 The Express Tribune | Taliban vow to avenge blood of Mullah Nazir The Express Tribune Taliban in South Waziristan have said that no one will be allowed to spoil peace in the agency and expressed the determination to continue the mission of their former leader Mullah Nazir. According to a pamphlet in Urdu, distributed in Wana Bazaar, "We ... and more » |
 The Express Tribune | Taliban claim suicide attack on Afghan spy agency HQ The Express Tribune KABUL: The Taliban claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on Afghanistan's intelligence agency headquarters in heavily-fortified central Kabul Wednesday. In a text message to AFP the Taliban claimed that "a large number of intelligence workers ... |
 New York Daily News | US Marine faces cour! t martial for urinating on Taliban fighter corpses New York Daily News CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. -- A U.S. Marine was set to face court martial Wednesday for urinating on the bodies of dead Taliban fighters in Afghanistan and then posing for photos with the corpses. Staff Sgt. Edward W. Deptola is accused of the desecration of ... |
 CBS News | Marine pleads guilty to urinating on Taliban ! corpses USA TODAY A U.S. Marine staff sergeant has pleaded guilty to urinating on the corpses of three Taliban fighters in Afghanistan, an act captured on video and posted to YouTube. In his court-martial at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Staff Sgt. Edward Deptola, a decorated ... Marine pleads guilty to urinating on bodies of dead Taliban, posing for ...NBCNews.com Marine pleads guilty to Ta! liban urinationsCBS News Marine pleads guilty to urinating on corpse of Taliban fighter in Afghanistan ...Washington Post all 606 news articles » |
Marine faces court martial for urinating on corpses of Taliban fighters in ... Fox News CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. – A U.S. Marine faces court martial for urinating on the bodies of dead Taliban fighters in Afghanistan and then posing for photos with the corpses. Court proceedings are set to start Wednesday against Staff Sgt. Edward W. Deptola ... |
Attack fuels Taleban comeback fears in Swat Kuwait Times MINGORA: The worst bomb attack in years has fuelled growing fears of a Taleban comeback in Pakistan's Swat valley, where schoolgirl rights activist Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head last October. The 2009 air and ground offensive that appeared ! to ... |
 Straits Times | Pakistan arrests five alleged Taleban over polio killings: Police Straits Times Pakistani paramilitary soldiers stand guard as a polio vaccination worker marks a child after immunization with anti-polio drops in Karachi on Tuesday. Pakistan is providing paramilitary and police support to polio vaccinations being resumed discreetly ... and more » |
 New York Times | Taliban Escalate Battle With Afghan Spy Agency in Assault on Its Headquarters New York Times KABUL, Afghanistan — Heavily armed Taliban attackers in minivans packed with explosives struck the headquarters of the Afghan intelligence agency on Wednesday, detonating one of the vehicles in one of the most secure parts of Kabul and escalating a ... Taliban suicide assault team attacks Afghan intelligence headquarters in KabulLong War Journal Afghanistan's NDS spy agency HQ hit by deadly Taliban suicide, gun attackCBS News Kabul Blast: Afghanistan Intelligence Agency Targeted In Taliban Suicide BombingHuffington Post GlobalPost -NDTV all 602 news articles » |
 Bloomberg | US Will Leave Afghanistan to Warlords and Taliban Bloomberg "We wanted a clear message from Obama that the U.S. will continue to support democracy in Afghanistan," Fawzia Koofi, a lawmaker and human-rights activist, said this month. "It's the only alternative to Talibanization." Her honesty revealed the plain ... Obama and Karzai say US Troop Withdrawals to Take Place in SpringThe Jewish Voice Editorial: Only thing worse than leaving Afghanistan would be stayingPalm Beach Post Strategic Horizons: US Must Learn the Real 'Lessons' of AfghanistanWorld Politics Review Kansas.com -theriskyshift.com (blog) all 52 news articles » |
SPONSORED: The Taliban Is A Vibrant And Thriving Political Movement The Onion (satire) KABUL—2012 proved to be just another in a succession of landmark years for the Taliban, as the influential Islamic fundamentalist organization continued its awe-inspiring push toward unprecedented expansion. Even following a decade marked with some ... |
Cork Dad Shot By Taliban Evening Echo Cork Adrian Hennessy (pictured above with his family) can tell of the day he was shot by the Taliban in Afghanistan and lived to tell the tale. And if the grandchildren doubt his story, the father-of-two from Ballymacoda in East Cork can simply lift up his ... |
Marine pleads guilty to urinating on corpses of Taliban fighters in ... Washington Post CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — A Marine pleaded guilty in a court-martial Wednesday to urinating on the bodies of dead Taliban fighters and posing for photos with their corpses in one of a string of embarrassing episodes for U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Staff Sgt. |
 The Express Tribune | Times of India ISLAMABAD: A top Pakistani Taliban leader, said to be the chief of the terror outfit's "fidai" or suicide wing, was among the 16 people killed in a drone strike in the country's northwest tribal region, media reports said on Monday. Wali Muhammad alias ... Pakistan Taliban chief's cousin killed in US drone attack: reportsDaily News & Analysis US strikes ' Pakistan: Drone Strikes Kill Taliban MilitantsSky News Columbus Dispatch -NEWS.com.au -Xinhua all 564 news articles » |
 Examiner.com | COMMENT : Social media, Taliban's tactical intelligence and NATO — Musa ... Pakistan Daily Times The adoption of mobile applications, web-based applications, social media use for intelligence purposes and the worldwide web have changed our traditional way of life and business. We live in an evolving world with an ever-changing situation, trying to ... Combined Force Detains Taliban Leader in GhazniDepartment of Defense Two local Taliban leaders arrested in Afghan operationsGlobal Times Taliban leaders killed, arrested and IEDs seized in AfghanistanExaminer.com Khaama Press -UPI.com -TheChronicleHerald.ca all 21 news articles » |
 Al-Arabiya | Defying the Taliban Al-Arabiya A few days ago, the British media reported two stories as the most important that day. The first was the discharging from hospital of the 15-year-old Pakistani girl Malala Yousafzai, and the second was the success of the first hand-transplant surgery ... Schoolgirl fatwa: Taliban "foreign legion" orders fanatics to kill Malala ...Mirror.co.uk Pakistani girl shot by Taliban leaves British hospitalLaredo Sun Truthdigger of the Week: Malala YousafzaiTruthdig Express.co.uk -Oman Tribune -NDTV all 52 news articles » |
 Washington Times | Hagel, the Taliban and al Qaeda: Obama's trifecta of Islamic appeasement Washington Times Typical of Barrack Obama's standard operating procedures, two of his most recent decisions slipped under the radar. The third will create significant bluster but, in the end, the president will prevail and his loyal followers will call it a bipartisan ... and more » |
 Deutsche Welle | Karzai's US visit sends signal to Taliban Deutsche Welle The trip is also intended to send a signal directed at both Pakistan and the insurgent Taliban. The latest declaration of proximity between the US and Afghanistan will put Pakistan under pressure. "For Pakistan that means it has to try to enter into an ... Taliban promise 'sacred jihad' if US forces remain in Afghanistan past 2014Long War Journal Afghan endgame: Taliban vow war if US forces stay post 2014 The Australian -RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty -Press TV all 414 news articles » |
 Scotsman | Brave schoolgirl th! e Taleban couldn't kill leaves hospital Scotsman He and his daughter have had threats made against their lives by the Taleban since the shooting. The appointment came after Pakistan's president Asif Ali Zardari visited Malala and her father in hospital on 8 December. Mr Zardari was said to have ... Malala Yousafzai discharged from hospital in BirminghamThe Times (subscription) Pakistan's Malala leaves hospital ! ahead of surgeryKuwait Tim! es Taliban victim out of hospitalNew Zealand Herald Khaleej Times -ITV News al! l 1,798 news articles » |
 Naharnet | Pakistani Minister Warns of Taliban Threat to Reforms Rally Naharnet Taliban militants have threatened to attack a rally for election reforms, to be held in Islamabad next week, Pakistani interior minister Rehman Malik said Monday. Tahir-ul Qadri, an influential religious leader, vowed last month to lead a "long march ... Taliban plotting attack on Qadri's march: MalikDAWN.com Pak Taliban plans to att! ack Tahir-ul-Qadri's rally: MalikZee News Taliban planning to attack Qadri rally: MalikBusiness Recorder (blog) Oman Tribune -The Nation -The Express Tribune all 284 news articles » |
Kabul Officials in Face-to-Face Meeting with Taleban Institute for War and Peace Reporting It may not have amounted to formal peace talks, but a two-day meeting outside Paris last month at which Taleban representatives joined other Afghan players was a rare opportunity for bitter enemies to present their positions in ! a neutral setting. and more » |
drones kill senior Taleban figure in Pakistan New Zealand Herald An American drone strike in Pakistan has killed a top Taleban commander who sent money and fighters to battle the U.S. in Afghanistan but had a truce with the Pakistani military, officials said Thursday (local time). The death of Maulvi Nazir i! s likely ... |
Taleban chief in Pakistan killed by US drone strike Scotsman A UNITED States drone strike has killed a key Taleban commander, his deputy and eight others in north-western Pakistan, deaths that could substantially alter the power balance in the terrorists' heartland of Waziristan. Mau! lvi Nazir Wazir, known as ... |
 Scotsman | Taleban will negotiate! for peace, says Afghan official Scotsman A SENIOR Afghan peace negotiator has declared himself cautiously optimistic about prospects for reconciliation with the Taleban, and that all sides now realised a military solution to the war was not possible. Mohammad Masoom Stanekzai also said that ... |
 The Nation | US drone kills Taleban commander Khaleej Times Nazir favoured attacking American forces in Afghanistan rather than Pakistani soldiers in Pakistan, a position that put him at odds with some other Pakistan Taleban commanders but earned him a reputation as a "good" Taleban among some in the Pakistan ... US drone strike kills Pakistani warlordKuwait Times Drone strike kills militant Pakistani commanderThe Times (subscription) Pakistani warlord's death a 'major development': USStraits Times all 1,006 news articles » |
Pakistan releases 8 Taleban prisoners Former justice minister among those ... Arab Times Kuwait English Daily ISLAMABAD, Dec 31, (AP): Pakistan released eight members of the Afghan Taleban from prison on Monday, including the former justice ! minister under the Taleban, in a bid to boost the peace process in neighboring Afghanistan, the government said. |
Taleban offer is soaked in blood Times of Oman And if one went through the conditions for talks listed in the letter sent earlier to a senior media person, Saleem Safi of Jang/Geo, by the chief of the so-called Punjabi Taleban and later conveyed by the Tehreek-e-Taleban Pakistan (TTP) chief ... |
Bodies of 9 Taleban militants found Scotsman Three intelligence officials say the nine people were shot several times in the head and chest. Their bodies were found yesterday off a road in Pir Kili village. They said the dead men were linked to the Pakistani Taleban. Email to a friend; Print this |
 Times of India | Not much difference between RSS and the Taliban, Digvijaya Singh says Times of India RAGHOGARH (MP): Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh, a known RSS baiter, has equated the saffron outfit with the Taliban. Singh alleged that there was not much difference between RSS and the Taliban as both are fundamentalist. "I am saying ... Digvijaya Singh equates the RSS to the TalibanNDTV Digvijaya! compares RSS to Talibanindiablooms all 29 news articles » |
 Straits Times | We will talk, says Pakistan Taleban chief Scotsman The Taleban said in a letter released on Thursday that it wanted Pakistan to rewrite its laws and constitution to conform with Islamic law, break its alliance with the US and stop interfering in the war in Afghanistan and focus on India instead. "We ... Taleban kills 21 kidnapped Pakistani soldiers: OfficialsStraits Times Taleban execute 21 soldiersKhaleej Times Pak militants kill 41 in mass executions, attack on ShiitesArab Times Kuwait English Daily all 1,121 news articles » |
 KPRC Houston | Taliban suicid! e team strikes in Kandahar Long War Journal A pair of Taliban suicide bombers launched an attack on the district center of Spin Boldak in Kandahar earlier today, killing five people and wounding 15 more. A Taliban spokesman claimed credit for the bombings. Pajhwok Afghan News provides the ... Taliban attacks Afghan tribal elders' meetingKPRC Houston Afghan suicide bombing kills 4, wou! nds 16, Taliban claim responsibilityGlobal Times Afghan Taliban Claims Leveling Building in Spin Boldak Suicide AttackSITE Intelligence Group (subscription) STLtoday.com -Rapid City Journal -Times of Malta all 440 news articles » |
 The News International | Fazl for making most of Taliban offer The News International Talking to media persons here, Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman suggested that the platform of tribal elders could prove helpful, in case the government finds it unfeasible to hold direct talks with the Taliban. The JUI(F) Chief told the reporters that ... Fazl welcomes talks offer by local TalibanInternational News Network all 4 news articles » |