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About Taliban
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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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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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Pakistan can hardly afford another political crisis at a time when the challenge from Taliban extremists has really increased in recent weeks
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But no matters whether they are LeT, Jaish, Taliban or of any other group, Army is there to protect the people.
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Who are the Taliban, who is Mullah Omar, what kind of person he is.
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I have no doubt in my mind that if Taliban and Al Qaeda group of people succeed in Afghanistan that would have catastrophic results for the security and stability not only of Pakistan but also for the security and stability of whole South Asia.
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We are going to expand that right through Helmand to the point where the Taliban can no longer interfere with the daily lives of people in this part of Afghanistan. They really don’t like the Taliban. They find them cruel and wish to see the back of them.
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There is no doubt in my mind that if the Taliban and the al-Qaida group of people succeed in Afghanistan, that will have a catastrophic result
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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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Pakistan has done something to control the activities of the Taliban [ Images ] terrorist groups in federally administered areas, but it is our sincere belief that it is not active as it should have acted in dealing with terrorist elements who are using their energies to target our country.
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Even if all of America and all of Nato come to Afghanistan, they will not stop the fighting with the Taliban. They will bring a lot of bloodshed and kill a lot of people. The one way is for them to talk to the Taliban
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funded by the quasi-governmental US Institute of Peace and designed by the University of Maryland’s Programme on International Policy Attitudes ... found that a strong majority of Pakistanis consider the US military presence in Asia and neighboring Afghanistan a much more critical threat to their countr...
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Those who attacked America on 9/11 are plotting to do so again. If left unchecked, the Taliban insurgency will mean an even larger safe haven from which Al Qaeda would plot to kill more Americans.
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We are paying them to fight the war on terrorism, but they are support the Afghan Taliban [ Images ] and meanwhile, we are having to build a 400,000-man Afghan national security force to defeat the Taliban, which Pakistan is supporting. In my view, this is insane. But that's the reality of it.
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Indians were jarred by parts of (US Commander in Afghanistan General Stanley) McChrystal's assessment, which portrayed India's role in Afghanistan as provocative for Pakistan. The fact is the US and India share similar goals in Afghanistan: Preventing the Taliban [ Images ] from regaining control and su...
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I don't see Pakistan wholeheartedly in support of action against the Taliban in Afghanistan. They of course are taking action against the Taliban, but only when it threatens the supremacy of the army
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Unless they are willing to neutralize that Taliban stronghold on the northwest frontier, stop the insurgents across the border but most importantly stop the command structure from operating inside of Pakistan relatively freely, that is going to [pose] a major challenge
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The U.S. military ... and NATO officials have authorized their forces to kill or capture individuals on the list, which was drafted within the past year as part of NATO’s new strategy to combat drug operations that finance the Taliban.
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The latest U.S. charges recalled one of the biggest scandals of the Bush administration's War on Terror, when Washington allowed a secret airlift by Pakistan of hundreds of its military and intelligence personnel trapped in Kunduz, Afghanistan, where they were helping the Taliban against U.S.
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The United States has come perilously close to calling Pakistan a terrorist state by alleging that the country's spy agency ISI recently spirited Taliban leader Mullah Omar to Karachi to save him from American drone attacks in Quetta.
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And we have now a democratic government in Pakistan that is really revitalising their effort against the Taliban. They see it now for what it is — a strategic threat to the stability of that democracy
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Among the ranks of Taliban, there are also informers whose information on the presence of strangers (militants of Arab and Central Asian origin) could lead to drone attacks. Al-Qaida's figures were frequently targeted in drone attacks during last two years and they have strictly confined their movement ...
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Al-Qaida has a very strong ideological and spiritual influence on Taliban, although they do no allow them in their ranks. Taliban derive a lot of inspiration from them and they consider Osama bin Laden as their leader
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All I can say that the rise of Taliban [ Images ] in Afghanistan created a major problem in the world and that the disappearance of the Taliban regime is indeed a blessing for the global society
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Who am I to judge whether the Pakistan government and the Pakistan army ismoving to remove the Afghan Taliban?
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