Taliban leader held in Afghanistan: ISAF
August 1st, 2012 - 7:12 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Aug 1 (IANS) A senior Taliban leader has been captured in Afghanistan's Zabul province, the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said Wednesday."An Afghan and coalition security force arrested ... Read more...
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Taliban commander killed in Afghanistan
June 14th, 2011 - 6:06 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, June 14 (IANS) A senior Taliban commander has been killed in Afghanistan's Herat province, Xinhua reported Tuesday.Based on intelligence inputs, police launched an operation to capture the commander ... Read more...
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Australian Defence forces capture two Taliban leaders in Afghanistan
April 1st, 2011 - 3:17 pm ICT by ANI
Kabul, Apr.1 (ANI): The Coalition Forces Headquarter in Afghanistan has stated that The Australian Special Operations Task Group (SOTG) and the Afghan police have captured two Taliban leaders in Oruzgan province. ... Read more...
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Pak barrier over US, Afghanistan and Taliban peace negotiations to end Afghan war
March 17th, 2011 - 12:41 pm ICT by ANI
Kabul, Mar 17(ANI): The United States, the Afghan government and Taliban leaders have reportedly begun to take a hard look at what it would take to start negotiations to end the ... Read more...
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NATO allowed Taliban commander into Kabul
October 15th, 2010 - 11:46 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 15 (IANS) NATO-led forces facilitated the passage of a senior Taliban commander to Kabul to hold talks with the Afghan government, a media report said Friday.US General David Petraeus, ... Read more...
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More Than 90,000 Confidential War Documents Leaked In “Wikileaks”
July 26th, 2010 - 7:26 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
July 26, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Wikileaks is once again hitting the headlines. It has recently made public on its website around 98,000 confidential classified documents related to the Afghanistan war ... Read more...
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US sanctions target Taliban leadership
July 23rd, 2010 - 12:48 am ICT by IANS
Washington, July 22 (DPA) The US announced Thursday it was placing sanctions on three senior Taliban officials accused of playing key roles in the militant group's finances.
The sanctions target Gul Agha ... Read more...
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Taliban leader among 29 killed in Pakistan
May 3rd, 2010 - 5:44 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, May 3 (IANS) At least 29 militants, including a senior Taliban leader, were killed Monday during clashes with security forces in Pakistan's tribal region bordering Afghanistan, officials said.
Local Taliban leader ... Read more...
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Taliban consider Karachi the safest place to hide: Report
December 1st, 2009 - 1:46 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Dec.1 (ANI): Karachi is considered the safest place by the Taliban to hide in Pakistan.According to a Newsweek report, the Taliban is hardly worried by US' plans to send in ... Read more...
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I am Pakistani Taliban chief, says Maulvi Faqir
August 20th, 2009 - 2:46 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 20 (IANS) A Taliban leader from a Pakistan-Afghanistan border area has claimed he is now the acting chief of the Pakistani Taliban, while describing Baitullah Mehsud, who Pakistani authorities ... Read more...
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Taliban commander among seven killed in Afghanistan
June 2nd, 2009 - 6:56 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, June 2 (Xinhua) Six people were killed Tuesday in a suicide bomb attack in Afghanistan's northeastern Bagram district, while a senior Taliban commander was killed in a separate incident in ... Read more...
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NATO claims top Taliban leader killed in Helmand
March 24th, 2009 - 1:06 pm ICT by ANI
Kabul, Mar.24 (ANI): NATO officials are claiming that a senior Taliban leader responsible for numerous roadside bombings and suicide attacks has been killed along with nine other insurgent fighters.
Maulawi Hassan, described ... Read more...
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Karzai offered cabinet berths to Taliban if they agree to peace deal
October 13th, 2008 - 11:10 am ICT by ANI
Lahore , Oct 13 (ANI): Even as the US and the UK have been encouraging the Afghan Government to hold talks with the moderate Taliban, Afghan President Hamid Karzai had recently ... Read more...
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Senior Taliban commander killed in Pakistan
August 14th, 2008 - 10:30 pm ICT by IANS
Xinhua
Islamabad, Aug 14 (Xinhua) A senior Taliban leader was believed to have been killed in a military operation in northwestern Pakistan's tribal region Thursday, the Geo TV channel reported. According to the ... Read more...
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‘Pakistan swapped Taliban leaders for envoy’
May 28th, 2008 - 1:58 pm ICT by admin
Islamabad, May 28 (IANS) Pakistan swapped two senior Taliban leaders for the release of its kidnapped envoy to Afghanistan, a media report said Wednesday. "Despite the fact that the government authorities have ... Read more...
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Taliban commander’ arrested in Afghanistan
April 7th, 2008 - 8:51 pm ICT by admin
Kabul, Apr 7 (ANI): A senior Taliban commander has been arrested in Kandahar, according to Afghan officials.Mullah Abdul Jabar, the Taliban deputy leader in southern Afghanistan, was arrested when he was ... Read more...
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