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Pakistani Taliban have started a guerrilla war against the army and will wage a tough, protracted fight in the insurgents' South Waziristan stronghold, a Taliban spokesman said on Tuesday.
A cemetery in a remote Afghan village offers a history of the Taliban’s early years, and of the tumultuous era when young jihadists traveled to Afghanistan to train and fight.
NATO and Afghan officials claimed on Monday their forces had killed at least 130 Taliban fighters in a major operation over the past week in an area of Afghanistan's north where militant activity has surged.
A roadside bomb attack killed four Pakistani soldiers in a Taliban stronghold where troops backed by fighter jets and helicopter gunships are pressing a major operation, officials said Monday.
About 350 Taliban prisoners are on a hunger strike at a prison in Kandahar and a delegation from the Ministry of Justice is going to the lockup in southern Afghanistan to investigate their complaints.
KABUL — Afghan and international troops killed more than 130 insurgents in six days of fighting in a once-stable area of northern Afghanistan that has seen a recent spike in Taliban attacks, NATO said Monday. It was some of the heaviest fighting in the north this year.
Japan said Tuesday it will dramatically increase its non-military aid for projects including clearing land mines and rehabilitating former Taliban fighters.
Amid headlines about violence and militants, Pakistan style circuit seeks to push new image with fashion week.
AFGHANISTAN Afghan and international troops killed more than 130 insurgents in six days of fighting in a once-stable area of northern Afghanistan that has experienced a recent spike in Taliban attacks, NATO said Monday. It was some of the heaviest fighting in the north this year.
Islamabad - Pakistani forces have swiftly overrun most Taliban redoubts in their South Waziristan offensive but the gains might not ensure eradication of terror networks in the region. Under what they term a strategic retreat, the Taliban have fled...
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani soldiers attacked militant bases in the main al-Qaida and Taliban stronghold along the Afghan border Saturday as the nuclear-armed country launched its most critical offensive yet against insurgents threatening its stability.
As we first stepped into Libya's forbidding Abu Salim jail we had no idea what to expect.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Monday that Washington will give Afghan President Hamid Karzai a set of measures to root out the corruption undermining allied efforts to stabilise Afghanistan.
Shortly before nightfall, an Afghan farmer slipped into this NATO outpost with a bag of ammunition and gear he'd collected from nearby Taliban positions. It turned out not to be much: pieces of 82-millimeter mortar guns and some combat food rations.
The White House denied President Barack Obama had come to a decision on sending US reinforcements to Afghanistan amid mounting speculation he had made up his mind on a troop buildup.
The embattled Afghan president pledged Sunday that there would be no place for corrupt officials in his new administration, a demand made by Washington and its international partners as they ponder sending more troops to confront the Taliban and shore up his government.
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