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Afghan Taliban reject talks again (Reuters)

November 15th, 2010

An Afghan policeman gestures as trucks carrying fuel for NATO forces burn in Behsud district of Nangarhar province November 14, 2010. Insurgents set fire to 12 fuel tankers carrying fuel for NATO forces in Afghanistan on early Sunday morning, a local official said. REUTERS/ ParwizReuters - The Taliban in Afghanistan remain utterly opposed to peace talks despite slow progress toward reconciliation, their leader said on Monday after NATO forces suffered their worst losses in…

Taliban attacks NATO supply trucks in Pakistan (AP)

October 4th, 2010

Pakistani firefighters try to extinguish burning NATO oil tankers following the gunmen attack on the outside of Islamabad. Three people were killed on Monday and up to eight others wounded when about 20 NATO oil tankers were attacked and set ablaze near the Pakistani capital, in the second mass torching in days.(AFP/Aamir Qureshi)AP - The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility Monday for a pre-dawn attack on tankers carrying fuel to Afghanistan for U.S. and other NATO forces, vowing to continue raiding supply lines…

NATO forces carry out airstrikes in Pakistan (AP)

September 27th, 2010

A U.S. Apache helicopter (L) provides support as a Black Hawk helicopter lands at Cop Cherokee base in Kherwar district in Logar province October 4, 2009. REUTERS/Nikola Solic/FilesAP - NATO helicopters based in Afghanistan carried out at least two airstrikes in Pakistan that killed more than 50 militants after the insurgents attacked a small Afghan security outpost…

Afghanistan: NATO strike kills 2 fleeing militants (AP)

August 15th, 2010

FILE - In this Aug. 2, 2010 file photo, Afghans gather at the scene of an attack on a presidential adviser in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan. Militants attacked the second government official in the east on the same day. The convoy was hit by a remote-controlled bomb hidden in a rickshaw as it was driving through city, police said. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)AP - NATO forces killed two insurgents who attacked a police station in northern Afghanistan by hitting their truck with an airstrike as they fled the area, the coalition said…

Taliban attack key US base in Afghanistan (AP)

May 19th, 2010

US soldiers from the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force patrol near Bagram Air Base. Taliban militants armed with rockets, guns and grenades attacked the largest NATO base in Afghanistan on Wednesday, sparking gun battles that killed seven insurgents and wounded seven NATO soldiers.(AFP/File/Shah Marai)AP - Insurgents launched a brazen pre-dawn assault Wednesday against the giant U.S.-run Bagram Air Field, killing an American contractor and wounding nine service members in the second Taliban strike…

10 killed in NATO raid on Afghan militants (AP)

April 5th, 2010

People look at a vehicle which hit a roadside bomb in Ghazni April 5, 2010. Four Afghan civilians, including three women, were killed when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb in the town of Ghazni, southwest of Kabul late on Sunday, the interior ministry said. Four children were also wounded in the blast, it said. REUTERS/Mustafa Andalib (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST)AP - NATO forces said they killed 10 militants in a raid on a compound near the Pakistani border early Monday, while gunmen seriously wounded an Afghan provincial councilwoman in…

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