The Taliban , alternative spelling Taleban, (', meaning "students" in Pashto) is a far-right Islamist militant movement of Pashtun tribesmen.

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TTP is the 1 killing Paks: True. But Af taliban r fighting US to impose their tyranny, not 4 afghan freedom

Foreign fighter here means the Afghan Taliban

AP Interview: American general thinks Taliban may be long-term threat in parts of Afghanistan via

Taliban movement originated from Madrassa Haqqania, Pakistan. Those who say that & Afghan Taliban are different groups need to wake up.

Afghan villagers fighting the Taliban in Kandahar. Sons of Iraq anyone?

Six Americans, Afghan doctor killed in Taliban attacks, the deadliest day for U.S. in eight months

Tragic killings of Anne (by Taliban) & 10 Afghan children (by NATO) this weekend reminds us that no one can control Afghanistan

To both are equally dangerous. Do u think Afghan Taliban will sell Miswaks for a living once they'll done w/ Afghanistan?

Hefajot Islam is a disgrace. In name of Islamic revolution they're working for an Afghan-style

At least 44 killed in Taliban raid on Afghan court -...

Afghan attacks raise fears over Taliban strength

Key organizer of long march working for an Afghan-style Bangladesh. via

Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar condemning civilians killed from foreign troops air strike but is sleeping

US general: Taliban likely to be long-term threat

Afghanistan,2012.03.30: 9 murdered - Nine Afghan police are shot to death in their sleep by a Taliban wearing a uniform

Taliban said in press release: 1 family 14 people's killed from foreign troops heavy Air strike in civilian houses in

& what's the distinction b/w the two groups? Sure US is occupying Afghan, but Afghan taliban are no freedom fighters

What country will bring books to the Afghan children now? Let's call Taliban "The Cowards"...

Poem to Taliban by little Afghan girl ~You won’t allow me to go to school. I won’t become a doctor. Remember this One day YOU will be sick~

NATO airstrike kills 10 children as well as several Taliban militants, Afghan officials say

: Taliban said 22 people's were killed in foreign troops heavy Air strike in civilian houses

AP INTERVIEW: Taliban likely to remain a military threat in Afghanistan long after U.S. combat troops leave: -BW

Afghani Taliban's attack on Kurram Agency: KURRAM AGENCY: Two security men were injured when Afghan Taliban at...

well I'm not much radical against taliban ever..its just first it should try to save Afghan and AfPak terrorist activities insid

Afghan families terrorized by drones. No Taliban, just villagers. Watch| v.

“Ohh yeah my bio says I'm Afghan when I'm actually Morroccan.� Lies, you taliban.

DTN Afghanistan: Afghan president US colluding with Taliban to justify its presence: Karzai and US Defense Sec...

Question to US officials: "Why are you imposing a [Taliban] force that's so unpopular on the Afghan nation?"

Afghan and coalition security forces confirmed today the arrest of a Taliban leader during an operation in Marjeh...

I dont think so...Who allied with US against Afghan Taliban?Musharaf is a moron!

there's Pakistani Taliban too hun. They're the ones who have more control than the afghan Taliban. Afghan Taliban are stronger

Pakistan is the ones were worried about. And the afghan Taliban. We help the local afghans. We even train their military

Neither the nor any citizen attacked nor threatened the occupation by is illegal all kills are legally murder

Residents and security forces in Wardak province, known as the "gateway to Kabul" are fearful about the Taliban...

Taliban were created by - The Taliban emerged as a military force in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar in 1994.

now sees as 1 entity under Mullah Omar, abandoned policy of splintering the insurgency |

thinking: Despite public rejectionism, ready for a deal; US & Pakistan back in sync

President brazen accusation of the States of colluding with the increases the risk of "insider" attacks!

Afghan Taliban and U.S. revive reconciliation talks in Qatar:

“save Britain's friends from Taliban death threats-callon William Hague now

Karzai, Hagel news conference canceled as Afghan leader says US working with Taliban | Fox News via

4 afghan peace US should focus to take serious relation with geographic relate countries with afghan+ ground war against taliban

Afghan and coalition force arrested a Taliban facilitator and detained one other insurgent in Kandahar

I supported overthrowing the Taliban. 10 years later, the situation for Afghan women and girls is still so horrifying.

Breaking: cables reveal secret talks b/t Karzai and the Taliban to resolve the issue before reconciliation can occur

Afghanistan has come out and accused the United States of working with the Taliban.

Afghan anxiety; Why Karzai fears the U.S. and Taliban are colluding - Join talk at:

"She is disgusting afghan girl why the *** Taliban don't target her for?"

Why not buy the Afghan opium harvest? Pay more than the Taliban. There's a shortage of medical grade opiates.

Nearly 500 Taliban flee in daring Afghan jailbreak

The Afghan president is making statements against the troops and saying we're working with the Taliban?

Plz flw Karzai accuses US of collaborating with Taliban - KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan...

The Afghan President was the oil company consultant negotiating with the Taliban pre-invasion.

The Afghan President knows well enough that the US does not play any games when it comes to the Taliban. No right mined NATION should

Afghan/Debate "Soft wrestling" turns hard: relations boil over as says bombs "served"

Tehreek Taliban Pakistan are supported by INDIA, USA. They are not Afghan freedom fighters and have no links with Afghan Taliban...They are MASS MURDERS OF MUSLIMS

Written by Dr. Jack Wheeler Wednesday, 20 February 2013 This past weekend I had a private dinner with three Congressmen. I can't tell you who they are, other than one is the chairman of a powerful committee, the second the chairman of another major committee, the third a freshman. I can't tell you where the dinner took place either. Ostensibly, we gathered to discuss threats to national security such as Islamic terrorism, Iran, Pakistan support for the Afghan Taliban, and the Chicoms. After we got into this for a while, I decided to see what would happen if I said what I really wanted to say: "Fellas, what about the single greatest threat to America's national security, far greater than anything else? That's the traitor in the White House." I expected them to recoil in shock and dismay, but they didn't blink an eye. All three nodded grimly in agreement. "This is so off the record, Jack," said one, "but that's what we know is true. How dare we even hint this publicly without being destroyed by a tsun ...

ISLAMABAD: After initially opposing the opening of an office in Qatar to facilitate Afghan Taliban’s reconciliatory efforts towards peace with the Hamid Karzai government and the United States, Pakistan is now fully supporting the Taliban’s new address outside Afghanistan. Besides Qatar and Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom are also behind facilitating the Afghan Taliban in Qatar, an issue which was discussed threadbare recently at the trilateral meeting between UK, Afghanistan and Pakistan in London. It was in London that the Pakistani leadership told President Hamid Karzai that they needed more clarity on the recent Afghan Taliban meeting in Paris and as usual when Karzai tried to play hard ball, Pakistan said it was ready to put on hold their bilateral relations and focus on future peace talks as top priority. One assurance that Karzai gave in London was that he was ready to give top posts in Afghanistan to the Afghan Taliban if the latter did not compromise on the country’s constitut ...

Division of Punjab is part of plan for disintegration of Pakistan In an article titled ‘A mutiny Grows in the Punjab’, Anatol Lieven (author of Pakistan: A Hard Country) wrote the following: “ The U.S. strategy toward Pakistan has been focused on trying to get Islamabad to give serious help to Washington’s campaign against the Afghan Taliban. There are two rather large problems with this approach. The first is that it is never going to happen because Pakistani strategic calculations and the feelings of the country’s population make it impossible…. except in return for U.S. help against India—which Washington also cannot deliver. “The second problem is that it gets America’s real priorities in the region back to front. The war in Afghanistan is a temporary U.S. interest, in which the chief concern is not the reality of victory or defeat as such (if only because neither can be clearly defined) but preserving some appearance of success in order to avoid the damage to American military prest ...

War-weariness? Taliban may launch political party By Tahir Khan March 4 - Contrary to their public war rhetoric, the Afghan Taliban are considering a ‘political solution’ to over a decade-long conflict in Afghanistan, a senior Taliban leader has revealed. “We must launch a political movement to achieve the goals for which we have made so many sacrifices,� said Mullah Agha Jan Mutasim, former head of the Taliban Political Commission and a close confidant of the militia’s elusive leader Mullah Omar. (The Express Tribune, Pakistan) “The Taliban leaders whose names have been removed from the UN black list will play an important role in the political process,� he told The Express Tribune. However, he added that the warring faction was the “vital part of the Taliban.� Of late, Pakistan’s influential politico-religious leader Maulana Fazlur Rehman met with Taliban representatives in the Qatari capital of Doha in an effort to broker peace talks between the ultraorthodox militia and the Hamid K ...

A senior Taliban leader has recently revealed that the Afghan Taliban group is considering a 'political solution' in a bid to end a decade-long conflict in the country. Mullah Agha Jan Mutasim, for...

“RTExclusive interview: A peek into the Afghan Taliban mind via

Taliban talks in Doha drag on endlessly 26 Feb 2013 08:24 Taliban representatives have been in Qatari capital for almost a year, but negotiations seem to be going nowhere Doha, Qatar - Far from the glistening glass and burgeoning metal structures that dot the Doha skyline, the Afghan Taliban try to discreetly blend in far less pristine areas around the Qatari capital. The Taliban came to Doha nearly a year ago to establish an office from which they could engage in negotiations with representatives of Washington, in the hope of eventually achieving direct Afghan-to-Afghan talks with the government of President Hamid Karzai. However, with a coalition of more than 40 nations currently involved militarily in Afghanistan, "everyone is trying to woo them", a person close to the Doha-based Taliban representatives told Al Jazeera on condition of anonymity, saying he did not want to jeopardise any potential for progress towards peace. Despite nearly a year since their arrival in Qatar, a formal office has yet to b ...

THE major point of contention between the Afghan Taliban and International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) is the Taliban’s insistence that all foreign forces leave Afghanistan when the drawdown ends in 2014.

Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban: Military Considerations Conventional wisdom holds that Pakistan’s leaders are unwilling to take effective action against the Haqqani Network (HQN), the Quetta Shura Taliban (QST), and Hizb-i Islami Gulbuddin (HiG) for a variety of reasons including: Hedging against an expected U.S. withdrawal from or failure in Afghanistan; Fear of a U.S. success in Afghanistan that empowers India in Afghanistan; Decades-old ties between elements in the Pakistani security establishment and these groups; The desire to maintain valuable proxies for use in Afghanistan and also against India. Significant evidence supports this wisdom, which no doubt explains much of Islamabad’s consistent refusal to acknowledge that some of these Afghan-focused insurgent groups have sanctuaries within Pakistan’s borders, much less conduct or support meaningful U.S. operations against them in Pakistan. But these explanations are only part of the story. In truth, Pakistani security forces would face a maj ...

Pakistan to release more Afghan Taliban militants

Canada ahead of US in allowing women in combat CHARMAINE NORONHA , The Associated Press Posted: Sunday, February 10, 2013, 12:46 AM TORONTO - On May 17, 2006, in a firefight with Afghan Taliban insurgents, Canadian forces lost an artillery officer hit by shrapnel from a rocket-propelled grenade. She was Capt. Nichola Goddard, the first Canadian woman to be killed in action since her country's 1989 decision to admit women soldiers into combat. For a nation already divided about participating in the American-led Afghanistan war, Goddard's death was a particular shock, and two more Canadian women have since died in combat. But Canada remains in the small group of countries , including Israel, France, Norway, Australia, New Zealand and now... ~puffin

Pakistan's Balochistan: Minerals, militants, and meddling Balochistan is a key province in Pakistan that is filled with natural resources as well as a volatile mix of Afghan Taliban leaders, anti-Shiite militants, and ethnic separatists. WHY IS BALOCHISTAN IMPORTANT? Balochistan is Pakistan's largest province in terms of size, and its smallest in terms of population. The province has always been seen as occupying a geo-strategic position. It has the country's longest coastline, with a lucrative deep-sea port at Gwadar in the south, and a shared border with Afghanistan and Iran. Balochistan also has extensive tapped and untapped resources, including copper, gold, oil, lead, and zinc.The province has always been seen as a strategic asset, first by the British colonial power who saw it as a buffer zone holding off Afghan and Russian forces. Today, it is a key source of gas and minerals for Pakistanis across the country, and seen as a strategic transport route. An on-going separatist uprising and the continue ...

you might as well just kill your kids and grandkids yourself as wait for the muslims to do it. you'll probably do it more painlessly Islamabad, Feb. 1 (ANI): US Ambassador to Pakistan, Richard Olson, has said the United States is ready to open the door for talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban, adding that the Afghan Taliban could be part of Afghanistan's future if they met conditions to ensure long-term peace and stability in the war-torn country. Olson said that the end result of any process must be that the Taliban end violence, break ties with Al-Qaeda and accept Afghanistan's Constitution, and if this happens, the Taliban can be a part of Afghanistan's future, reports The Express Tribune. Olson's remarks reiterated recent American emphasis on pursuing reconciliation in Afghanistan instead of its usual method of using military might. In this context, Olson said their new office in Qatar could be used for negotiations between the Afghan High Peace Council and representatives of the Taliba ...

PESHAWAR: Pakistan is still a major destination for radicalised Muslims bent on a life of jihad, despite hundreds of US drone strikes, the death of Osama bin Laden and the fracturing of Al-Qaeda. New battlegrounds have sprung up in Africa and the Middle East, but the number of foreign recruits smuggled into the northwestern tribal belt is increasing and they come from more diverse countries. Since the 1980s "jihad" to expel Soviet troops from Afghanistan, Muslim fighters from all over the world have lived and trained on the Afghan-Pakistan border, moulded into Al-Qaeda and a host of spin-off militant networks. After US-led forces in late 2001 evicted the Taliban in Kabul for sheltering Al-Qaeda, Afghan Taliban fled across the border into Pakistan. But Washington and NATO will end their combat mission in Afghanistan next year and these days the Taliban say their foreign allies are drawn to other conflicts, despite their support networks in a region outside direct government control. "Al-Qaeda is shifting i ...

GOVERNANCEJan 20, 2013 - 11:05 Parliament passes draft budget for 2013 KABUL (PAN): The Wolesi Jirga -- or lower house of parliament -- on Sunday passed the draft budget for 2013, but not before twice rejecting the accounts for what lawmakers called uneven fund distribution to provinces. ... (read more) GOVERNANCE Faizi downplays report on prisoner transfers Jan 19, 2013 - 19:21 KABUL (PAN): President Hamid Karzai’s chief spokesman on Saturday downplayed a recent media report regarding a halt to prisoner transfers by American troops to some Afghan jails. ... (read more) GOVERNANCE 'Pakistan's dumb and deal-driven decisions Jan 20, 2013 - 00:53 KABUL (PAN): Pakistan has agreed to the release of more Afghan Taliban militants in its custody "in return for money" from the US, some Kabul-based political commentators alleged on Saturday. ... (read more) GOVERNANCE Speaker accused of striking deal with govt Jan 19, 2013 - 20:07 KABUL (PAN): A number of Wolesi Jirga -- or the lower house -- members on Saturday ...

Pakistan says it will free all Afghan Taliban detainees Abu Dhabi (Reuters) - Pakistan plans to release all Afghan Taliban prisoners still in its detention, including the group's former second-in-command, an official said on Friday, in the clearest signal yet that it backs reconciliation efforts. Regional power Pakistan is seen as critical to the success of U.S. and Afghan efforts to bring stability to Afghanistan, a task gaining urgency as the end of the U.S. combat mission in 2014 draws closer. Afghanistan has been pressing its neighbor, home to an allied Taliban movement of its own, to free Taliban members who could help promote its tentative reconciliation efforts. "The remaining detainees, we are coordinating, and they will be released subsequently," Jalil Jilani, Pakistan's foreign secretary, the foreign ministry's top bureaucrat, told a news conference in Abu Dhabi. Asked if the former Taliban deputy leader, Mullah Baradar, would be among those released, he said "The aim is to release all", but did ...

Pakistan plans to release more Afghan militant detainees in an attempt to boost the peace process in neighboring Afghanistan ahead of the departure of international troops next year, a top Pakistani official said. Foreign Secretary Jalil Abbas Jilani said Pakistan has initiated the process of releasing those Afghan detainees in its custody who they think will help facilitate the reconciliation process. His comments were made during a press conference Friday in Abu Dhabi and relayed by the Foreign Ministry on Saturday. He did not give a timetable. In general, Kabul has pressedhard for Islamabad to release its detainees, with some officials saying that they hope the released Taliban can serve as intermediaries. But Washington is concerned about specific prisoners who they consider dangerous. Jilani did not specifically mention whether Pakistan would release Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the former deputy leader of the Afghan Taliban whom Kabul has been pushing Pakistan to release. Senior U.S. and Afghan offic ...

preparations by the Afghan Taliban movement to open a political office in Doha, and Afghan President Hamid Karzai's visit to Washington.

Pakistan: Tehreek-e-Taliban is setting their sights on attacking Western targets inside Pakistan and helping the Afghan Taliban insurgency.

KNOWLEDGEABLE ARTICLE FROM OUR OLD FRIEND. Who will host the Afghan Taliban in Kashmir? Dr. Syed Nazir Gilani In Kashmir we have third generation, second generation and first generation politicians. We could safely say that we have been introduced to a first generation militants and militant leadership as well. However, the fate of the latter was sealed by President Musharraf in his four point formula in 2006. The claim made by Hurriyat (M) leadership that that if Kashmir dispute was not resolved by 2014 before the exit of USA from Afghanistan, we shall have a Taliban spill over in Kashmir is very interesting. How would this political opinion reconcile its claim with the fact that Pakistan which holds the Presidency of UN Security Council for this month has proposed a “ministerial-level open debate on a comprehensive approach to counter terrorism on 15 January�. Five days after the Taliban claim made by Mir Waiz in Srinagar, Pakistan Ambassador Masood Khan on 3 January 2013 told at the UN that “Thi ...

New "chief" of Pak Taliban faction fought troops in Kashmir Press Trust of India |NDTV | Islamabad | Bahawal Khan, who took over as the new "chief"of a Taliban faction in Pakistan's South Waziristan region after the killing of Mullah Nazir in a US drone strike, is a militant who fought Indian troops in Jammu and Kashmir. Bahawal was named the head of the faction shortly after Nazir and 12 other militants were killed in the drone strike in Angoor Adda area on Thursday. He fought as a militant in Jammu and Kashmir, sources were quoted as saying in Pakistani media reports. A member of the Kakakhel sub-tribe of the Ahmedzai Wazirs, Bahawal is an illiterate former bus driver. The 34-year-old father of two also ran a hotel. He fought alongside the Afghan Taliban before the 9/11 terror attacks. Bahawal, who is also known as Salahuddin Ayubi, was chosen by the 'Shura' (council) of the Mullah Nazir group and elders of the Ahmedzai Wazir tribe. A report in The News described Khan as "tough and inflexible" while the ...

Drone attacks unacceptable: Pakistan ISLAMABAD: Parrying a query regarding Pakistan’s reaction over killing of Taliban warlord Mullah Nazir in a US drone strike, Foreign Office Spokesman said the attacks were illegal, unacceptable and against Islamabad’s sovereignty, Geo News reported. Muazzim Khan told a news conference on Friday that Pakistan had been in contact with various organizations including Geneva-based Human Rights Council with regard to its position over the drone strikes. He said that the federal cabinet had issued directives on granting MFN status to India. Khan was of the view that Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar’s recent visit to Saudi Arabia was a success in which she held talks with Saudi leadership over bilateral relations and regional situation with special focus on Afghanistan. He said that father of Malala Yousufzai was appointed as an attaché at Pakistan High Commission in UK. The spokesman further added that Pakistan had released 26 Afghan Taliban so far.

Afghan Forces Are Gearing Up Officials unveil a key phase of the security transfer. Meanwhile, Pakistan releases more Taliban prisoners. By Alexandra Zavis and Alex Rodriguez KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan forces are preparing to take the lead in safeguarding more parts of the country in line with plans to assume full responsibility for security when most foreign troops withdraw by the end of 2014, President Hamid Karzai's government announced Monday. The statement came as neighboring Pakistan released another group of Afghan Taliban prisoners, a move seen as a further sign of the Pakistani government’s willingness to help Washington and Kabul negotiate a peace agreement with the insurgents. Prisoner releases have been requested by the Afghan government as a gesture of goodwill. The next phase of the handoff of security duties from North Atlantic Treaty Organization-led troops to Afghan soldiers and police will begin in two months and will give the national forces primary responsibility for defending 87% ...

News Update: Pakistan releases 4 more Afghan Taliban * More than 3879 people lost their live in ongoing war on terror in Pakistan during 2012: Report

TOP HEADLINES OF ASIA: *Pakistan frees the former justice minister of the Afghan Taliban, Mullah Turabi, as part of moves to encourage a peace process, officials say. *The family of a pregnant American woman missing with her husband in Afghanistan have made a fresh appeal for her safe return. *The UN officially ends its peace keeping operations in East Timor, 13 years after helping the nation win independence from Indonesia. *Burma is set to usher in the newyear for the first time with a public countdown, in the latest sign of easing political controls on daily life. *South Korea approves the restart of a nuclear reactor in Yeonggwang county that was shut down over safety concerns in November, officials say. *A group of about 450 Rohingya Muslims reach Malaysia's Langkawi island after a two-week boat journey, one of the largest to have arrived in 2012. *A Chinese fishing boat is detained by Japan's coast guard for allegedly fishing inside Japanese waters, Chinese officials say. *Pakistan lifts then re-imp ...

The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan has held both India and Pakistan responsible for the 'unrest in Kashmir' and has vowed to liberate and establish Islamic Shariah there. In the latest 42-minute video released by the terrorist outfit, Pakistan Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud and his deputy Wali-ur Rehman are seen answering queries from media persons about the Taliban's strategies, strengths, the jihad in Kashmir and the outfit's relations with the Afghan Taliban and Al Qaeda. Here's the translation of the interview There have been reports in the media that TTP has been divided into two groups... Hakimullah Mehsud: The media has been spreading propaganda that there are differences between me and Wali-ur Rehman. There is no truth in it. I and Maulvi sahib (pointing to Rehman) are sitting side by side. In the past too, the media has spread such propaganda. But we are one since the beginning and our friendship will remain so until death. (To Rehman) Some reports say that you favour jihad inside Afghanistan. How do ...

Mullah Omar must declare a war against India and Tehrike Taliban! India is supporting Israel and american cause in this region by providing United States and Israel the necessary regional information. India and Israel is damaging the cause of free Palastine state by weakening muslim countries from inside. India is funding together with Israel and USA the coward terrorists organisation Tehrike Taliban. Tehrike Taliban is killing innocent muslims and helping Jewish, Hindu and Zionist powers India is humilating Kashmiris rights and killed thousands of Kashmiri freedome fighters. Raped hundreds of Muslim women. India is fighting against Jehad and it is the duty of all muslims to announce jehad against India. India is common enemy of muslims and that is why must get attention of Afghan Taliban and Jehadi fighters from all over the world. Before you get palastine free from Israel, you must give lesson to India.

The Truth behind Taliban's Fatwa Justifying Killings of Innocent Civilians – Part 2 - The Pakistani Taliban, who are no different from the Afghan Taliban in terms of their ideology and practice, also constantly carry, Islam,Terrorism and Jihad, Sohail Arshad, New Age Islam, New Age Islam

Aesha, the Afghan woman whose Taliban husband cut off her nose, will undergo her 4th reconstructive surgery on Monday.

Is France the new Afghanistan? Afghan officials to meet Taliban near Paris

If the Afghan govenmt is meeting the Taliban in France and everybody is making fuss about Kabila meeting M23?

France says officials from the Afghan government, the Taliban rebel movement and other factions would meet this week near Paris

France says Afghan officials to meet Taliban near Paris

January 2003: incidents of violence began to increase in Swat. The Afghan writer Fazal Wahab, whose work was viewed as being critical of Osama bin-Laden and the Taliban in Afghanistan, was shot dead in Swat.

Muslim men, especially those who claim to be doing jihad, are not supposed to have such paintings on them since they cause problems for offering regular prayers.

International forces have been fighting for more than a decade against the Taliban and other militants who allowed al-Qaida to operate in Afghanistan and plot the 9/11 attacks. Karzai has long stressed that terrorism is not rooted in Afghan villages, but resides in other sanctuaries outside the country - a veiled reference to neighboring Pakistan.From our vision, the fight against terrorism is not in Afghanistan.

Two Taliban leaders were captured in separate Afghan-led operations in eastern and southern Afghanistan, Isaf said on Sunday.

The Dancing Boys of Afghanistan exposes the horrific practice called Bacha Bazi, in which young Afghan boys are sold to warlords and powerful businessmen

Saleem Safi presents exclusive episode of Jirga on Geo News.

Pakistan's role in the War on Terror may be described as follows: The Saudi born Zayn al-Abidn Muhammed Hasayn Abu Zubaydah was arrested by Pakistani officials during a series of joint U.S. and Pakistan raids during the week of 23 March 2002. During the raid the suspect was shot three times while trying to escape capture by military personnel. Zubaydah is said to be a high-ranking al-Qaeda official with the title of operations chief and in charge of running al-Qaeda training camps.[1] Later that year on 11 September 2002, Ramzi bin al-Shibh was arrested in Pakistan after a three-hour gunfight with police forces. Bin al-Shibh is known to have shared a room with Mohamed Atta in Hamburg, Germany and to be a financial backer of al-Qaeda operations. It is said bin al-Shibh was supposed to be another hijacker, however the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services rejected his visa application three times, leaving him to the role of financier. The trail of money transferred by bin al-Shibh from Germany to the Un ...

Last French Combat Troops Leave Afghanistan: Airport By Joris Fioriti, Agence France-Presse France flew its last combat troops out of Afghanistan on Saturday, two years before allied nations in the 100,000-strong NATO mission led by the United States are due to recall their fighting forces. Around 200 soldiers of the 25th Belfort infantry regiment, responsible for overseeing the hastened French exit from the 11-year war, took off around 2:30 pm local time (1000 GMT), an airport official told AFP. They are expected to return to France on December 18 following a three-day decompression stay on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. Their departure means France has around 1,500 soldiers left in Afghanistan, the vast majority in Kabul. They are due to stay into 2013 to take responsibility for repatriating equipment and training the Afghan army to take over. After then, only several hundred French soldiers involved in cooperation or training missions will remain in the country. At the height of its involvement, F ...

25 Taliban fighters were killed in Afghan led operation in Shourawak District, Kandahar during the last week.

Nobel Laureate Mairead Maguire addresses many in a speech calling for peace.

Hey y'all been a hectic day for me and my man he has been working doubles to afford our new apartment. I packed an organized ready to go 2 weeks! Now watching the old Rudolph:) If you could have ONE thing for Christmas gift what would it be? -lil rebel-

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan President Hamid Karzai says the U.S. and NATO troops transferring security to Afghan forces should leave Afghan villages as soon as possible.Karzai spoke Saturday on the opening day of a conference to develop Afghanistan's foreign policy strategy for the next three y...

Adam Thomson British High Commissioner to Pakistan in an exclusive interview with Saleem Safi in fresh episode of Jirga on Geo News.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has called on US and NATO troops to immediately leave the country, saying security transition to local forces should take place as soon as possible, Press TV reports. "We are working to make this transition of security happen sooner. We want all the foreign forces to come out of the villages and go to their bases so the Afghan forces can carry out the security," said Karzai during a Saturday conference on Afghan foreign policy strategy in Kabul. "I'm completely sure that the withdrawal of international forces in 2014 will give us more opportunity to provide more security,� he added. The United States and its allies invaded Afghanistan in 2001 as part of Washington’s so-called war on terror. The offensive removed the Taliban from power, but the country is still plagued with insecurity. Foreign forces are scheduled to withdraw from Afghanistan by the end of 2014 and hand over responsibility for the country’s security to the Afghan government. The US intends to maintain so ...

At least five people have been killed and more than two dozen injured after rockets and gunfire hit the airport near the Pakistani city Peshawar.

The administration blames U.S. troop rudeness for insider attacks by Afghan partners. So it's ordering them not to criticize "pedophilia" and other things Islamic.

The Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said that the withdrawal of foreign troops from Afghanistan is good for security.

The media are once again focused on the fate of the only American POW Bowe Bergdahl, who has been detained in Pakistan by Haqqani Network, a Taliban ally. Experts are trying to reveal the meaning of the Afghan authorities’ latest statement., Boris Pavlishev

The day I was reassigned to the Afghanistan Desk at the foreign office in November 1996, I had my first, and somewhat comical, encounter with the Taliban. President Farooq Leghari had just dismi ...

Kabul, Islamabad pursue plan for talks with Taliban. In a joint peace initiative, Pakistan and Afghanistan are trying to get some Taliban leaders off a UN list of terrorists to enable them to join negotiations and hold government positions, a media report said on Saturday.Under the draft plan, the Taliban would take part in national, parliamentary or provincial elections after severing links to Al Qaeda, renouncing violence and respecting the Afghan Constitution, Bloomsburg news agency reported.

Afghanistan’s insurgents are thinking of joining the political process—and seeking common cause against Kabul with their old enemies. Ron Moreau and Sami Yousafzai report.

Archaeologists from around the world fight to save a 2,600-year-old Buddhist city from imminent destruction by a Chinese copper mine.

WASHINGTON - A U.S. appeals court has upheld a lower judge's decision not to release a former high-ranking Taliban government official from Guantanamo Bay.

Since October 7th of 2001, the United States has been occupying Afghanistan and battling militant forces including the Taliban, which has accounted for many attacks on... Read mor...

Take a look at this photo Eagle 6 shared of 1st Lt. Alex Smith, a route clearance mentor with Company A, 3rd Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team "Rakkasans," 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), as an Afghan National Army Soldier (bottom center), discusses through an interpreter, his experiences with improvised explosive devices within the province during an ANA-led counter IED training program at Camp Parsa, Afghanistan. The six-week counter IED course is designed to equip ANA soldiers with the skills to help defeat Afghanistan's largest threat to its people and security forces. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Abram Pinnington, TF 3/101 Public Affairs)

Fear is like an elastic band. You stretch the band inside of your mind and it keeps expanding, but courage is like a big bang. Once it forms in your mind then explodes all darkness, all odds with pride and honor. Courage has nothing to do with age and place as all basic rights of human have nothing to do with gender and person, but your basic right of education and getting social advantage is taken away from you, just for the reason of being a girl, you can’t sit light in the warmth of your home and just wait. At present world we can’t even think of any of this nightmares is happening to our children, but at SWAT VALLEY every parents were shaken and helpless by the fact that their girls neither could get education nor could attend school because a ruling terrorist group has declared education forbidden to them. This is the story of a village called Mingora, Swat valley, Pakistan. Though the place is under Pakistani ruling authority, but for an unknown reason, Afghan terrorist group called ‘Taliban†...

After informal contacts, the Afghan Taliban is setting conditions under which aid agencies can continue some of their work after 2014, a new study says

Kabul/Islamabad, Dec 13: Afghan officials say Pakistan has released a new batch of Taliban prisoners, in the latest of a series of concessions to Kabul that could signal greater Pakistani support for a peace deal in Afghanistan.

Where US failed, Abdullah Gul succseeded in the released of new batch of Afghan Taliban leaders from Pak

For the last decade, the United States and Afghanistan have viewed Pakistan as part of the problem as they worked to subdue the Afghan insurgency. Yet suddenly the three countries are working together for an Afghan peace, with Pakistan handling one of the trickiest aspects of the effort: bringing th...

Beyond the Taliban, beyond the burka, beyond the bloodshed, and beyond the extreme, Come and Discover a place you thought, you knew through Touriscope. Its true that War-torn Afghanistan is an unlikely tourist destination, but there is still a ray of hope that its World Heritage sites and the first national park can attract tourists and boost the local economy. To know the ground realities, must Watch this video as under;

Pakistan military guilty of abuses, alleges Amnesty International Agency France Press | ISLAMABAD | The Pakistan military is guilty of rights abuses on the Afghan border, using new security laws and a colonial-era penal system to act with impunity, a report by Amnesty International alleged on Thursday. The watchdog said the lack of justice was fuelling a rights crisis in the northwestern, semi-autonomous region where Taliban and Al Qaeda-linked violence is concentrated. Pakistan’s armed forces have arbitrarily detained thousands for long periods with little or no access to due process, claimed the report, based on interviews with victims, witnesses, relatives, lawyers, officials and militants. Cases of death and torture have been documented, detainees are not brought before court and relatives have no idea of their fate, sometimes for extended periods of time, said the London-based human rights group. “Almost every week the bodies of those arrested by the armed forces are being returned to their famil ...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan commenced releasing Afghan Taliban prisoners, diplomatic staff in Syria called back in country: foreign office.

Fear spurs new drive for talks with Afghan Taliban - World News - - Modesto Bee

In other words, Americans should shut their eyes and mouths while risking their lives to build a nation for people they can’t talk to or trust.

When US troops leave Afghanistan in 2014, will the country's own forces be able to hold the line against the Taliban?

The deadli­ne for Afghan refuge­es return to their home countr­y was due to expire at the end of Decemb­er 2012.

Taliban-linked Afghan jailed for three years in Bihar - Deccan Herald

I am considering two promises. One is the promise of Allah, the other of Bush. The promise of Allah is that my land is vast...the promise of Bush is that there is no place on Earth where I can hide that he won't find me. We shall see which promise is fulfilled. [Mulla Muhammad 'Umar, Afghanistan - 2001]

American soldiers should brace for a social-cultural shock when meeting Afghan soldiers and avoid potentially fatal confrontations by steering clear of subjects including women's rights, religion and Taliban misdeeds, according to a controversial draft of a military handbook being prepared for troop...

PARIS: Peace talks between the Taliban and Afghan authorities should be held in Kabul and not on foreign soil, Pakistan’s foreign minister said Wednesday, just days ahead of a meeting in Paris on Afghanistan’s future. Hina Rabbani Khar also told France’s Le Monde daily that Islamabad did not wish to control the Afghan peace process. “It’s up to the Afghans to choose which method they think is good,� she said. “If they want to go to Washington, they can.� “But we think that the best solution is to hold the talks on Afghan soil, in Kabul,� she said in remarks translated in French. “The talks and negotiations cannot be held in Paris or in Berlin.� The Taliban are attending talks in Paris on December 19 and 20 on Afghanistan’s future, where officials from President Hamid Karzai’s government will be present. It is being organised by a French think-tank. The foreign minister said the meeting was critical to how things would pan out in the run-up to Nato troops’ 2014 pull-out and af ...

Afghan Taliban shoot down CIA drone in Logar province Mujahedeen of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan shot...

Pakistan has agreed to release some Afghan Taliban prisoners, amid talks with members of Afghanistan's High Peace Council about the country's reconciliation efforts. Afghanistan has long sought access to the prisoners to aid the stalled peace process. It was not clear how many or which prisoners wou...

Pakistan agrees to free several Afghan Taliban prisoners - The Times of India

Pakistan agrees to free several Afghan Taliban prisoners, Pakistan army officials confirm

Pakistani and Afghan Taliban are ideological and operational allies

pakistan.iran.tajicks.dariwall. hazara.dirty game with pashtums.. New Pakistan outreach could aid Afghan peace deal By HEIDI VOGT, Associated Press – 1 hour ago ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan has increased efforts to reach out to some of its biggest enemies in Afghanistan, a significant policy shift that could prove crucial to U.S.-backed efforts to strike a peace deal in the neighboring country. The target of the diplomatic push has mainly been non-Pashtun political leaders who have been at odds with Pakistan for years because of the country's historical support for the Afghan Taliban, a Pashtun movement. Many of the leaders fought against the Taliban when the fundamentalist Islamic group seized control of Afghanistan in the 1990s with Pakistan's help, and have accused Islamabad of maintaining support for the insurgents following the U.S.-led invasion in 2001 — allegations denied by the government. Many experts agree that Pakistan continues to see the Taliban as an ally, albeit a shaky one, in counterin ...

Pakistan's game plan is to separate the Afghan Taliban from the Pakistani Taliban + Al Qaeda & then go after the latter two: Najam Sethi

Imran Khan's agenda is same as ISI's, which is to make sure that U.S. is defeated & w/ the help of Pakistan Army, Afghan Taliban takes over!

poo you I hate you you didint need to go and shot her she is just stand up for girls rights

"Attacks on schools and students are the work of the enemies of Afghanistan and Islam" — Mullah Omar, founder of the Afghan Taliban

2 Afghan Taliban in War of Liberation-Jihad origin is Anti Soviets now anti USNATO Pak Taliban their brothers Not one but many orgs

Hmm, well the Taliban (previous Afghan government), offered shelter, money and weapons to Al Qaeda, so reasonably well.

Royal Marines Arrested susp Murder Wounded Taliban Sadly our Guys do this

Royal Marine Arrests, did they Execute Taliban Wouunded? what about this?

sir don't confuse afghan Taliban with TTP

First of all She is alive, Alhamdolillah, You PTI constantly refering her dead, murdered etc. 2nd US is Against Afghan Taliban.

The Taliban are an evil bunch. wherever they are.

yes u r right! also pl remember is opposite of any other Taliban whch has been created only to discredit them.

for those not in know, Islamically speaking is "opposite" of any othr Taliban which hv been created only to discredit thm

I'd like to see us out of Afghanistan too but we cannot ignore the women.The Taliban’s Poisoning of Afghan Schoolgirls:

they are primarily against the Haqqani's though (Afghan Taliban), TTP has safe heavens in Afghanistan & freely operate there.

Question to those who says all Taliban are same??? why TTP killed Col Imam the man who trained Afghan Taliban against Russians?

"""Why the media is not giving coverage to DRONE ATTACK VICTIMS in North and South Waziristan yesterday?. I strongly protest against media dual policy double standard as a Pakistani German""". Media is high lighting Malala, cos this issue is not only the attack on Malala, but the comming attack on rest of the Wazisistan too. The NGOS and Media getting much more funds from THE USA e.i. 50 Million Dollars and more. Civil society so called Liberal NGOS are very hypocrites; they will never enquire,who is behind the attack, but justt crying how they fight against Afghan Taliban. The Pak Talibans are aswell on the pay roll of America and this attack was 1000 % through these paid killers of CIA.And after all Maulana fazal ur rehaman´s JUI is a pro pak taliban party and getting funds from American agencies.

Since 2002, Afghan opium production, encouraged by both the Taliban and US-backed drug lords, has reached 93% of world illicit production

Bringing the Taliban to the Table: Long-Term Prospects for the Afghan Peace Talks | RAND: via

Insider soldiers turn guns on mates as applaud

via Pakistan freed of anti-terrorism obligations; U.S. billions flow instead – KansasCity.com. The Obama administration has refused for the first time to declare that Pakistan is making progr...

Afghan Taliban commander claims responsibility 4 reported kidnapping of Cdn and American in Afgh via Pakistani media

Most of Afghan and Pakistan Taliban are student which is under Maluna Fazl ur Rehman's Madarsas and they somehow respected him as well

4 Afghan soldiers who had been kidnapped by the Taliban a few days ago have been found dead in Kunar province say officials.

Extremely disappointed in MOI & handling of transfer of & prisoners. Where is Dostum when you need him?

Sorry, only just seen your response - thanks. And congrats for pissing off Taliban and Afghan govt equally!

check the difference between afghan taliban and Pakistani Taliban. TTA are freedom fighters and TTP are fasadi mullahs.

must differentiate between the Afghan Talibans and Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan.

Just to clarify to any ignorant ones: The gun was held and fired by a local, Afghan Taliban man, not a foreign, Jewish Israeli or American.

A spokesman for “Radio Mullah� Maulana Fazlullah says two killers from a special hit squad had been sent to target young schoolgirl Malala Yousufzai.

World media hypes afghan girl murder by about 1000's of such innocent girls who r killed by foreign troops since 2001

he said afghan taliban think its jihad ti fught against american army,ET printed that IK says Afgh taliban doing jihad

Why then are these *** retards classifying them saying the Afghan Taliban did Jihad while Pakistani Taliban are a bad omen?

When my brother came back from afghan and told me he cannot shoot a taliban if they haven't got a weapon I thought it was a joke

Taliban say they have infiltrated Afghan forces - CBS News - Mozilla Firefox Afghanistan can't prevent...

Yeah im pretty sure the trained afghan personnel have killed more americans than taliban, just get our troops out now

... Mostly Arab who Want sharia all over the WORLD, whereas Taliban r NATIONAL mostly PASHTUN movement only interested in Afghan.

I never said there afghan hijackers, I said they were taliban.

What about those who are in a living *** Bowe Bergdahl in Afghan Taliban kidnapping? The American in Cuban custody?

denying they r separte entity from as portrayed by pentagon goes unreported in mainstream US media

afghan didn't attack britian, the british troops work alongside afghan troops. Taliban attacked britain, guess where they're from.

differentiates b/w Afghan taliban and former are fighting for their freedom, later are mere hitman of CIA

The TRUTH is: The US & Pak will have to negotiate w/ the Taliban & deal with them as the next Afghan gov't.yrs war

Mr.Fake Liberal now will you also condemn this...or will ignore it..as your boss did this..

Obama's semi-surge & announce pullout plan in Afghan failed. Negotiating with Taliban failed. Making nice with "rebels" in Libya failed.

and governments begin peace talks with Taliban but will Fascist liberals condemn their paymasters?

Asma Sherazi and some of other Pakistani TV anchors caught dancing and enjoying the party some days back. These are the anchors which are known as the Voice of poor Pakistani Peoples.

There are Two groups which are using the name of Taliban .. One Afghan Taliban ( the True Freedom Fighters and Mujahids of Islam ) . Second TTP( Tehreek E Taliban Pakistan ) THe Dirty KHarjiii Anti Pakistani and Anti Islamic Ones Which Are using the Name of The Taliban to .. 1 - Defame them , 2- Hijack the true mission of Jihad

just to clarify then. Our brave soldiers are at war in Afghanistan. They kill an Afghan taliban insurgent and now they get arrested for murder. It is claimed that they broke the rules of engagement. My *** What chance do our soldiers have? Poor sods should get a medal for taking another one out. So annoyed at this

What I just learned from the debate: American troops get MURDERED and Afghan/Taliban troops get KILLED!

Which Option Makes More Sense to Believe as Appear in News? 1. Malala was attacked by Afghan Taliban in revenge against Pakistani support for NATO, or 2. Malala was attacked by Pakistani Taliban (TTP) with the help of Anti-Pakistani forces.

Kashmir resistance leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani Wednesday lashed out at Pakistani Taliban militia while at the same time hailed their compatriots i, Kashmir Disptach is an online news and views portal based in Kashmir and operated from different parts of the world.

Malala Yousafzai attacked by unknown people, whole media is covering the story and blaming Taliban for that, without evidence, who are Pakistani Taliban ? the original afghan Taliban never verified their moment in Pakistan, this is the question which no one discuss, there are dozens of innocent girls attacked by drones. are they lesser than Malala ? aren't they human beings ? Crap on our Govt ...

To all those who raise the question that what is the proof that TTP have done it; counter question is that why have their appointed Spokesman, Ehsan Ullah Ehsan, took responsibility by calling? And if this was a fake "Ehsan Ullah" then why no one has stepped forward to deny this "first claim" ...also please don't mix TTP with Afghan Taliban; they appear to be two different entities...

Afghan Taliban fought for 7 years(1994-2001) against Afghan Muslims,Ahmed Sha Masood,Gulbadin and Rabani-Would they end Jihad on exit of US?

Targeted attack on Malala Yousufzai and subsequent unrepentent admission of the crime should serve as an eye-opener for all Pakistanis on the true nature of the Taliban - be in Afghan Taliban or Pakistani Taliban. Imran Khan's cozying up with the TTP only help the Jihadists. If he is progressive as he claims, he should conden the attack and visit Malala in the hospital, and in fact, take charge of her treatment.

Afghan Taliban Commander confirms their anti-America union with Al-Qaeda. Is it America's job to go in and wipe out these groups? Or should they stay out of it while they may very well possibly build their groups stronger? I have no viewpoint, just curious of anyone else's thoughts...

Afghan Taliban statement marking 11th year of Afghan Invasion

9 October 2012 / REUTERS, MAIDUGURI At least 35 people were killed on Monday when Nigerian soldiers opened fire after a bomb blast struck their convoy in the northeastern city of Maiduguri, nurses at the hospital that received the bodies said. The nurses in the Umaru Shehu hospital said 30 of the dead were in civilian clothes, while another five wore military uniforms. Militants of the Boko Haram radical sect, headquartered in Maiduguri, sometimes wear civilian clothes. “They brought in so many dead bodies. They were more than 30 civilians, in civilian dress. We counted five dead soldiers as well,� a nurse, who declined to be named, said. Most had died ofgunshot wounds, she added. Boko Haram is waging an insurgency against President Goodluck Jonathan's government with the avowed aim of reviving an ancient Islamic kingdom in majority Muslim northern Nigeria. Styled on the Afghan Taliban, the sect'spurported leader Abubakar Shekau has said he wants to impose sharia, Islamic law, on the country of 160mi ...

Afghan official says Pakistani Taliban attacked Afghanistan and Pakistani official says that Afghan Taliban attacked Durand Line, they are creating hate between Afghans and Pashtuns of Durand line and in last they would be biggest enemies of each other. But We are brothers, we will be brothers, and we were brothers. One culture, one nation, one Language, what if they live there and we live here. We will be always one nation, and people who are trying to divide us will fail as always.

Taliban fighters in Afghanistan have rejected US efforts to reach out to what Barack Obama, the US president, calls the "moderate Taliban". The fighters say ...

08 Oct,2012/Kabul:Two schoolchildren including a nine-year-old girl were shot dead by Taliban militants in Afghanistan after their father refused to quit his job as a policeman.

((You know what?! Before five years from now, I did not even heard at all the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him .. Now I'm ready to sacrifice the last drop of my blood sacrifice for his name and his reputation and his memory). British journalist Yvonne Ridley, who converted to Islam at the hands of the Afghan Taliban in a Muslim youth conference in America in 2006

Headquartered in Borno, Boko Haram models itself on the Afghan Taliban and is fighting to create an Islamic state... ...

Two U.S. Marines were killed and other Americans were wounded on Friday during a Taliban attack on a base in southern Afghanistan where Britain's Prince Harry is stationed, U.S. officials told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity. A spokesman for NATO-led forces in Afghanistan said Harry was on the base at the time of the attack but was unharmed. "Prince Harry was never in any danger," spokesman Martyn Crighton said, adding that the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) would investigate whether his presence on the base had motivated the attack. The attack involved rocket-propelled grenades, mortars and small-arms fire, with insurgents breaching the perimeter of Camp Bastion in volatile Helmand province, U.S. officials said. Crighton declined to offer that level of detail or give the nationalities of the victims. Crighton also did not say precisely how many people were wounded in the attack. Earlier this week, the Afghan Taliban said they were doing everything in their power to ei ...

A statement read out by God Elly's eyes with the announcement of this Renaissance wash-Taliban calls for revenge from the Americans because of the anti-Islam movie the Apostle, pray Allah condemned the Taliban offensive movie of the Prophet and called on the Afghan Taliban on Wednesday to prepare for war against Americans and urged its fighters to “ revenge most American soldiers because of the movie American hurts to Prophet Muhammad God bless him and invited the Taliban most all scientists and speakers to indicate and explain to Muslims in their sermons and exhortations atrocities perpetrated by humanitarian and America, that also empower minds General long resistance against this heinous crime. most. Following is the text of the statement of the Islamic Emirate anti-Islam film about the Prophet in America and the network copy of Observatoire newsletter: published recently a cinema of America with the permission of the US Government but direct complicity, as it hurts (Muhammad) the Messenger of Allah ...

Afghan Taliban call on Afghans to prepare for fight against Americans over Prophet Muhammad film: statement -

They know Harry Potter is a HALF blood prince, right? "Afghan Taliban threaten to kidnap and kill Prince Harry "at any cost"

Afghan Taliban threaten to kill or kidnap Harry. Photos: Rex Features Prince Harry may have just begun his four-month tour of duty in Afghanistan Friday morning, but he might be back to his party-boy ways sooner than later now that he’s facing a threat from the Taliban. Pfft, and people...

Americans want Pakistan to fight the Pashtun resistance of Afghanistan while they themselves cut peace deals with Afghan Taliban. Pakistan's problem is TTP, ...

Ref last RT:"The LeJ proudly claims affiliation with Afghan Taliban led by Mullah Omar - who the world says is living in Karachi"~

Ed Koch Commentary By Edward I. Koch, former Mayor of New York City. August 27, 2012 Mr. President, Mr. Romney, Tell Us Please Why You Support American Soldiers Continuing To Remain in Afghanistan Last week, The New York Times in an article authored by James Dao and Andrew N. Lehren laid out the impact of the Afghan war on the families of those fighting in a way that only The Times is able to do. God bless The Times for the article and the published pictures of the 2,000 Americans who have died in that war defending our country. It is the longest war in our history. It started as most Americans will remember on 9/11/2001 when Osama bin Laden, then headquartered in Afghanistan under the protection of the Afghan Taliban government planned and executed the acts of terrorism - blowing up the two World Trade Center towers in lower Manhattan, destroying part of the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. and seeking with a third plane to destroy the Capitol, which plane was recaptured by its passengers over Pennsylvania w ...

Afghans say top Haqqani leader was killed in U.S. drone strike (Reuters) - Afghanistan said on Sunday it believed that a top commander of the militant Haqqani insurgent network had been killed in a U.S. drone strike, citing intelligence reports that it said countered Afghan Taliban claims that Badruddin Haqqani was still alive. Haqqani, who was head of operations and ran the network's vital business interests, was thought to have been killed during the strike this week in Pakistan's tribal North Waziristan, both Afghanistan's Interior Ministry and national spy agency said. "The elimination of Badruddin Haqqani will deal a major blow and serious setback to the Haqqani Network," Interior Ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said. Shafiquallh Tahriri, spokesman for Afghanistan's spy agency the National Directorate of Security, also said that Haqqani was killed last week, based on intelligence from Afghan agents collected from sources in Pakistan. Tahriri declined to say what evidence was in the reports the gover ...

A top spokesman for the Afghan Taliban denied reports that senior Haqqani Network leader Badruddin Haqqani was killed several days ago in a drone strike in North Waziristan.

Afghan Taliban are Mullah Umar, Jalauddin Haqqani and Gulbadin Hekmatyar. They are freedom fighters and doing a...

Nato kills senior Afghan Taliban: A top Taliban commander and his deputy are among dozens of insurgents killed i...

Peshawar: Al Qaeda, a terror outfit across the globe, has urged its fighters to launch fresh attacks on the NATO supply convoys, travelling from Pakistan to Afghanistan, in order to secure the back of their ally, Afghan Taliban.   

War against terrorism and Pakistan Since 9/11 evens inside the US homeland, although a number of small countries decided to join the USwar on terror, yet Pakistan again became the frontline state in this regard. In this respect, American also applied coercive diplomacy on the weak states such as Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Yemen etc., without bothering for the public backlash and internal instability in these countries. However, Pakistan has already been facing severe economic and financial crises, so it was compelled to support American invasion of Afghanistan. In turn, US started giving economic and military aid to Islamabad. In fact, it was a matter of mutual dependence for both the countries. But within a few years, US-led NATO forces which were equipped with sophisticated technology felt that they had been failing in coping with the Afghan Taliban who succeeded in demoralising them through suicide attacks, ambush assaults and roadside bombs. In order to conceal its defeatism in Afghanistan, ...

To judge by discussions I had with figures close to the Afghan Taliban in Dubai last week, on certain key issues the Taliban leadership and the US administration are far closer than most analysts believe. The chief obstacle to a peace settlement is

Where honour does not reside S Iftikhar Murshed The writer is the publisher of Criterion quarterly. Farida Afridi, executive director of the human rights NGO Sawera, must have believed, as the ancient Greeks did, that the person who has learnt to die has unlearnt to be a slave. She had received death threats for her commitment to the emancipation of women in the tribal areas but refused to be intimidated. On July 4, Farida was gunned down as she drove for work from her home in Hayatabad in Peshawar to Jamrud in the Khyber Agency. No one took to the streets and no politician threatened to unleash a tidal wave of popular protest against extremist violence. Four days earlier, 22-year-old Najiba was ruthlessly killed for alleged adultery by the Afghan Taliban in the village of Qol in Parwan province a few kilometres north of Kabul. Her cold-blooded murder was recorded on video and the footage shows dozens of bearded men from the village gleefully watching the hideous event. The worldwide condemnation of the b ...

U.S. intelligence officials acknowledged Tuesday that the United States may release several Afghan Taliban prisoners from the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as an incentive to bring th...

www.youtube.com/GoldenWorldNews The news agency Reuters has been given a video, allegedly from the Afghan Taliban. According to officials, it shows an execut...

Overlooked by many as mere propaganda, the poetry of the Afghan Taliban offers unparalleled insight into the organization's wider worldview. These two hundred poems, bound together in this collection, draw upon both Afghan tradition and the nation's recent past, and seamlessly connect with the...

Anti-Taliban uprising leads to reopening schools in Afghan town GHAZNI, Afghanistan, July 4 (Xinhua) -- The uprising of local people against Taliban militants in Andar district of Ghazni province, 125 km south of Afghan capital Kabul, has evicted insurgents from several villages and eventually led to reopening schools, a province spokesman said Wednesday. "Since launching the uprising against Taliban rebels in Andar district 30 villages have been liberated and several schools reopened," Fazal Rahman Sabawon told Xinhua. The uprising, the first of its kind in Ghazni and adjoining areas, began one and half month ago. A total of 30 Afghan Taliban and around 70 foreign fighters, including Arab and Pakistanis were killed in the uprising, Sabawon said, Taliban militants spread their influence to the mountainous Andar district some four years ago, and began step by step to implement their harsh interpretation of Islam, including sporting beard, shutting down girl schools and health clinics, banning music, severi ...

Slamming Pakistan for refusing to cut ties with the Haqqani Network of militants, a leading US daily has said the military of the 'crippled and chaotic' state continues to play a 'double game' of accepting aid from America while enabling the Afghan Taliban. | Pak military playing double game on Afgh...

eKantipur:Afghan Taliban deny taking orders from Pakistan

eKantipur : Afghan Taliban deny taking orders from Pakistan

Afghan Taliban deny taking orders from Pakistan

Last night in Dir, next to Afghan province of Kunar, TTP terrorists backed by CIA/RAW, attacked Pakistan army patrol and over 11 Pak army troops were shaheed, with 6 being beheaded later by the terrorists. While the US and CI are forcing Pakistan to wage a war against Afghan Taliban, the CIA is fully supporting the TTP to wage a massive insurgency inside Pakistan. We will take revenge from CIA/RAW for this atrocity. Not just that CIA is supporting these terrorists, they are also waging a massive drone war inside Pakistan killing thousands of innocent civilians and non-combatants. CIA/RAW is also supporting BLA insurgency inside Pakistan creating anarchy in Baluchistan. So far, over a 100,000 Pakistanis have been killed and wounded by this CIA backed covert war against Pak Sarzameen. We demand that Pak army must respond ruthlessly against TTP. The wars of 21st century cannot be fought with military doctrines of 20th. The terrorists, non-state violent actors, covert secret operations by foreign intelligence ...

Stop keeping poisonous snakes in backyard, US tells Pakistan Jun 22, 2012, 10.27AM IST IANS WASHINGTON: In a blunt warning to Pakistan against supporting anti-India and anti-Afghanistan terror groups, secretary of state Hillary Clinton has asked Islamabad to do more about terrorist safe havens in its territory. "What we've said to the Pakistanis is look, if there were ever an argument in the past for your policy of hedging against Afghanistan by supporting the Haqqani Network or the Afghan Taliban or the LeT (Lashkar-e-Taiba) against India, those days are over," she said on a TV talk show. "Because that's like the guy who keeps poisonous snakes in his backyard convinced they'll only attack his neighbours," Clinton said appearing on the Charlie Rose show with former secretary of state James Baker for "Conversations on Diplomacy". Noting that US "relationship with Pakistan has been challenging for a long time" she lamented that in the aftermath of the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan, Pakistanis "had embr ...

In an unusual comment, Afghan Taliban has praised India as a “significant country� in the region and said New Delhi has done well to resist United States calls for greater military involvement in Afghanistan.

NO BIG ! GOOD JOB RED WARRIORS ! US:1 A-HOLES 0 U.S.-led coalition troops battling Afghan Taliban insurgents have killed Al Qaeda's second-in-command in Afghanistan in an airstrike in the country's eastern province of Kunar, the coalition said Tuesday. Sakhr al-Taifi, a Saudi national, commanded foreign insurgent fighters and frequently moved between Afghanistan and Pakistan, often overseeing the transport of militants into Afghanistan, NATO said in a prepared statement. The airstrike occurred Sunday in the Watahpur district of Kunar, a volatile Afghan province along the Pakistani border. Al-Taifi and one other unnamed Al Qaeda militant were killed in the airstrike, NATO said. Over the last two years, the U.S. has steadily eroded Al Qaeda's leadership ranks. U.S. drone missile strikes during that time period have killed at least 18 senior Al Qaeda leaders and commanders, as well as several top Taliban commanders. The death of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in a secret U.S. commando raid in the Pakistani ...

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Close ties between Afghan Taliban or criminal elements and officials highly placed in the government threaten to prevent the Afghan National Army from fulfilling its security responsibilities when it fully takes over control of the country, a top Afghan general told The Huffing...

ARTICLE: The US and Afghan agreement By Agha Masood The president of the United States Barak Obama flew last Monday to Kabul and signed a new strategic agreement with the president of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai. The Strategic agreement will support Afghan people and the government once the US and NATO forces leave the country after 2014. It clearly spells out that the US will stay in Afghanistan and in the region for yet another ten years to provide moral and economic support to the people and the Government of Afghanistan. The US and Afghan officials have worked for the last one and half years to conceive this historic agreement laying solid foundation of good relationship between the US and Afghan people. Most of the legislatures in Afghan parliament have supported this agreement which would provide them security against the Taliban who are still powerful and waging war against US and NATO forces, Afghan Taliban have rejected this agreement and said that the fight to liberate Afghanistan from the foreign ...

Afghan Taliban announce start of ‘spring offensive’: While United States President Barack Obama on the occasion ...

Triple blasts rock Kabul after Obama visit Kabul: Three car bomb explosions occurred in the eastern part of capital Kabul on Wednesday hours after US President Barack Obama made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan to meet his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai. At least six people, including a guard and a civilian passerby, were killed and seventeen injured when suicide bombers rammed a car full of explosives into a wall in the Afghan capital. Afghan Taliban has claimed responsibility for the blasts that were followed by sporadic shooting. Minutes after the blasts, the US embassy in Kabul immediately sounded alarms, warning staff to "take cover, move away from the windows". The attack occurred on the Jalalabad road, where there are several foreign military bases. Kabul police official Mohammed Zahir said, “Wednesday morning's blasts were heard near a camp for foreigners in the east of Kabul,� adding, “Shooting was heard after the blasts.� During his brief visit, the US President signed a strategic pa ...

Marc Grossman, the US special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, had a Rodney King moment this week as he tried to find a path for restarting talks with the Afghan Taliban.

Safe passage for Afghan Taliban to be considered: Pakistan, Afghanistan and the United States agreed Friday to l...

Urdu magazine "Shariat" published by Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. The message from Mullah Muhammad Umar (May ALLAH protect him) on the last page is what I liked the most. He calls upon the youth of Afghanistan to not be trapped in the lies and deception of the Western culture and promote your Islamic and Afghan culture. This message clearly indicates that Afghan Taliban do not have a global agenda and they are Nationalists. AlhamduLILLAH they are not part of the so called "Global Jihad" initiated by Al Qaeda that has murdered more muslims worldwide than the kuffar. May ALLAH give strength to the Mujahideen of Afghanistan and May ALLAH send His Nusrat to help them liberate their lands.

Key to Afghanistan lies in Pakistan: The Pakistani military has provided sanctuary to Afghan Taliban factions an...

How would you like to do dentistry on detained Afghan Taliban and Al Qaeda? Just another day on the job for this guy:

Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani urges Afghan Taliban to hold direct peace talks with the Afghan government

Pakistan PM urges Afghan Taliban to talk to Kabul via BBC News

Pakistani Prime Minister Gilani urges Afghan Taliban to enter direct negotiations with Kabul government -

Pakistan ISI intelligence service has close relationship with Afghan Taliban, says secret Nato report seen by BBC

DTN World News: Afghan Taliban says will target national assembly: KABUL: The Afghan Taliban will hunt down and ...

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