Taliban

AP - The Taliban have offered to exchange the body of a U.S. Navy member they said was killed in an ambush two days ago in exchange for insurgent prisoners,…

AP - The Taliban denounced this week’s international conference on Afghanistan’s future, saying the “vague and terrible agenda” shows that the U.S. and its allies intend to abandon the country and…

Time.com - Talk of transferring responsibility for defending Afghanistan to local forces by 2014 still looks a tad optimistic, while stakeholders struggle to agree on an endgame

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AP - A smuggled bomb exploded at a western Afghan prison just as Taliban fighters staged coordinated attacks on four police checkpoints early Sunday, allowing 11 inmates — including suspected…

AP - A blast from smuggled-in explosives at a prison in western Afghanistan killed a guard and allowed 11 inmates to escape early Sunday, officials said. One prisoner was shot…

AP - International and Afghan troops captured a Taliban commander responsible for bringing Pakistani militants across the border to launch attacks, the alliance said Friday as U.S.-led forces ratchet up…

AP - A pair of suicide bombers struck outside a government office Friday in a tribal region where the army has fought the Taliban, killing 62 people and wounding 111…

Time.com - TIME’s Jason Motlagh reports alongside U.S. Marines as they deal with enemy guerrillas who continue to adjust to shifts in American strategy

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AP - U.S. and Afghan troops seized a key Taliban figure after a four-hour gunbattle — part of a strategy that NATO officials said Thursday had eliminated more than 100…

AP - A senior Taliban commander disguised as a woman was killed by Afghan and international forces after he opened fire with a pistol and tried to throw a grenade south…