Taliban insurgency
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US missile strike kills 8 in Pak...with its pilotless, missile-firing aircraft in northwest Pakistan this year as its forces in neighboring Afghanistan have faced an intensifying Taliban insurgency. The latest strike, the second this week, targeted a fortified militant... In this article: United States, Taliban insurgency, Reuters, Taliban, Al-qaida, Pakistan, Mir Ali, Peshawar, and North Waziristan |
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Yahoo! News | 22 hours ago
Bombers kill 23 in Afghanistan (AFP)
...warlord, who escaped unscathed but killed five of his bodyguards northwest of Kabul, while a similar device, of the type favoured by Taliban insurgents, killed three civilians in the east. The Taliban-led insurgency against the...
In this article: Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan, US, Taliban insurgents, Hillary Clinton, Robert Gates, Khost, and Kabul
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Sydney Morning Herald - World | 1 day ago
Bombers kill 18 in Afghanistan
...in the town's main hospital, confirmed the casualties. In the eastern province of Khost, a roadside bomb, similar to those used by Taliban insurgents, ripped through a civilian car, killing three non-combatants, local police said. Four...
In this article: Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan, US, Taliban-led insurgency, Hillary Clinton, Robert Gates, European Union, and Transparency International
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washingtonpost.com | 1 day ago
Afghanistan is world's worst place to be born: UN
...in the world -- 257 deaths per 1,000 live births, and 70 percent of the population lacks access to clean water, the agency said. As Taliban insurgents increase their presence across the country, growing insecurity is also making it hard to...
In this article: Afghanistan, United Nations, Unicef, Taliban, Taliban insurgents, Convention on the Rights of the Child, Ann Veneman, Geneva, and New York
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Reuters | 2 days ago
Karzai sworn in as Afghan leader; vows to fight graft
...state, and promised measures to fight it. His inauguration for his second five-year term comes against the backdrop of an ever more-deadly Taliban insurgency, doubts over his legitimacy after the tainted election, and demands from Western...
In this article: Hamid Karzai, Abdullah Abdullah, David Miliband, Kabul, Car bomb, NYSE, Nasdaq, European Union, and Asif Ali Zardari
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Reuters | 2 days ago
FACTBOX: Key facts and figures for Afghanistan
...Thursday as he faces renewed criticism from Washington over corruption. Karzai's inauguration took place against the backdrop of a rising Taliban insurgency, doubts over his legitimacy after an election tainted by fraud and complaints his...
In this article: Afghanistan, NATO, Hamid Karzai, Opium, United States, United Nations, Heroin, World Bank, and Transparency International
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Reuters | 3 days ago
Obama vows Afghan exit; battered Karzai to take oath
One of the things I'd like is the next president to be able to come in and say I've got a clean slate." In eight years of war the Taliban insurgency is now at its deadliest, the Western force protecting Karzai is at its largest,...
In this article: Hamid Karzai, Barack Obama, Kabul, Thomson Reuters, Hillary Clinton, Small business, Bernard Kouchner, NYSE, and Nasdaq
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washingtonpost.com | 3 days ago
Afghans say poverty, not Taliban, main cause of war
...said corruption and the ineffectiveness of their government were the main reasons for the continued fighting, while 36 percent said the Taliban insurgency was to blame. The 704 respondents from around the country were allowed to give multiple...
In this article: Taliban, Poverty, Afghanistan, Unemployment, Respondent, Oxfam, U.S., and Barack Obama
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washingtonpost.com | 5 days ago
Rocket attack kills five Afghan civilians
KABUL (Reuters) - Five civilians were killed and 28 wounded when Taliban insurgents fired three rockets into a busy market in northeastern Afghanistan Monday, Afghan police said. The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force...
In this article: Taliban insurgents, Taliban, NATO, Kabul, and Afghanistan
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The Taliban insurgency took root shortly after the group's fall from power following the 2001 war in Afghanistan. The Taliban continue to attack Canadian, Afghan, ISAF and U.S. army troops and many terrorist incidents attributable to them have been registered. Al-Qaeda is closely associated with their activity. The war has also spread to Pakistan, in particular the Waziristan War. The Taliban conduct low-intensity warfare against the Afghan National Army and coalition forces.
- Name:
- Taliban insurgency
- Date:
- January 01, 2002
- Outcome:
- Conflict ongoing
- Location:
- Southern Afghanistan
- Combatant:
- Taliban
- Casualties:
- 30,000+ killed, 36,000+ captured (est.)
- Commander:
- Dan McNeill
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