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  • Taliban warn not to sell Viagra

    February 11, 2013 7:29 PM

    The Taliban warned shopkeepers in northwestern Pakistan not to sell sex-related drugs, like Viagra, or pornographic movies. One member of a trade association for a large market says he got a text message warning from the Taliban, so he issued a pamphlet to thousands of shopkeepers asking them to comply... more »
  • Hospital: Visitors probably curious, not a threat

    October 16, 2012 2:34 PM

    BIRMINGHAM, England - An official at the British hospital treating a Pakistani teen activist says the people who showed up asking about the girl were probably just "over-curious," not a threat to her safety. Dr. Dave Rosser, medical director of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, says several people turned... more »
  • NATO troops told to leave rural areas

    March 15, 2012 10:27 AM

    KABUL - U.S. efforts to end the 10-year-old war in Afghanistan have suffered a double blow today. The Taliban announced it will break off peace talks. Afghan President Hamid Karzai demanded NATO troops immediately pull out of rural areas after last weekend's murders of 16 civilians. A U.S. solider accused... more »
  • Taliban vow revenge for Afghans killed by US troop

    March 12, 2012 7:39 AM

    KABUL, Afghanistan - The Taliban have vowed revenge against the U.S. after at least one American soldier shot to death 16 civilians in southern Afghanistan and burned their bodies. The militant group says in a statement on their website that "American savages" committed the "blood-soaked and inhumane crime" in Panjwai... more »
  • Taliban claims responsibility for 3 NATO deaths

    December 28, 2011 5:37 AM

    KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The Taliban is claiming responsibility for an attack in Afghanistan that killed three NATO service members. The three were killed Tuesday by a roadside bomb in the eastern part of the country, 60 miles south of Kabul. NATO hasn't given the nationalities of the dead, but... more »
  • Military killed Taliban who downed US helicopter

    August 10, 2011 10:07 AM

    WASHINGTON - The top commander in Afghanistan says international forces killed the Taliban insurgents responsible for downing a U.S. helicopter and killing 38 U.S. and Afghan forces over the weekend. Marine Corps Gen. John Allen told a Pentagon news conference Wednesday that forces learned where the insurgents had fled... more »
  • Obama honoring US forces killed in Afghan attack

    August 9, 2011 12:50 PM

    DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. - President Barack Obama is privately honoring the U.S. forces killed in the costliest attack of the Afghanistan war. The president is at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, where fallen troops come home. His trip was unannounced in a measure of security.... more »
  • Afghanistan troop cut this year likely near 10,000

    June 21, 2011 11:55 AM

    WASHINGTON - A senior U.S. defense official says the troop withdrawal to be announced Wednesday by President Barack Obama is likely to total two brigades this year, or roughly 5,000 troops this summer and another 5,000 by year's end. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because Obama has... more »
  • Mullen: Taliban hideouts can be shut down

    December 17, 2010 4:49 AM

    KABUL- The top U.S. military officer says Pakistani military could shut down Taliban hideouts on its soil to prevent insurgents from moving back and forth across the long, porous Afghan-Pakistan border. Adm. Mike Mullen told reporters in Kabul on Friday that fixing the problem is critical to making progress in... more »
  • Obama: Taliban, al-Qaida diminished in Afghanistan

    December 16, 2010 11:30 AM

    WASHINGTON - Declaring significant progress in disrupting al-Qaida and combating the Taliban, President Barack Obama said Thursday the United States will start withdrawing U.S. troops from Afghanistan in July as promised. He still warned of sobering days, saying the war will remain a "very difficult endeavor." Heralding a review of... more »
  • White House: Afghan review will support July drawdown

    December 14, 2010 1:35 PM

    WASHINGTON - The White House says a yearlong review of the Afghanistan war will show that the U.S. can begin withdrawing troops in July. President Barack Obama and his top national security officials met for nearly two hours Tuesday to review the report. The president will speak about... more »
  • American Taliban wants Group Prayer at Prison

    September 1, 2010 7:49 PM

    American-born Taliban John Walker Lindh wants a federal judge to overturn a ban on group prayer at a maxium security federal prison in Indiana. The ACLU made the request on behalf of Lindh and another muslin prisoner Enaam Arnaout. The prisoners contend having to pray alone in their cells once... more »
  • Obama, Brit leader: Afghanistan in critical period

    June 26, 2010 2:54 PM

    President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron say it is critical to get the Afghanistan war right this year. Speaking to reporters Saturday after their first meeting since Cameron took power, the two leaders said their nations have the right strategy in Afghanistan. Obama said at a meeting... more »
  • Progress against Taliban in Afghanistan

    February 22, 2010 3:29 PM

    The nation's top defense leaders say forces are making progress against the Taliban in southern Afghanistan, but that it's been more difficult than expected, and will take much longer than hoped. The chairman of hte Joint Chiefs of Staff says the efforts are inefficient and messy. He says that's... more »
  • Taliban leader capture confirmed by White House

    February 17, 2010 1:38 PM

    The White House confirms the capture of Afghan's Taliban leader in Pakistan. Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar was arrested earlier this month in a joint operation by CIA and Pakistani security. He is being interrogated, but the results of the questioning are not being released. White House press secretary, Robert... more »

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