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America's go-to man in Afghanistan's Oruzgan province
TARIN KOWT, Afghanistan — A shy boy with filthy hands and a shabby tunic approached the great man, bowed and tried to kiss his hand. Gen. Matiullah Khan was seated like a sultan on a cushion in his hojra, his airy receiving room. He barely...
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2 More U.S. Soldiers Killed by Taliban Posing as Afghan Troops
CNNA man wearing an Afghan police uniform opened fire on U.S. troops in southwest Afghanistan on Friday, killing two service members, military and Afghan officials said. The killings are the latest in a series of "green-on-blue" attacks carried out by...Tags: Politics, Injuries and Wounds, Taliban, NATO, Shootings
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Afghanistan's Karzai urges Taliban leader Omar to run for president
World NowKABUL, Afghanistan -- President Hamid Karzai had a suggestion Thursday for Mullah Mohammed Omar, the fugitive leader of the Taliban movement: Run for president if you want. The Afghan leader, speaking at a news conference, urged the Taliban chief to... -
News briefs: GOP primaries in three states today; mass murder shooting at Christian school
3 GOP primaries Tuesday, but Romney and Obama act as though the fall campaign is all but set MILWAUKEE (AP) — Republican front-runner Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama are trading jabs even before Republicans vote in their latest...
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The Taliban's olive branch
American officials are welcoming a Taliban statement that the Afghan insurgents will set up an office in the Persian Gulf state of Qatar. The move is being seen as a first step toward peace talks aimed at reconciling the Taliban and the Western-backed...Tags: Saudi Arabia, Burhanuddin Rabbani, Politics, Taliban, NATO
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Pakistan rips 'preposterous' ideas about its role in Afghan talks
World NowPakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said any expectations Pakistan could deliver the Taliban leader to the negotiating table for Afghan peace talks were “preposterous.”... -
U.S. offers $10-million bounty for Pakistani militant chief
World NowThe U.S. government has set a $10-million bounty on Hafiz Mohammed Saeed, the founder of a Pakistani militant group with suspected links to Al Qaeda and the alleged mastermind behind the 2008 attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai that killed 166 people.... -
Muslim holiday in Afghanistan opens with a bombing
World NowAfghanistan bombing: Eid al-Adha, the most important holiday of the Muslim calendar, got off to a violent start in Afghanistan on Sunday when suspected insurgents staged a bombing outside a mosque in the north, killing at least seven worshippers, Afghan... -
In Kabul, Gates urges patience with Afghan war
AP National Security WriterU.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates appealed for patience with an unpopular war and said Saturday that only modest U.S. troop reductions would make sense this summer in a still unstable Afghanistan. On his 12th and final visit to Afghanistan as...Tags: Singapore, Health, Politics, Taliban, Injuries and Wounds
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Bail Denied For Alleged Pakistani Taliban Funding Conspirators
CNNMIAMI -- A judge on Monday denied bond to two Florida imams facing charges of funneling money to the Taliban in Pakistan, siding with prosecutors who said the two men could be a risk to the community. The imams -- a father and son -- are among a half-...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Taliban, FBI, Pakistan, Afghanistan
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Osama bin Laden, born to privilege, dies a pariah
Osama bin Laden, a scion of one of Saudi Arabia's wealthiest families, became the grim apostle of a strain of Islamic radicalism that exalted violence against non-believers, and the leader of a terrorist network that launched repeated attacks in the West,...Tags: Landforms, Vatican City, Health, Injuries and Wounds, Taliban
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