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Commander hails 'significant progress' in Afghanistan...progress' in Afghanistan The new commander of British forces in the Afghan province of Helmand said yesterday there had been "significant progress" in reducing the influence of the Taliban there. Brigadier James Cowan, who took... In this article: Taliban, Afghanistan, US, British troops, Barack Obama, and The White House |
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BBC News | November 13, 2009
UK 'backs Taliban reintegration'
UK 'backs Taliban reintegration' The UK believes success against the Taliban requires a political component A reconciliation between the Afghan government and some Taliban leaders in the next two years has been proposed by UK officials in a...
In this article: Hamid Karzai, UK, Ideology, NATO, Afghanistan, Al-Qaeda, UN, and Jihad
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New Kerala | November 13, 2009
Britain suggests Taliban reintegration, BBC cites leaked memo
Britain suggests Taliban reintegration, BBC cites leaked memo London, Nov 13 : British officials have proposed the Afghan government reconcile with senior Taliban leaders and have them removed from an international sanctions list, the BBC...
In this article: BBC, Stern, Al Qaeda, United Nations, Britain, London, and Kabul
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Daily Mail | November 13, 2009
Britain backs peace deal between Taliban and Afghan government, secret memo reveals
Britain backs peace deal between Taliban and Afghan government, secret memo reveals Last updated at 11:07 AM on 13th November 2009 A reconciliation between the Afghan government and Taliban leaders has been proposed by UK officials,...
In this article: Gordon Brown, Britain, Afghanistan, Europe, Al Qaida, UN, and Barack Obama
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Yahoo! News | November 05, 2009
Britain fears Taliban infiltration in Afghan forces (AFP)
Britain fears Taliban infiltration in Afghan forces (AFP) AFP/File - British soldiers with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) patrol in the town … KABUL (AFP) - Military personnel on Thursday expressed concern...
In this article: NATO, Afghan police, Afghanistan, Britain, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Hamid Karzai, US, and Iraq
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Guardian | 7 days ago
Miliband calls for vast majority of Taliban fighters to be reintegrated into Afghan society
...for vast majority of Taliban fighters to be reintegrated into Afghan society Miliband calls for majority of Taliban to be reintegrated into Afghan society 'Dividing the insurgency' is key part of Britain's strategy, says foreign...
In this article: David Miliband, Afghanistan, Britain, Al-Qaeda, Edinburgh, Pakistan, and NATO
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Sunday Mirror | 4 days ago
Afghani plea: You British cannot leave until war on the Taliban is won
...of permanent high alert. Mr Miliband assured the troops their presence was stopping the country sinking back to the lawless days of the 1990s, when the ruling Taliban sheltered and supported al-Qaeda terrorists. He told them of President...
In this article: Kabul, David Miliband, British troops, Suicide, Cattle, Life is Good, Britain, and Afghanistan
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Telegraph.co.uk - International news | 4 days ago
Afghan governor turned 3000 men over to Taliban
...to be deployed to the region. In an interview with The Daily Telegraph at his Kabul home, Mr Akhundzada said that after losing office he encouraged up to 3,000 followers to take up Taliban offers of money. The move coincided with a huge...
In this article: British Army, NATO, Opium, Sher Mohammed Akhundzada, and Allegation
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Sunday Mirror | November 16, 2009
Convince the public
...turned into a killing field. Gordon Brown must convince voters that Britain's safer by taking the fight to al-Qaeda and its Taliban allies instead of sitting back and waiting for terrorists to bomb our cities. The suicide attacks of 7 July...
In this article: Al-Qaeda, London, Afghanistan, Suicide, British soldier, Gordon Brown, Pakistan, and Britain
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Sunday Mirror | November 13, 2009
Memo reveals Taliban reconciliation
Memo reveals Taliban reconciliation UK officials proposed a strategic reconciliation between the Afghan government and Taliban leaders, a leaked memo has showed. The memo, seen by the BBC, proposes removing "reconciled Talibs" from the UN...
In this article: UN, Quetta, BBC, UK, and Afghanistan
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The Taliban (طالبان ', meaning "students"), also Taleban, is a radical Sunni Islamist movement that governed Afghanistan from 1996 until late 2001, when all of its members were removed from power by NATO forces during Operation Enduring Freedom. It has regrouped since 2004 and revived as a strong insurgency movement governing at the local level and fighting a guerrilla war against the governments of Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).
The movement is made up of members belonging to different ethnic Pashtun tribes, along with a number of volunteers from nearby Islamic countries such as Uzbeks, Tajiks, Chechens, Arabs, Punjabis and others. They operate in Afghanistan and the Frontier Tribal Areas of Pakistan, mainly around the Durand Line border.
The Taliban movement is headed by Mullah Mohammed Omar, who is still in hiding. Mullah Omar's original commanders were "a mixture of former small-unit military commanders and madrasah teachers," and the rank and file made up mostly of Afghan refugees who had studied at Islamic religious schools in Pakistan. The Taliban received valuable training, supplies and arms from the Pakistani government, particularly the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), and many recruits from madrasahs for Afghan refugees in Pakistan, primarily ones established by the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI).
- Name:
- Taliban
- Location:
- Afghanistan and Pakistan
- Years Active:
- September 1994
- Opponents:
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- United States Armed Forces
- Military of Pakistan
- ISAF (led by NATO)
- Operation Enduring Freedom Allies
- Military of Afghanistan
- British Armed Forces
- Alliances:
- Ideology:
- Islamic fundamentalism
- Participant In:
- the Civil war in Afghanistan, the War in Afghanistan (2001–present) and the Waziristan War
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