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Pakistani forces attack Taliban in NW, kill 22 (Reuters)Pakistani forces attack Taliban in NW, kill 22 (Reuters) Pakistani forces attack Taliban in NW, kill 22 AFP/File - US President Barack Obama at a US military airbase in Osan, south of Seoul, on November 19. Indian Prime … By Hassan... In this article: Taliban, Pakistan, United States, Washington, Taliban insurgents, and Barack Obama |
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Christian Science Monitor | 4 days ago
Pakistan's fight against militants moves into Khyber
...in Washington, which wants Pakistan to root out fighters along the border, seen as a global hub for militants, to help it defeat the Taliban in Afghanistan. Militants have been trying to choke off the supplies with attacks, forcing the...
In this article: Pakistan, Peshawar, Al Jazeera, Afghanistan, Lashkar-e-Islam, Dawn, Agence France-Presse, and The Christian Science Monitor
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Pakistan's battle with Taliban militants expands north
...the lawless tribal areas bordering Afghanistan, Reuters adds. Washington is keen to see Pakistan also tackle Afghan Taliban factions based in lawless enclaves along the border. [Local police official Fareed] Khattak said forces had entered...
In this article: Pakistan, Pakistani Army, Peshawar, Suicide, Taliban insurgents, The Christian Science Monitor, and US
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Yahoo! News | November 17, 2009
Pakistan seizes main Taliban bases, hunts rebels (Reuters)
Pakistan seizes main Taliban bases, hunts rebels (Reuters) AP - A Pakistani labor works at a mosque destroyed by Monday's suicide bombing in Peshawar, Pakistan on Tuesday, … By Kamran Haider Kamran Haider - 17 mins ago SARAROGHA, Pakistan...
In this article: Athar Abbas, Pakistan, United States, Suicide, Pakistani army, and Barack Obama
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The Times of India - World | 5 days ago
Pakistani forces attack Taliban in NW, kill 22
...November 2009, 03:01pm IST PAKISTAN: Pakistani security forces backed by tanks and artillery attacked Taliban positions in the northwest of the country, killing 22 militants, a senior police official on Monday. The attack was part of a...
In this article: Pakistan, Reuters, Washington, Taliban insurgents, and Afghanistan
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Suspected militants blow themselves up in Pakistan (Reuters)
...in which five Pakistanis were arrested … MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (Reuters) - Three suspected Taliban militants blew themselves up on Saturday as police chased them in Pakistani Kashmir, police said. Militants have carried out a series of...
In this article: Pakistan, Kashmir, Reuters, Suicide, Separatist, India, and Afghanistan
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washingtonpost.com | November 20, 2009
Suicide bomber kills 17 in Afghanistan
...location and denied his group had carried out the Farah raid. "Whenever there are civilian casualties, the Taliban deny responsibility," said Farah Governor Amin. "This attack was definitely carried out by the Taliban." Violence in...
In this article: Afghanistan, Farah, Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, Stanley McChrystal, U.S., NATO, and United Nations
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Suicide bomber kills at least 15 in Pakistan
...Pakistan city. The city, near the Afghan border, has been targeted several times since the army began an offensive against the Taliban in South Waziristan last month and militants stepped up retaliatory attacks. "The attacker was on...
In this article: Pakistan, Peshawar, United States, North Waziristan, Suicide, Taliban insurgency, Afghanistan, and Al Qaeda
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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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- British Armed Forces
- Military of Afghanistan
- Military of Pakistan
- Operation Enduring Freedom Allies
- ISAF (led by NATO)
- United States 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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