2012-06-29

Afghan Officials Hail Talks With Insurgents - New York Times

Afghan Officials Hail Talks With Insurgents - New York Times


AFP

Afghan ! Officials Hail Talks With Insurgents
New York Times
Informal contacts over the past week suggest that long-stalled peace negotiation efforts may be inching forward, Afghan officials say, though American officials played down their significance.
Afghan Foes Sit Together in KyotoWall Street Journal
The human tollHuffington Post (blog)
At Afghan university, students fear for the futureKansas City Star
Asahi Shimbun -AFP -The Province
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Taliban consolidating to recapture Swat - eTurboNews

Taliban consolidating to recapture Swat - eTurboNews


eTurboNews

Taliban consolidating to recapture Swat
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (eTN) - Terror may be heading back to Swat Valley in Pakistan, after Taliban leader, Fazlullah, who almost succeeded in ...

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Taliban releases video of beheaded soldiers - San Francisco Chronicle

Taliban releases video of beheaded soldiers - San Francisco Chronicle


San Francisco Chronicle

Taliban releases video of beheaded so! ldiers
San Francisco Chronicle
In violence Wednesday, a bomb in a railway station in Pakistan's southwest killed at least five people, police said, and the leader of an anti-Taliban militia was killed in Peshawar in the northwest. The Afghan government and its allies have long ...

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Taleban video shows 17 beheaded Pakistani soldiers - Straits Times

Taleban video shows 17 beheaded Pakistani soldiers - Straits Times


NEWS.com.au

Taleban video shows 17 beheaded Pakistani soldiers
Straits Times
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) - The Taleban released a video on Wednesday that they say shows the heads of 17 Pakistani soldiers captured in a cross-border raid from Afghanistan this week and beheaded.
Pakistani Islamists behead 7 soldiers – Pakistan urged to act against Qaeda ...Kuwait Times
US drone strike 'kills at least five' in PakistanKhaleej Times
Afghan militants kill 13 Pak troops, beheading 7 of themArab Times Kuwait English Daily
New Zealand Herald
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Taleban kill 18 in hotel standoff - Stuff.co.nz

Taleban kill 18 in hotel standoff - Stuff.co.nz


Scotsman

Taleban kill 18 in hotel standoff
Stuff.co.nz
Heavily armed Taleban insurgents killed 18 people - most of them civilians - in an attack today on a lakeside hotel just north of Kabul, Afghan officials say.
Afghanistan: Hotel raid frees Taleban hostagesScotsman
Afghan forces end Taleban siege of hotel, 20 deadStraits Times
20 die in Afghan hotel siegeKhaleej Times
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Italian craftsmen rescue war damaged treasures - New Zealand Herald

Italian craftsmen rescue war damaged treasures - New Zealand Herald


Italian craftsmen rescue war damaged treasures
New Zealand Herald
When the Taleban blew the face off a towering, 1500-year-old rock carving of Buddha in northwest Pakistan almost five years ago, it fell to an intrepid Italian archaeologist to come.

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Taliban: Video shows 17 beheaded Pakistani soldiers - USA TODAY

Taliban: Video shows 17 beheaded Pakistani soldiers - USA TODAY


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Anti-Taliban leader and associates shot dead in Pakistan - New York Daily News

Anti-Taliban leader and associates shot dead in Pakistan - New York Daily News


Telegraph.co.uk

Anti-Taliban leader and associates shot dead in Pakistan
New York Daily News
The bullet-riddled bodies of an anti-Taliban militia commander and three of his associates were dumped in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar on Wednesday, police said. The bodies of Fahimud Din, 50, chief of a 1500-strong vigilante force in ...
Anti-Taliban militia leader assassinated in PeshawarTelegraph.co.uk
Anti-Taliban ! leader shot deadPakTribune.com
Slain Pakistani Militia Leader Was Key Player In Anti-Taliban FightRadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
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Taliban video shows 17 beheaded Pakistani soldiers - The Associated Press

Taliban video shows 17 beheaded Pakistani soldiers - The Associated Press


Taliban video shows 17 beheaded Pakistani soldiers
The Associated Press
The Pakistani Taliban's bloody cross-border raid Sunday night showed the threat still posed by the group, despite multiple army offensives. Increasingly, the militants have used sanctuaries in east! ern Afghanistan to attack border areas in Pakistan's ...

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Taliban claims Pakistan troop beheadings in video - CBS News

Taliban claims Pakistan troop beheadings in video - CBS News


CBS News

Taliban claims Pakistan troop beheadings in ! video
CBS News
Afghan militants claim they captured, killed 17 soldiers in cross-border raid.

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Rebuilding education network after Taliban driven out of Swat - PakTribune.com

Rebuilding education network after Taliban driven out of Swat - PakTribune.com


Rebuilding education network after Taliban driven out of Swat
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LAHORE: A government operation to drive out militants has seen a gradual return to the classrooms in Swat where more than 400 schools were destroyed, 70 percent of them girls' schools, according to a report in The Guar! dian.

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2012-06-27

Taliban release video purportedly showing heads of 17 Pakistani ... - Washington Post

Taliban release video purportedly showing heads of 17 Pakistani ... - Washington Post


CBS News

Taliban release video purportedly showing heads of 17 Pakistani ...
Washington Post
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — The Taliban released a video Wednesday that they say shows the heads of 17 Pakistani soldiers captured in a cross-border ...
Taliban video purportedly shows 17 beheaded Pakistani soldiersFox News
Taliban claims Pakistan troop beheadings in videoCBS News

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The Taliban's Backhanded Compliment - Wall Street Journal

The Taliban's Backhanded Compliment - Wall Street Journal


Wall Street Journal

The Taliban's Backhanded Compliment
Wall Street Journal
You know New Delhi needs to change its Afghan policy when insurgents begin praising it, writes Harsh V. Pant in an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal.
'Another Mumbai attack probable if Taliban, Haqqani triumph in ...CanIndia News
Delhi Investment Summit: Building On The Narrative Of 'Opportunity ...Eu! rasia Review

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Taliban representative in Japan for peace forum - Hindustan Times

Taliban representative in Japan for peace forum - Hindustan Times


Taliban representative in Japan for peace forum
Hindustan Times
A Taliban representative today joined an Afghan government official for a peace conference hosted by an elite university in Japan, an academic said.
Taliban ready for dialogue with Karzai if foreign troops leaveAsahi Shimbun

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Anti-Taliban militia leader assassinated in Peshawar - Telegraph.co.uk

Anti-Taliban militia leader assassinated in Peshawar - Telegraph.co.uk


Telegraph.co.uk

Anti-Taliban militia leader assassinated in Peshawar
Telegraph.co.uk
He had developed a reputation as a fearless Dirty Harry-style Taliban hunter since giving up his profitable property business to found a 1500-strong "lashkar", ...
Slain Pakistani Militia Leader Was Key Player In Anti-Taliban FightRadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Anti-Taliban le! ader shot deadgulfnews.com!
Anti-Taliban leader shot dead in PakistanNews24
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Taliban Claims Killing Of Antimilitant Commander - RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

Taliban Claims Killing Of Antimilitant Commander - RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty


RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

Taliban Claims Killing Of Antimilita! nt Commander
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Pakistani Taliban militants have claimed responsibility for the killing of an anti-Taliban militia commander in Pakistan's northwest, near the Afghan border.
Pakistan militants threaten revengeAsia Times Online
Taliban attack Pakistan's Aaj TV station in KarachiBBC News
Taliban open fire on Pakistan TV stationThe Guardian
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JBLM brigades battle for control of Taliban homeland - The Olympian

JBLM brigades battle for control of Taliban homeland - The Olympian


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Taliban says no to polio vaccination campaign in Pak - INDOlink

Taliban says no to polio vaccination campaign in Pak - INDOlink


The Express Tribune

Taliban says no to polio vaccination campaign in Pak
INDOlink
ISLAMABAD: In another setback to Pakistan's efforts to eradicate polio, the Taliban has banned a vaccination campaign in the restive South Waziristan region till ...
Pakistan militants' war with CIA may raise children's polio riskLos Angeles Times
Afghans flee shelling from PakistanNew York Daily News
Taliban Kill 13 Soldiers in Pakistan RaidNew York Times
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Brigades battle for control of Taliban homeland - TheNewsTribune.com

Brigades battle for control of Taliban homeland - TheNewsTribune.com


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Brigades battle for control of Taliban homelandTheNewsTribune.com
Two Joint Base Lewis-McChord Stryker brigades are fighting in the main battleground of southern Afghanistan this summer, the war's outgoing deputy ...

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Afghanistan: Attack on hotel shows Talebans disregard for civilian life - Amnesty International UK

Afghanistan: Attack on hotel shows Talebans disregard for civilian life - Amnesty International UK


Afghanistan: Attack on hotel shows Talebans disregard for civilian life
Amnesty International UK
The deaths of 15 civilians in a Taleban attack on a hotel outside Kabul is a shocking reminder of why the Afghan government must work with the International ...

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Pakistan rebuilds its education network after Taliban are driven out ... - New York Daily News

Pakistan rebuilds its education network after Taliban are driven out ... - New York Daily News


Pakistan rebuilds its education network after Taliban are driven out ...
New York Daily News
In a rundown building in the mountain village of Sijban, girls sit at their desks, hair loosely covered in white or black scarves, staring raptly at thei! r teacher.

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Anti-Taliban leader shot dead in Pakistan - AFP

Anti-Taliban leader shot dead in Pakistan - AFP


AFP

Anti-Taliban leader shot dead in Pakistan
AFP
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — The bullet-riddled bodies of an anti-Taliban militia commander and three of his associates were dumped in Pakistan's northwestern ...
Anti-Taliban leader, 3 associates shot dead in PeshawarThe Express Tribune
Anti-Taliban leader shot dead in PeshawarDAWN.com
Four top members of anti-Taliban militia killed in PakIBNLive.com
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Taliban ready for dialogue with Karzai if foreign troops leave - Asahi Shimbun

Taliban ready for dialogue with Karzai if foreign troops leave - Asahi Shimbun


Taliban ready for dialogue with Karzai if foreign troops leave
Asahi Shimbun
KYOTO--A senior Taliban official, on a rare visit outside war-torn Afghanistan, disclosed here that the movement is prepared to work with the government in ...

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Anti-Taleban leader Fahimud Din shot dead in Pakistan - Straits Times

Anti-Taleban leader Fahimud Din shot dead in Pakistan - Straits Times


Anti-Taleban leader Fahimud Din shot dead in Pakistan
Straits Times
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) - The bullet-riddled bodies of an anti-Taleban militia commander and three of his associates were dumped in Pakistans ...

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Afghanistan: Hotel raid frees Taleban hostages - Scotsman

Afghanistan: Hotel raid frees Taleban hostages - Scotsman


Scotsman

Afghanistan: Hotel raid frees Taleban ! hostages
Scotsman
ELITE Afghan police supported by Nato forces ended a 12-hour siege at a popular lakeside hotel outside Kabul yesterday, leaving at least 20 dead after ...
Taleban kill 18 in hotel standoffStuff.co.nz
Afghan forces end Taleban siege of hotel, 20 deadStraits Times
Taliban attack on hotel near Kabul ends after 12-hour operationallvoices

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Taleban kill 18 in hotel standoff - Stuff.co.nz

Taleban kill 18 in hotel standoff - Stuff.co.nz


Taleban kill 18 in hotel standoff
Stuff.co.nz
Heavily armed Taleban insurgents killed 18 people - most of them civilians - in an attack today on a lakeside hotel just north of Kabul, Afghan officials say.

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Afghanistan: Attack on hotel shows Taleban's disregard for civilian life - Amnesty International

Afghanistan: Attack on hotel shows Taleban's disregard for civilian life - Amnesty International


Afghanistan: Attack on hotel shows Taleban's disregard for civilian life
Amnesty International
The deaths of 15 civilians in a Taleban attack on a hotel outside Kabul underscores the need to bring to justice all those responsible for war crimes.

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Pakistan: Buddha attacked by Taliban gets facelift - CBS News

Pakistan: Buddha attacked by Taliban gets facelift - CBS News


CBS News

Pakistan: Buddha attacked by Taliban gets facelift
CBS News
JAHANABAD, Pakistan — When the Taliban blew the face off a towering, 1500-year-old rock carving of Buddha in northwest Pakistan almost five years ago, ...

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Can US troops beat deadline to dislodge Taliban in Khost? - USA TODAY

Can US troops beat deadline to dislodge Taliban in Khost? - USA TODAY


USA TODAY

Can US troops beat deadline to dislodge ! Taliban in Khost?
USA TODAY
U.S. and Afghan forces are moving into eastern Afghanistan to sweep what are among the country's strongest Taliban havens.

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Pakistan militants threaten revenge - Asia Times Online

Pakistan militants threaten revenge - Asia Times Online


The Express Tribune (blog)

Pakistan militants threaten revenge
Asia Times Online
The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) or Pakistan Taliban, which unites the myriad jihadi factions in the country's tribal region, has threatened to launch attacks ...
Why are we allowing the Taliban an easy victory?The Express Tribune (blog)
Taliban attack Pakistan's Aaj TV station in KarachiBBC News
Taliban open fire on Pakistan TV stationThe Guardian
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