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Taliban start spring Afghan offensive with bombing

Taliban insurgents marked the start of their spring offensive on Sunday by claiming responsibility for a remote-controlled roadside bomb blast that killed three police officers.

By Associated Press , April 28, 2013

Taliban attacks kill 9 people in Afghanistan

Insurgents killed six police officers at a checkpoint and a suicide bomber killed three civilians at a shopping bazaar in separate attacks Sunday in eastern Afghanistan, while an independent security group warned 2013 is on track to be one of the most violent years of the war.

By Associated Press , April 22, 2013

Taliban gunmen kill Pakistani election candidate

Taliban assailants on a motorcycle gunned down a candidate running in Pakistan's upcoming elections on Thursday, an official and a Taliban spokesman said, underscoring threats to the country's former ruling party and other secular and political groups.

By Associated Press , April 11, 2013

Talk of peace with Pakistan Taliban angers victims

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Hazratullah Khan, who lost his right leg below the knee in a car bombing, answers immediately when asked whether the Pakistani government should hold peace talks with Taliban leaders responsible for attacks like the one that maimed him.

By Asif Shahzad, Associated Press , February 23, 2013

US sees potential for wider anti-Taliban uprising

AB BAND, Afghanistan (AP) — Fed up with the Taliban closing their schools and committing other acts of oppression, men in a village about 100 miles south of Kabul took up arms late last spring and chased out the insurgents with no help from the Afghan government or U.S. military.

By Robert Burns, AP National Security Writer , October 18, 2012

Girl shot by Taliban for promoting girls' education now in UK for care

Girl shot by Taliban for promoting girls' education now in UK for care BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — A teenage Pakistani activist shot in the head by the Taliban arrived in the United Kingdom on Monday for more specialized medical care and to protect her from follow-up attacks threatened by the militants.

By Martin Benedyk and Sebastian Abbot, Associated Press , October 15, 2012

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Hillary Rodham Clinton in Kabul to push Afghan reconciliation

KABUL, Afghanistan — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is encouraging Afghanistan's wary leadership to keep up Taliban reconciliation efforts and boosting counterterrorism cooperation with Pakistan as the Obama administration presses ahead with troop withdrawal plans.

By By Matthew Lee, The Associated Press , October 19, 2011

Pakistan urges Afghanistan to help free youths

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan's interior minister on Sunday called on Afghanistan's president to help win freedom for around 30 young Pakistanis held captive by the Pakistani Taliban.

By By Asif Shahzad, The Associated Press , September 04, 2011

Taliban storm British compound in Kabul; 8 dead

KABUL, Afghanistan — Taliban suicide bombers stormed a British compound in an upscale Kabul neighborhood shortly after dawn Friday, killing eight people during an eight-hour firefight as two English language teachers and their bodyguard hid in a locked panic room.

By By Amir Shah, The Associated Press , August 19, 2011

Karzai: Afghanistan, US in contacts with Taliban

President Hamid Karzai said Saturday that Afghanistan and the United States are engaged in peace talks with the Taliban, even as insurgents stormed a police station near the presidential palace, killing nine people.

June 18, 2011

Taliban attack US vehicles in Pakistan

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A Taliban car bomb struck an armored vehicle taking American government employees to the U.S consulate in northwest Pakistan on Friday, officials said, in a strike the militants said was in revenge for the raid that killed Osama bin Laden.

By By Nahal Toosi, The Associated Press , May 20, 2011

17 killed in suicide blast in southern Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan — A Taliban suicide bomber blew himself up among men washing in a bathhouse ahead of Friday prayers, killing 17, in an attack that showed militants can still largely strike at will in southern Afghanistan despite a NATO offensive.

By By Elena Becatoros, The Associated Press , January 07, 2011

Senator proposes permanent US bases in Afghanistan

January 02, 2011

Pakistan resists U.S. push to expand terror fight

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan's foreign minister says the country's military will deal with a key Taliban sanctuary along the Afghan border on its own timeline despite U.S. pressure.

October 24, 2010

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