Taliban
The Taliban (plural of talib, which is Arabic/Persian for "student of Islamic religious law") regime ruled Afghanistan from November 1994 to November 2001 under the leadership of...
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At first, the dust was all people could see—a whirling brown sandstorm rushing toward the center of the village. Soon it was obvious that the dust was being kicked up by a little pickup truck&md...
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Key Taliban leaders in Pakistan:BAITULLAH MEHSUD: Head of the newly formed Taliban Movement of Pakistan. He has been named by the Pakistan government and the CIA as the man behind the Dec. 27 assas...
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Islamabad (dpa) - At least 40 Islamic militants and eight soldiers
were killed in an ongoing military operation in Pakistan's restive
tribal region bordering Afghanistan, th...
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Kabul (dpa) - Two NATO-led Canadian peacekeeping soldiers were
killed and three others wounded when their vehicle was hit by a
roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan, NATO sp...
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Islamabad (dpa) - NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
arrived in Pakistan Monday on a two-day visit largely aimed at
tightening efforts in the fight against Taliban...
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Toyota to continue production suspension at domestic plants on Monday
TOKYO - Toyota Motor Corp. will continue to suspend automobile
production at its domestic plants on Monday a...
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A purported spokesman for Afghanistan's Taliban movement claimed
Saturday that the militants killed the second German hostage they
were holding an hour after they killed the ...
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Pratibha Patil elected India's 1st woman president
NEW DELHI - Pratibha Patil of the ruling Congress party and its
political allies was on Saturday declared the winner of India's...
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Bush temporarily transfers power to Cheney for colon screening
WASHINGTON - U.S. President George W. Bush transferred the power
of presidency temporarily to Vice President Dick C...
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Singapore foreign minister plans to visit N. Korea as ASEAN chair
MANILA - Singapore Foreign Minister George Yeo said Wednesday he
plans to visit North Korea next year as a repre...
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Kabul/Seoul (dpa) - The South Korean government on Monday
confirmed that two South Korean women had been released by the
radical Islamic Taliban movement in Afghanistan, and...
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Taliban
Life Under the Taliban
Taliban leaders in Pakistan
