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Pakistan Taliban Fighting »
Posted by: orndorffter 6 months, 3 weeks ago in News
Pakistani jets screamed over a Taliban-controlled town Friday and bombed suspected militant positions as hundreds of thousands fled in terror and other trapped residents appealed ...
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Obama pressing Pakistan, Afghan leaders on Taliban »
Posted by: orndorffter 6 months, 3 weeks ago in News
The Obama administration took on high-stakes diplomacy with the leaders of Afghanistan and Pakistan Wednesday, seeking more cooperation against Taliban militants while apologizing for a ...
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Clinton warns of Pakistan nuke risk - Washington Times »
Posted by: monicachenoa 7 months, 1 week ago in News
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton warned Thursday that Pakistan has dispersed its nuclear weapons throughout the country, increasing the risk they could fall into ...
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Pakistan and the Taliban: It?s Complicated »
Posted by: killkill 6 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
The country of Pakistan and the Taliban go way back. In fact, Pakistan’s Inter-Service Intelligence (ISI), a government agency, was responsible for training the ...
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Pakistan militants sever U.S., NATO supply line »
Posted by: TechnologyExpert 9 months, 3 weeks ago in News
Islamist militants blew up a bridge in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, cutting a major supply line for Western troops in Afghanistan in the latest in ...
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Pakistan orders offensive against Taliban chief - Yahoo! News »
Posted by: y_soitenly 5 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) –
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Pakistan has ordered the military to carry out an offensive against Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud and his fighters, a provincial governor said ...Read (147) | Share | Discuss (0) | Read Full Story at news.yahoo.com
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Afghan Taliban kill young woman, man for eloping »
Posted by: Progressive 7 months, 2 weeks ago in News
KABUL - Taliban gunmen used a firing squad to kill a young couple in southern Afghanistan for trying to elope, shooting them with rifles in front ...
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Taliban seek return to peace deal in Pakistan - CNN.com »
Posted by: reallypsst 6 months ago in Political News
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- The Pakistani Taliban says it wants to return to a peace deal that recently collapsed, sparking an ongoing massive military operation, a ...
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Officials: Taliban recruited children as bombers »
Posted by: orndorffter 4 months ago in News
Security forces have rescued several children forcibly recruited by the Taliban, allegedly to be used as fighters or suicide bombers, and there could be hundreds ...
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Pakistan Taliban head cracks jokes, vows vengeance »
Posted by: orndorffter 1 month, 3 weeks ago in News
Flanked by heavily armed fighters, the new leader of the Pakistani Taliban sat on a blue blanket, amiable and relaxed as he cracked jokes and ...
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Mullen Issues Caution on Afghanistan »
Posted by: tehranchik 3 months ago in Political Opinion
“I think it is serious and it is deteriorating,” Adm. Mike Mullen said on CNN’s “State of the Union,” “and I’ve said that ...
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NATO hits fuel tanker, up to 60 dead »
Posted by: tehranchik 2 months, 3 weeks ago in News
A NATO airstrike destroyed two fuel tankers hijacked by Taliban insurgents in northern Afghanistan, causing dozens of casualties including civilians, officials and witnesses said.
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Suspected U.S. drone kills Pakistan Taliban chief\'s wife »
Posted by: tehranchik 3 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
The wife of Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud was among three people killed on Wednesday in a missile strike by a suspected U.S. drone ...
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How the US Funds the Taliban »
Posted by: tehranchik 2 weeks, 1 day ago in Political Opinion
It is certainly worth asking why NCL, a company with no known trucking experience, and little security experience to speak of, would win a contract ...
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Should American Tax Dollars Fund the Taliban? »
Posted by: Progressive 6 months ago in News
(SALEM, Ore.) - The U.S. government is not one that easily learns from its mistakes, and George W. Bush's Iraq "Surge" of 2007 will ...
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