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Taliban Leader In Pakistan Dead: Second Leader Killed In Six Months
5 hours ago
by Peg
Pakistani Taliban confirm leader’s death Hakimullah Mahsud was injured in a missile strike by a U.S. drone last month. He is the group’s second leader killed in six months. Reporting from Islamabad, Pakistan – The Pakistani Taliban confirmed Tuesday that their leader, Hakimullah Mahsud, died from in ...
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Taliban slam integration plan
6 hours ago
by Neil Doyle
Efforts to persuade moderate Taliban elements to join the political process are doomed to failure, according to a statement issued by the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
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30 päevaga läbi Afganistani
6 hours ago
by Eesti NATO Ühing
[ 8. veebruar 2010 kuni 8. märts 2010. ] Kaks USA õhuväelast, Ken Raimondi ja Nathan Gallahan, rändavad 30 päevaga läbi Afganistani ja dokumenteerivad oma retke jooksvalt videote ja blogisissekannetega. Meeste eesmärgiks on kohtuda kohalikega, sõduritega baasides ja näha lähedalt, kuidas käib võitlu ...
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India in a Tight Spot in Afghanistan
6 hours ago
by Hari
Last week leaders of 70 nations met in London to discuss the future of Afghanistan. The goal of the Western nations is to increase the size of the Afghanistan security forces to about 300,000 by mid next year. This will enable the NATO and other forces to drop down the number of military personnel a ...
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Another Mehsud Bit The Dust
7 hours ago
by lawhawk
Baitullah Mehsud was the big fish among the Taliban until he was killed in a UAV airstrike. He was succeeded by Hakimullah Mehsud, who met a similar fate and was confirmed to have died from injuries... Get the latest news, notes, and analysis from the NYC metro area and around the world.
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U.S.and NATO troops prepare for the biggest battle of the Afghan War
7 hours ago
by admin
Operation Moshtarak will test Obama’s Afghan war plan Marja, a town of 80,000 in the southern province of Helmand will be the site of the biggest battle of the eight year war in Afghanistan. For years Marja has long been a den of narcotic traffickers and insurgents and a stronghold for the Taliban. ...
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The India-Afghanistan-Pakistan Conundrum – Tariq Tufail
7 hours ago
by Kalsoom
Mujahideen Fighters in Afghanistan, 1984. As the war in Afghanistan continues, so does the purported regional chess game between India and Pakistan. Below, Tariq Tufail, from Karachi, presents his views on Pakistan’s evolving policy in Afghanistan: A huge shift in the U.S. Afghanistan policy is repo ...
CHUP! - Changing Up Pakistan - changinguppakistan.wordpress.com · Rank: 11,105 · 45 references
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Karzai and his conscripts
8 hours ago
by Chaudhry Javed Iqbal
The fashion model president of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai wants to bring in conscription to the war torn country to make the Afghan army large enough for him to manage the country beyond Kabul (the presidential palace really). He wants a 300,000 strong Afghan army by 2012 so that his security is "no l ...
Bazm-e-Iqbal: Save ... - chaudhryjavediqbal.net
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US will only talk to taliban who renounce al Qaeda
8 hours ago
by kyros
McClatchy MUNICH, Germany — U.S. and NATO officials sought to clarify their approach to the Afghan war this weekend in the wake of a new strategy to engage the Taliban. At a security conference in Munich, officials said the U.S. hasn't made "any direct contact" with the Taliban, and that any Taliban ...
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