Taliban

NATO to hand security to Afghan forces by end-2014 (Reuters)

November 20th, 2010

Sgt. Ysidro Gonzalez, of Alice, Texas, from 1st Battalion, 8th Marines Alpha Company storms through the door of a compound after the door was blown open to search for bomb-making materials during a patrol that came under fire from Taliban insurgents in the town of Nabuk in Helmand province, in this October 26, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly/FilesReuters - NATO said on Saturday it would hand over security in Afghanistan to Afghan forces by the end of 2014 but the head of the alliance said it would…

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…

Afghan Taliban reject talks, again, violence soars (Reuters)

November 15th, 2010

U.S. envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke, center, introduces his delegate members with Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, right, prior to their meeting in Islamabad, Pakistan on Monday, Nov. 15, 2010.  Holbrooke said that the United States will reallocate assistance funds to Pakistan to target recovery and reconstruction after this year's devastating floods. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)Reuters - 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 mount series of attacks in Afghanistan (Reuters)

November 13th, 2010

Afghan police investigate the wreckage of a car used in a suicide attack in Kabul November 12, 2010. REUTERS/Omar SobhaniReuters - Taliban fighters attacked a foreign military base at the main airport in Afghanistan’s east on Saturday, one of four incidents in 24 hours that marked a sudden upswing…

Taliban attack airport, base in east Afghanistan (Reuters)

November 13th, 2010

Reuters - Taliban insurgents attacked the main airport and a foreign military base at Jalalabad in Afghanistan’s east on Saturday, Reuters witnesses and police said, with up to 10 of…

Taliban attack airport and base in east Afghanistan (Reuters)

November 13th, 2010

Reuters - Taliban insurgents attacked the main airport and a foreign military base at Jalalabad in Afghanistan’s east on Saturday, Reuters witnesses and police said, with at least three of…

Taliban attack airport and army base in east Afghanistan (Reuters)

November 13th, 2010

Reuters - Taliban insurgents attacked the main airport and a foreign military base at Jalalabad in Afghanistan’s east on Saturday, Reuters witnesses and police said, but there was no word…

Targeted by the Taliban, Pakistan’s Sufi Muslims Fight Back (Time.com)

November 12th, 2010

Time.com - A mass movement sees itself as locked in a struggle for the soul of Pakistan, but declines to resort to violence as its enemies have done

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Taliban in peace talks with Pakistani tribe (Reuters)

October 28th, 2010

Reuters - The Taliban are negotiating a peace deal with a Pakistani tribe in the northwest, tribal elders said on Thursday, that could give militants access to remote strategic areas…

Afghans, West try to lure Taliban fighters out of war (Reuters)

October 27th, 2010

Taliban insurgents pose in front of a burning German military vehicle in Isaa Khail village of Char Dara district of the northern Kunduz Province April 3, 2010. REUTERS/WahdatReuters - While Afghan President Hamid Karzai seeks talks with Taliban leaders, Afghan and NATO-led forces have quietly tried to chip away at the lower ranks, tempting foot soldiers back…