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Pakistan: another Afghan Taliban in custody (AP)

March 4th, 2010

Soldiers of Pakistan's paramilitary force carry ammunition confiscated from Taliban militants in Dara Adam Khel near Peshawar, Pakistan Wednesday, March 3, 2010. Forces took over the area after a massive crackdown operation against Taliban militants. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)AP - Pakistan’s intelligent agents have arrested a senior Afghan Taliban commander, officials said Thursday, the latest move in a crackdown against the insurgent network in Pakistan.


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Bomb kills NATO service member, 4 Afghan civilians (AP)

March 1st, 2010

Afghan and binternational/b security forces at the site of a suicide attack in southern city of Kandahar on February 13. A suicide car bomb attack targeting a NATO convoy in southern Afghanistan killed at least four Afghan civilians on Monday, the Afghan interior ministry said.(AFP/File/Hamed Zalmy)AP - A suicide car bomber attacked a NATO convoy crossing a bridge outside the southern Afghan city of Kandahar on Monday, tossing a military vehicle into a ravine and…

Marines, Afghan troops to stay months in Marjah (AP)

February 28th, 2010

U.S. Marines 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment look out at at a rain storm from a room in an Afghan compound where they stayed for the night in Marjah in Afghanistan's Helmand province on Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)AP - More than 2,000 U.S. Marines and about 1,000 Afghan troops who stormed the Taliban town of Marjah as part of a major NATO offensive against a resurgent Taliban…