2011-06-30

How the SAS defeated the Taliban - New Zealand Herald


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How the SAS defeated the Taliban
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Photo / AP The Taliban forces crept towards their target late at night, detonating a bomb and shooting at security guards to start their attack on Kabul's Inter-Continental Hotel. Five hours later, with the building on fire and more than a dozen people ...
Injured SAS troops were in the thick of it3News NZ
NZ@9am: 30/06/11: Most read stories online on Thursday< font color="#6f6f6f" size="-1">Hawke's Bay Today
Key: SAS identities should remain privateTVNZ

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French journalists arrive home after 18-month Taliban hostage ordeal - The Guardian


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French journalists arrive home after 18-month Taliban hostage ordeal
The Guardian
AP Two journalists held hostage by the Taliban for 18 months in Afghanistan have arrived home in France to an emotional welcome. Television reporter Hervé Ghesquierè, 47, with tears in his eyes, described being confined indoors "23 and three-quarters ...
'Swap deal' for French hostagesBBC News
Paris did deal with Taliban: hostageThe Australian
French Journalists Held by Taliban Return HomeWall Street Journal
New York Times -Telegraph.co.uk -Daily Beast
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2011-06-23

Analysis: U.S. forces face new challenges after drawdown - USA Today


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Analysis: U.S. forces face new challenges after drawdown
USA Today
WASHINGTON — The United States and its allies have made dramatic progress in Afghanistan over the past year, seizing the initiative from the Taliban and driving insurgents from key strongholds in the south. ...
Taliban kill eight policemen in Afghan checkpoint attackOman Tribune
UN chief backs talks with Taliban in AfghanistanIBNLive.com
Police killed at Afghanistan checkpointAljazeera.net
CNN (blog) -Voice of America -Pakistan Daily Times
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Foreign Secretary William Hague confirms talks with Taliban - Mirror.co.uk


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Foreign Secretary William Hague confirms talks with Taliban
Mirror.co.uk
BRITAIN has been holding secret talks with the Taliban, Foreign Secretary William Hague revealed last night. The negotiations with enemy commanders are aimed at peace deals to pave the way to bring our troops home ...
UK in peace talks with the TalibanThe Sun
Peace talks with Taliban 'taking p lace'ITN
Govt pledges long-term help to AfghanistanAFP
gulfnews.com -Sky News
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Barack Obama takes gamble on Afghanistan retreat - The Guardian


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Barack Obama takes gamble on Afghanistan retrea t
The Guardian
Photograph: Carolyn Kaster/AP Barack Obama has begun the long retreat from Afghanistan in a televised statement to the US, declaring success against al-Qaida and the Taliban and the withdrawal of about a third of US forces next year. ...
Barack Obama set to announce Afghanistan surge troop withdrawal plansTelegraph.co.uk
Analysis: Troop cuts herald shift in US approachThe Associated Press
Obama details plan to withdraw US troops from AfghanistanChristian Science Monitor
Tehran Times -USA Today -Deseret News
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2011-06-22

Hague: 'Britain Has Held Talks With Taliban' - Sky News


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Hague: 'Britain Has Held Talks With Taliban'
Sky News
Foreign Secretary William Hague has reportedly confirmed peace talks have taken place between the Government and the Taliban. To view this content you need Flash and Javascript enabled in your browser. Please download Flash from the Adobe download ...

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Analysis: Troop cuts herald shift in US approach - The Associated Press


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Analysis: Troop cuts herald shift in US approach
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's withdrawal plan for Afghanistan marks the beginning of the end of a troop-intensive approach to countering a Taliban insurgency that until recent months had fought the US and its NATO allies to a standstill. ...
Barack Obama set to announce Afghanistan surge troop withdrawal plansTelegraph.co.uk
Why Afghanistan exit means talking to the TalibanChannel 4 News
Obama speech on Afghanistan war: the missing moral victoryChristian Science Monitor
Los Angeles Times -Reuters -Reuters India
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New Video Shows Taliban Jihadists Beheading Afghan Christian Convert… - Weasel Zippers


Weasel Zippers

New Video Shows Taliban Jihadists Beheading Afghan Christian Convert…
Weasel Zippers
"If US troops are not in Afghanistan the Taliban will come to power," said Obaid S. Christ, an Afghan Christian exiled to India who spoke to me Tuesday. "We will have the same situation we had in the 1990s when the Russians left Afghanistan, ...

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UN chief backs talks with Taliban in Afghanistan - IBNLive.com


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UN chief backs talks with Taliban in Afghanistan
IBNLive.com
PTI United Nations: UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday backed the initiation of dialogue with the Taliban in Afghanistan, noting that military operations alone cannot achieve peace and security. Ban said he supported the Afghan-led negotiations but ...
Maginnis: Taliban, al-Qaeda threats differOneNewsNow
Victory in the War on Terror?Progress Magazine

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Canada Foreign Minister: Documents Debunk Afghan Detainee Allegations - Wall Street Journal


Globe and Mail

Canada Foreign Minister: Documents Debunk Afghan Det ainee Allegations
Wall Street Journal
... Jones)--Canada's Conservative government Wednesday released to Canada's lower house of Parliament over 4000 documents it says debunks allegations that Canadian officials acted inappropriately in handing over Taliban prisoners to Afghan authorities. ...
Secret documents flag Tory spin on conditions in Afghan jailsToronto Star
Govt. releases secret Afghan war documentsAFP
US Afghan withdrawal won't affect Canadian mission: CDAToronto Sun
Globe and Mail -National Post (blog) -TheChronicleHerald.ca
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Mission Afghanistan: Strike a deal with the Taliban and get out - Tehran Times


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Mission Afghanistan: Strike a deal with the Taliban and get out
Tehran Times
Afghan President Hamid Karzai announced over the weekend that talks between the US administration, the Afghan government and the Taliban "have started already" and are "going well," officially confirming what everyone already knows. ...
Ex-soldier's chess sets: Twin Tower rooks, putting Taliban in checkmateCNN (blog)
12 Afghan Police Killed or Injured in Taliban AttacksVoice of America
Police killed at Afghanistan checkpointAljazeera.net
Washington Post -AFP -Department of Defense
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Ex-soldier's chess sets: Twin Tower rooks, putting Taliban in checkmate - CNN (blog)


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Ex-soldier's chess sets: Twin Tower rooks, putting Taliban in checkmate
CNN (blog)
"They have to drive through Taliban country and they have to pay the toll," Train said. "So basically the soldiers were funding the insurgency." Train, 48, who lives in the Philippines, said he wanted to develop an alternative product for soldiers, ...
Taliban chess set' pitting Blair against bin Laden latest craze for troopsTelegraph.co.uk
Afghanistan: The Taliban, the US, feminism, power and the use of women to wage warInternational Business Times
Talking to the TalibanPakTribune.com
Military Times (blog) -Gather.com -Press TV
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America must negotiate with the Taliban - CNN (blog)


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America must negotiate with the Taliban< /b>
CNN (blog)
They wanted a highly centralized, administratively modern Afghan state with no legitimate, political role for the Taliban at all. I don't think we require that. I think our fundamental security interests in Afghanistan are that the country not become a ...
Obama to Announce Afghanistan Troop WithdrawalVoice of America
Barack Obama to announce withdrawal of 33000 troopsTelegraph.co.uk
Is the Afghan army ready for US withdrawal?BBC News
Washington Times -Washington Post -CBS News
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Handle Taliban Talks Forcefully - Wheeling News Register


Handle Taliban Talks Forcefully
Wheeling News Register
Taliban leaders know they must merely wait the United States out in Afghanistan. With plans for withdrawal of US troops already made, the Taliban can be confident the only obstacle between them and regaining power is the p itifully weak - and often ...
Preparing for the Afghan endgameFinancial Times
Leaders' point of desperationThe Canberra Times
Afghanistan will shoulder its own securityThe Voice of Russia
Examiner.com
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'House without a door' - BBC News


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'House without a door'
BBC News< br />"Nuristan is now al-Qaeda and Taliban central," said one senior police official in the province. "They attack in hundreds, they have blocked key roads. We need to retake these areas from them." The problem has become so acute that Gen Aminullah ...

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Why Afghanistan exit means talking to the Taliban - Channel 4 News


CNN International

Why Afghanistan exit means talking to the Taliban
Channel 4 News
As the United States and the United Kingdom contemplate further troop withdrawals from Afghanistan, any negotiated settlement is likely to involve more contact with the Taliban. In a televised address from the White House, he is expected to announce ...
12 Afghan Police Killed or Injured in Taliban AttacksVoice of America
Former feared Taliban enforcer now promoting peace in AfghanistanWashington Post
Six Afghan police killed in checkpoint attackAFP
ABC Online -Department of Defense -USA Today
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Taliban back in town? - CNN (blog)


Taliban back in town?
CNN (blog)
A flag flies openly, the white banner of the Taliban. The message: we, the Taliban, are back in power here. Small Taliban fiefdoms are popping up while NATO's surge is at full strength, leaving many wondering what they'll do as NATO starts to leave? ...

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Are Pakistan's Taliban using children as weapons? - Christian Science Monitor


Sydney Morning Herald

Are Pakistan's Taliban using chil dren as weapons?
Christian Science Monitor
A 9-year-old girl says she was kidnapped in Pakistan by Taliban with the intent of forcing her to be a suicide bomber. She escaped, but her experience raises concerns about the use of children by militants. By Owais Tohid, Correspondent / June 22, ...
Pakistan militants force girl to wear suicide vestReuters
Pakistani Taliban kidnap young girl to turn her i nto a suicide bomberLong War Journal
Girl, 9, strapped with bomb says the Taliban made her do itHerald Sun
Sydney Morning Herald -The Express Tribune -DailyIndia.com
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Pakistani support for military action against militants drops: poll - DAWN.com


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Pakistani support for military action against militants drops: poll
DAWN.com
Views of al Qaeda and the Pakistani Taliban as threats have fluctuated over the years. — Photo by Reuters ISLAMABAD: Domestic support for the Pakistani military's campaign against militant groups has waned in recent years, a poll by a US group has ...
Pakistani support for military action against militants drops - pollReuters India

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Six Afghan police killed in checkpoint attack - AFP


AFP

Six Afghan police killed in checkpoint attack
AFP
GHAZNI, Afghanistan — Six Afghan police were killed Wednesday when Taliban attacked their checkpoint, a brazen assault likely to raise fresh security questions as the United States prepares a troop drawdown. The Taliban, which is leading a nearly ...
Afghan policemen killed in attackBBC News
How the Taliban Turned a Child Into a Suicide BomberABC News
Afghans' dreams are up to themAlbany Times Union
Reuters AlertNet -GlobalPost -CRIENGLISH.com
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Pakistanis see India as bigger threat than Taliban, al-Qaida: Poll - Times of India


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Pakistanis see India as bigger threat than Taliban, al-Qaida: Poll
Times of India
WASHINGTON: Most Pakistanis see India as a bigger threat than the Taliban and the al-Qaida and disapprove of the US military operation that killed Osama bin Laden, according to a new poll. Although al-Qaida leader bin Laden has not been well-liked in ...
Pakistani Taliban's media 'jihad'The Nation, Pakistan
Flood of US weapons in Afghanistan and Pakistan fueling militant groups ...GlobalPost
Pakistanis' War Fervor is WaningWall Street Journal (blog)
DAWN.com -Middle East Media Rese arch Institute
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Pakistan policeman, five rebels killed in ambush - AFP


AFP

Pakistan policeman, five rebels killed in ambush
AFP
The ambush took place before dawn at the Sarband checkpoint just outside the town of Bara in Khyber district, part of Pakistan's tribal region on the Afghan border where Taliban and Al-Qaeda-linked networks have bases. "More than 30 militants launched ...
Five militants die in Pakistan attackSydney Morning Herald
Blast kills 3 outsi de home of Pakistani anti-Taliban militia memberCNN International
2 killed in blasts in northwest PakistanHindustan Times
Adnkronos International English -Xinhua
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Dialogue with Taliban futile sans Pakistan - Pakistan Observer


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Dialogue with Taliban futile sans Pakistan
Pakistan Observer
< font size="-1">And in a related development, it has been reported by media that the United States has formally taken Pakistan into confidence on its contacts with Taliban in Afghanistan. It is understood that despite progress achieved by the United States and its ...

Talking to the Taliban: 'It takes two to tango'CNN
The Taliban punchline to end the horrific jokeABC Online
Listen to the TalibanHindustan Times
The Australian -ABC News (blog) -Telegraph. co.uk
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Former feared Taliban enforcer Maulvi Qalamuddin now promoting peace in ... - Washington Post


Former feared Taliban enforcer Maulvi Qalamuddin now promoting peace in ...
Washington Post
KABUL — He was one of the most feared figures of the Taliban government: a scowling cleric whose Islamic vigilante squads roamed the capital, shoving stragglers toward mosques at prayer time, dragging men off to jail for listening ...
India for engaging Taliban but with 'red lines drawn'Pakistan Observer

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Staying the course in Afghanistan - Los Angeles Times


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Staying the course in Afghanistan
Los Angeles Times
A large troop drawdown would allow the Taliban to gain ground and erode the willingness of the Afghan government to provide us the military bases we need to keep pressure on Al Qaeda. US Marine Lieutenant Colonel John Harril from 2nd Marine 8 Battalion ...
Barack Obama to announce withdrawal of 33000 troopsTelegraph.co.uk
Taliban waits out ObamaWashington Times
Obama to Unveil Plan for Troop DrawdownWall Street Journal
Voice of America -BusinessWeek -Sky News
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Taliban behind most Afghan civilian casualties - USA Today


USA Today

Taliban behind most Afghan civilian casualties
USA Today
The Taliban continues to use civilians as human shields and employ suicide attacks and roadside bombs indiscriminately, coalition officials say. "The vast majority of civilian casualties are caused by the Taliban," said Air Force Brig. Gen. ...
News Article Afghan, Coalition Force Kills TerroristsDepartment of Defense
US raid kills civilian in AfghanistanPress TV

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2011-06-21

EDITORIAL: Drones and terror strikes - Pakistan Daily Times


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EDITORIAL: Drones and terror strikes
Pakistan Daily Times
The Haqqani network, a particularly determined Afghan Taliban foe of the US, has been the long untouched 'friend' of the Pakistani establishment. Following the Haqqani militants fleeing from North Waziristan to Kurram, the question begs to be asked: is ...
US cautioned to take Pakistan along on talks with TalibanDAWN.com
Taliban - US talks may not yield resultsDailyIndia.com
Time to quit AfghanistanWashington Post
The Express Tribune -BBC News -The News International
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