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Fox News Military Analyst Calls For Captured Soldier to Be Executed By the Taliban »
Posted by: metavirus 3 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
On Fox News, Lt. Col. Ralph Peters suggested the Taliban should save us the headache and execute captured 23 year-old American soldier Bowe Bergdahl, because ...
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Kidnapped US Reporter\'s Dramatic Escape From The Taliban »
Posted by: Mikunited 4 months, 3 weeks ago in News
Seven months after being lured to his capture, a Pulitzer-winning journalist flees over a wall and escapes to freedom, while his driver stays to join ...
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General David Petraeus: we have two weeks to save Pakistan from Taliban - Telegraph »
Posted by: pc25 6 months, 1 week ago in News
General David Petraeus, the commander of US Central Command, has reportedly told American officials that the next two weeks are critical to determining whether the ...
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Taliban Within 60 Miles Of Pakistan Capital-More Pakistani cities fall into Taliban hand »
Posted by: pc25 6 months, 3 weeks ago in News
Pakistan's government confirms that Taliban militants, armed with heavy weapons, have taken control of new areas near the capital Islamabad.
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Islamabad's Interior Ministry ...Read (423) | Share | Discuss (61) | Read Full Story at presstv.ir
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Barracks and Burger King: U.S. Builds a Supersized Base in Afghanistan »
Posted by: dissent 3 months ago in News
BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan -- Anyone who thinks the Afghanistan troop "surge" is a temporary, one-time deal should watch the construction here of a vast new ...
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"Hold Her Legs Tightly" - Taliban beating of young girl »
Posted by: tehranchik 7 months, 1 week ago in News
The Guardian has posted a grueling video of a young girl being flogged in public by the Taliban in Pakistan. I found it very hard ...
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Humanitarian crisis worsens in Swat »
Posted by: dissent 5 months, 3 weeks ago in News
The US has begun delivering humanitarian aid to people displaced by fighting in northwest Pakistan, the US embassy says.
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A military aircraft landed on Wednesday ...Read (225) | Share | Discuss (2) | Read Full Story at english.aljazeera.net
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BBC NEWS | South Asia | UN calls for massive Pakistan aid »
Posted by: dissent 5 months, 4 weeks ago in News
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres has called for a massive aid operation to help those displaced in north-west Pakistan.
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Alix Kroeger reports.Read (453) | Share | Discuss (12) | Read Full Story at news.bbc.co.uk
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Taliban Attack Afghan Government Buildings, Killing At Least 20, Before Holbrooke Visit »
Posted by: tehranchik 9 months ago in Political News
Eight Taliban gunmen wearing suicide vests attacked three Afghan government buildings Wednesday in a coordinated assault that killed 20 people in the heart of Kabul ...
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US to spend $1 billion on embassy expansions in Pakistan, Afghanistan »
Posted by: dissent 5 months ago in News
Islamabad - The US is embarking on a $1 billion crash program to expand its diplomatic presence in Pakistan and neighboring Afghanistan, another sign that the ...
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Petraeus sees value in talking to Taliban »
Posted by: TechnologyExpert 8 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus said on Wednesday that negotiations with some members of the Taliban could provide a way to reduce violence in ...
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Robert Fisk: Civilians pay price of war from above -
Robert Fisk, Commentators - The Independent »Posted by: dissent 6 months ago in News
Of course there will be an inquiry. And in the meantime, we shall be told that all the dead Afghan civilians were being used as ...
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Innocent - John Walker Lindh »
Posted by: tehranchik 6 months, 1 week ago in News
The first American to get Abu-Ghraibed, long before Americans knew they were capable of such an exotic verb. The first to inspire Donald Rumsfeld to ...
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US Faces Tough Choices in Afghanistan »
Posted by: orndorffter 2 months, 2 weeks ago in News
With the nation\'s top military officer calling the situation in Afghanistan dire, President Barack Obama soon may face two equally unattractive choices: increase U ...
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America’s Violent Extremism - Paul Craig Roberts »
Posted by: dissent 5 months ago in News
After the euphoric attention to idealistic rhetoric dies down, Obama will be criticized for extravagant words that create unrealizable expectations. But were the extravagant words ...
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