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Showing posts with label Taliban. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Taliban. Show all posts
Aug 15, 2010

Taliban takes hold in once-peaceful northern Afghanistan

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Image via Wikipedia Washington Post By Joshua Partlow Sunday, August 15, 2010; A01 QAYSAR, AFGHANISTAN -- In squads of roaring dirt bikes ...
Jul 23, 2010

Minority leaders leaving Karzai's side over leader's overtures to insurgents

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Image via Wikipedia By Joshua Partlow Washington Post Foreign Service Friday, July 23, 2010; A01 PANJSHIR VALLEY, AFGHANISTAN -- The man ...
Jun 16, 2010

Militant Group Expands Attacks in Afghanistan

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Adam Ferguson for The New York Times An Afghan man walked recently past the wreckage of a guesthouse in Kabul, Afghanistan . A car bomb ...
Jun 6, 2010

Afghanistan War Tweets 6 June 2010

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Image by The U.S. Army via Flickr JohnAMacDougall #Kandahar #City ...
May 31, 2010

In Afghan region, U.S. spreads the cash to fight the Taliban

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Image by isafmedia via Flickr By Rajiv Chandrasekaran Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, May 31, 2010; A01 NAWA, AFGHANISTAN -- In th...
May 17, 2010

Taliban Hold Sway in Area Taken by U.S., Farmers Say

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Image via Wikipedia By CARLOTTA GALL LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan — Farmers from the district of Marja , which since February h...
May 9, 2010

U.S. Pressure Helps Militants Overseas Focus Efforts - NYTimes.com

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By DAVID E. SANGER WASHINGTON — When President Obama decided last year to narrow the scope of the nine-year war in Af...
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