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Senate finally ready to move on reform...unnerved some U.S. and foreign officials, who say that planning a pullout now -- with or without a specific timetable -- encourages the Taliban to wait out foreign forces and exacerbates fears in the region that the U.S. isn't fully committed... In this article: Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Harry Reid, Tax, Ben Nelson, Mary Landrieu, and Blanche Lincoln |
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Wonkette | November 06, 2009
Everything About Death And Violence And Then One Thing About Jay-Z
...know, it's enough already with the corruption. [AP] The Pakistani Army invaded a Taliban alcove in lawless, mountainy South Waziristan, presumably also a stop on Sarah Palin's book tour. [Reuters] So apparently a giant wall (of symbolism?)...
In this article: Jay-Z, Pakistani Army, Sarah Palin, Hamid Karzai, Madonna, and Gordon Brown
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National Public Radio | October 30, 2009
The Nation: Palin's Pet Has Taliban Ties
The Nation: Palin's Pet Has Taliban Ties Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, 2007. One week before Election Day, the special election to fill a vacant House seat in New York's North Country is heating...
In this article: Dana Rohrabacher, Sarah Palin, Conservative Party, GOP, Ronald Reagan, Glenn Beck, and California
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Huffington Post | November 02, 2009
Cheney FBI Interview: 72 Instances Of Can't Recall
...Aid To Pakistan To Fight Taliban WASHINGTON - Even as the Pakistani government plays down the American role in its military operations in Taliban-controlled areas along the border with Afghanistan, the... Sarah Palin, Republican Bigwigs...
In this article: Dick Cheney, Fbi, Barack Obama, Valerie Plame, Detainee, Patrick Fitzgerald, Afghanistan, CIA, and Guantanamo Bay
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Seattle Times | October 06, 2009
Palin urges troop buildup in Afghanistan
...this year. The top three U.S. military officials overseeing the war favor continuing the fight against an emboldened Taliban and have concluded they need tens of thousands more U.S. troops beyond the 68,000 already there. How about your...
In this article: Sarah Palin, Afghanistan, Barack Obama, U.S., Facebook, and Alaska
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The Australian | July 15, 2009
Palin will keep Republicans in the wilderness
...8:54am today Sarah Palin and the evangelical Taliban crazies have caused the hopelessly lost, divided and leaderless Republican party, they should rename it the Republicistan theocracy party, one political party under God. Just like all...
In this article: Sarah Palin, Republican Party, Jon Meade Huntsman Jr., Barack Obama, United States, Richard Nixon, Utah, and Alaska
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CNN | October 07, 2009
'Now is not the time for cold feet,' Palin says of Afghanistan
...very high. The 9/11 attacks were planned in Afghanistan, and if we are not successful there, al Qaeda will once again find a safe haven, the Taliban will impose its cruelty on the Afghan people, and Pakistan will be less stable." Palin's...
In this article: Sarah Palin, Afghanistan, Facebook, Stanley McChrystal, Al Qaeda, Barack Obama, CNN, White House, and Washington
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Description from Wikipedia:
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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