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Afghans tell of US soldier's killing rampage

...came in and he was shouting, saying something about Taliban, Taliban, and then he pulled my husband up. I screamed and screamed and said, 'We are not Taliban, we are not government. We are no one. Please don't...

http://juneauempire.com/not-web/2013-05-17/afghans-tell-us-soldiers-killing-ramp
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Congress rethinks 9/11 law on military force

...operations and low-intensity conflict, told the Senate Armed Services Committee that for the war against al-Qaida, the Taliban and other terrorist groups, the 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force "serves its purpose.""I believe that...

http://juneauempire.com/not-web/2013-05-17/congress-rethinks-911-law-military-fo
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Taliban attack trends: Never mind

...longer count and publish the number of Taliban attacks, a statistical measure that it...incorrectly reported a 7 percent drop in Taliban attacks in 2012 compared to 2011. In...statements by allied officials that the Taliban was in steep decline.Anthony Cordesman...

http://juneauempire.com/robert-burns/2013-03-06/taliban-attack-trends-never-mind
Abduction, attacks mar run-up to Pakistan election

...shootings that can mostly be traced to Taliban militants who have vowed to disrupt a...but suspicion immediately fell on the Taliban. Gilani is running for a provincial assembly...People's Party, one of three parties the Taliban has singled out for retribution because...

http://juneauempire.com/not-web/2013-05-10/abduction-attacks-mar-run-pakistan-el
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Pakistan's ruling party struggles in election with two party icons dead

...campaign was made even more difficult after Taliban threats made it dangerous to hold public...gun and bomb attack widely blamed on the Taliban.One television ad starts with a sound...That's been a definite possibility. The Taliban is believed responsible for near-daily...

http://juneauempire.com/rebecca-santana/2013-05-09/pakistans-ruling-party-strugg
Afghan president says US wants to keep 9 bases

...made a statement that suggested that the United States and the Taliban were benefiting each other and even in collusion to keep U.S. troops in the country, though the U.S. has been fighting Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan for two decades.As a result, the...

http://juneauempire.com/not-web/2013-05-10/afghan-president-says-us-wants-keep-9
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In Afghan Taliban birthplace, US troops step back

...violent areas - the birthplace of the Taliban.There have been calls in Congress for...could undermine the fight against the Taliban insurgency if Afghan forces are not fully...situation remains tenuous. Residents say Taliban fighters remain in control of large parts...

http://juneauempire.com/patrick-quinn/2012-12-24/afghan-taliban-birthplace-us-tr
Afghan gov't says airstrike kills 11 children

...between U.S.-backed Afghan forces and Taliban militants in a remote corner of eastern...conducting an operation targeting a senior Taliban leader that began around midnight Friday...is one of the main points of entry for Taliban and other insurgents trying to move across...

http://juneauempire.com/not-web/2013-04-08/afghan-govt-says-airstrike-kills-11-c
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The Taliban has a long-term strategy

The Taliban's on-again, off-again approach to...for example, an impostor posing as a top Taliban emissary seeking to initiate a peace process...Hamid Karzai to initiate talks with the Taliban, was blown up by a visitor who concealed...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2012-01-11/taliban-has-long-term-strategy
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Rumors of talks with Taliban are premature

...is expended on rumors of talks with the Taliban. If you believe the tales, Afghan President...brother Qayum) was talking to Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Omar's No. 2 man, Mullah...any talks between U.S. officials and Taliban leaders. A third says the United States...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/042810/opi_626493626.shtml
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