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Taliban captures all onboard crashed helicopterThe Taliban have captured all aboard a helicopter that crashed in a volatile region of Afghanistan's east, a spokesman for the insurgency said on Monday. The helicopter, owned by air charter company Khorasan Cargo Airlines, ma More… |
Militants attack Pakistan power plant; 7 deadDozens of suspected militants attacked a major power station in northwest Pakistan with mortars and rocket-propelled grenades and killed seven people, police said on Tuesday. The assault, in the More… |
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Taliban threatens to kill Musharraf on returnPakistan's Taliban have threatened to despatch suicide bombers and snipers to kill former President Pervez Musharraf when he returns home from exile on Sunday to contest elections. In a Taliban video obtained by Reuters, Adnan More… |
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Taliban, US revive talks in Qatar says KarzaiThe Afghan Taliban and the US have been holding talks in Qatar, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Sunday, but the militant group and Washington denied they had resumed dialogue. The Taliban More… |
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Pakistani Taliban execute 21 paramilitary menPakistani Taliban militants have executed 21 paramilitary force men who were captured in attacks on their posts late last week, a government official said on Sunday. The men, who were kidnapped on Friday in attacks on three checkp More… |
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Terror funds linked to shady charitiesHundreds of millions of dollars a year are being channelled into the hands of the Taliban - much of it from the Gulf, according to an expert. Shady charities in the GCC continue to funnel cash to Afghanistan to fund insurgents, Af More… |
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US soldiers killed in Taliban attack; Harry unhurtTwo US Marines were killed and other Americans were wounded on Friday during a Taliban attack on a base in southern Afghanistan where Britain's Prince Harry is stationed, US officials told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity. More… |
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French soldiers killed in Taliban attackA suicide bomber dressed in a burqa blew himself up near a French patrol in Afghanistan on Saturday, killing four soldiers and wounding five as the Taliban step up a spring offensive. The attack - one of the deadliest on the French conting More… |
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Taliban will retake Afghanistan: reportA secret US military report says that the Taliban, backed by Pakistan, are set to retake control over Afghanistan after Nato-led forces withdraw from the country, Britain's Times of London newspaper reported. Lt Col Jimmie Cummings, a spok More… |
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Pakistan Taliban leader believed deadThe leader of the Pakistani Taliban, the militant movement that poses the gravest security threat to the country, is believed to have been killed by a US drone strike, four Pakistan intelligence officials told Reuters on Sunday. The offici More… |
