influence of foreigners, and still weak democratic institutions hindered the realization of this aspiration.
SOURCE: Virtue Online -
Does it suit the interests of some in Pakistan to abandon the Afghan Taliban now, when the worst-case scenario for Pakistan could be a future civil war in Afghanistan and massive border unrest?
SOURCE: Toronto Star -
It is that stable Afghanistan that I think gives an opportunity for Pakistan to change its behaviour, because its behaviour is focussed on what kind of Afghanistan is this going to be? Is it going to be a Taliban-led Afghanistan? Is it going to be a stable Afghanistan that I can depend on? And those ans...
SOURCE: Rediff -
There's the Taliban who are actually in Pakistan and threatening Pakistan -- this TTP (Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan) group. There's the Taliban who are also in Pakistan and threaten -- and this comes from mostly the Haqqani network -- that the focus on Afghanistan
SOURCE: Rediff -
There's the Taliban who are actually in Pakistan and threatening Pakistan -- this TTP (Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan) group. There's the Taliban who are also in Pakistan and threaten -- and this comes from mostly the Haqqani network -- that the focus on Afghanistan
SOURCE: Rediff -
These various Taliban groups are associating with the Al Qaeda in ways that just had not happened before
SOURCE: Rediff -
The TTP (Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan) and the Afghan Taliban were a threat to our Pakistani partners or even a trans-national threat in terms of extremism
SOURCE: OneIndia -
The Afghan Taliban were located in various locations in Pakistan... typically in Balochistan. It's called the Quetta shura. I'm not sure that folks will say (the Taliban) right inside the city (Quetta) or precisely, it will move around and so forth. But... has historically been centred on that city
SOURCE: OneIndia -
Although strong statements are being issued against Al-Qa'ida and the Taliban, the US President has not yet decided what objectives his country has in the region. No American, Afghan, or Pakistani knows whether the US objective in Afghanistan is reconstruction, crushing insurgency, or collection of secr...
SOURCE: Informed Comment -
Some analysts believethat regardless of the reservations over the logic of the date of withdrawal asannounced by President Obama, the objective of the move is to draw people's attentionin the Karzai regime to eliminate rampant corruption in their government and end drug trafficking, which is the source ...
SOURCE: Informed Comment -
There's a feeling that, okay, so the United States is committed not only to Afghanistan and the fight against the Afghan Taliban, but you're committed to this partnership with Pakistan
SOURCE: Newstrack India -
The war is a threat to our national security. We'll spend over $100 billion next year to bomb a nation of poor people while we reenergize the Taliban, destabilize Pakistan, deplete our army and put more of our soldiers' lives on the line
SOURCE: Rantburg -
President Obama ordered 30,000 more troops in Afghanistan to fight the Taliban, but on an 18-month timetable. In a related story, the Taliban announced they are on a 19-month timetable.
SOURCE: Canada Free Press -
We think that there needs to be a distinction between the potential reintegration of a lot of the people who are part of the Taliban but are not the hard core, committed ideological fighters who don't have allegiance with the Al Qaeda [ Images ]
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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.
SOURCE: The New York Times
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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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I think this will reverberate very loudly in the region, and you will see it perceived especially by our enemies, by the Taliban and al-Qaida, as an admission that America is losing its will and is not committed over the long term, and they will be able to convince their recruits to wait the U.S. out
SOURCE: Voice of America -
national security adviser James Jones said last weekend that the al-Qaida presence has diminished, and he does not ‘foresee the return of the Taliban’ to power. He said that according to the maximum estimate, al-Qaida has fewer than 100 fighters operating in Afghanistan without any bases or ability to l...
SOURCE: UK Indymedia Newswire -
The Taliban is a nationalist organisation, which wants to govern Afghanistan under Sharia law, not attack the United States
SOURCE: Inter Press Service -
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
SOURCE: Inter Press Service -
Put simply, the Taliban and al Qaeda have become symbiotic ... each benefitting from the success and mythology of the other.
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the residual effects of years of jihad against the former Soviet Union, Taliban rule, civil strife, popular suspicion regarding outside influence of foreigners, and still weak democratic institutions hindered the realization of this aspiration.
SOURCE: Virtue Online -
Does it suit the interests of some in Pakistan to abandon the Afghan Taliban now, when the worst-case scenario for Pakistan could be a future civil war in Afghanistan and massive border unrest?
SOURCE: Toronto Star -
It is that stable Afghanistan that I think gives an opportunity for Pakistan to change its behaviour, because its behaviour is focussed on what kind of Afghanistan is this going to be? Is it going to be a Taliban-led Afghanistan? Is it going to be a stable Afghanistan that I can depend on? And those ans...
SOURCE: Rediff -
There's the Taliban who are actually in Pakistan and threatening Pakistan -- this TTP (Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan) group. There's the Taliban who are also in Pakistan and threaten -- and this comes from mostly the Haqqani network -- that the focus on Afghanistan
SOURCE: Rediff -
There's the Taliban who are actually in Pakistan and threatening Pakistan -- this TTP (Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan) group. There's the Taliban who are also in Pakistan and threaten -- and this comes from mostly the Haqqani network -- that the focus on Afghanistan
SOURCE: Rediff -
These various Taliban groups are associating with the Al Qaeda in ways that just had not happened before
SOURCE: Rediff -
The TTP (Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan) and the Afghan Taliban were a threat to our Pakistani partners or even a trans-national threat in terms of extremism
SOURCE: OneIndia -
The Afghan Taliban were located in various locations in Pakistan... typically in Balochistan. It's called the Quetta shura. I'm not sure that folks will say (the Taliban) right inside the city (Quetta) or precisely, it will move around and so forth. But... has historically been centred on that city
SOURCE: OneIndia -
Although strong statements are being issued against Al-Qa'ida and the Taliban, the US President has not yet decided what objectives his country has in the region. No American, Afghan, or Pakistani knows whether the US objective in Afghanistan is reconstruction, crushing insurgency, or collection of secr...
SOURCE: Informed Comment -
Some analysts believethat regardless of the reservations over the logic of the date of withdrawal asannounced by President Obama, the objective of the move is to draw people's attentionin the Karzai regime to eliminate rampant corruption in their government and end drug trafficking, which is the source ...
SOURCE: Informed Comment -
There's a feeling that, okay, so the United States is committed not only to Afghanistan and the fight against the Afghan Taliban, but you're committed to this partnership with Pakistan
SOURCE: Newstrack India -
President Obama ordered 30,000 more troops in Afghanistan to fight the Taliban, but on an 18-month timetable. In a related story, the Taliban announced they are on a 19-month timetable.
SOURCE: Canada Free Press -
We think that there needs to be a distinction between the potential reintegration of a lot of the people who are part of the Taliban but are not the hard core, committed ideological fighters who don't have allegiance with the Al Qaeda [ Images ]
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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.
SOURCE: The New York Times -
The United States and Pakistan must target Taliban leaders in Baluchistan
SOURCE: The New York Times -
A wise veteran Arab intelligence hand said Afghanistan is now tailor-made for deals with the principal tribal chiefs designed to detach them from the Taliban they fear more than U.S. and NATO troops.
SOURCE: Ventura County Star -
The war is a threat to our national security. We’ll spend over $100 billion next year to bomb a nation of poor people while we reenergize the Taliban, destabilize Pakistan, deplete our army and put more of our soldiers’ lives on the line
SOURCE: Town Hall -
Giving extremists breathing room in Pakistan led to the resurgence of the Taliban and more co-ordinated, sophisticated attacks in Afghanistan
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U.S. political and development officers could be embedded into local military teams, or military officers could be trained to take on additional development tasks ... They would be in the business of dispensing rewards to cooperative locals and outbidding the Taliban to recruit fighters.
– Brian Jenkins SOURCE: National Post -
Apart from the Taliban, we know that al Qaeda is helping the LeT, the terrorist group that carried out the bombings in Mumbai
