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| Taliban, tribal elders agree to expel Uzbeks | | 2008-07-08 21:22:39 | | WANA, July 7: Local Taliban and tribal elders decided at a meeting on Monday to expel Uzbek militants and their local collaborators from the areas of Ahmadzai Wazir tribe in South Waziristan.The meeting in Wana was attended by about 500 elders and Maliks and representatives of Taliban Shoora from North Waziristan.Witnesses said that supporters of pro-government militant commander Maulvi Mohammad Nazir detained tribal elder Malik Baa Khan after he opposed the participation of some Taliban in the jirga.They said that some people shouted at Malik Baa Khan when he said that the people of South Waziristan did not need the help of Taliban from North Waziristan in confronting foreign militants.Malik Baa was taken to a private Taliban jail and was released after he paid Rs500,000.Sources said that the group of Maulvi Nazir and elders had agreed to continue their action against Uzbek militants. Maulvi Nazir and his supporters, it may be mentioned, had launched a campaign last year, killing over | | By: A Pakistan News | | |
| | NEFA Foundation Report - The Evolution of the Taliban in Pakistan: Feb-May 2008 | | 2008-07-08 09:37:39 | | The NEFA Foundation has released a new report by NEFA Senior Investigator Claudio Franco titled "The Evolution of the Taliban in Pakistan during the February-May 2008 Period: The Peace Accord Era." Franco explores the evolution of the insurgency in North-Western Pakistan from February-May 2008, a time characterized by an attempt to stabilize the area by means of a negotiated effort. The new Pakistani cabinet, led by Yusuf Reza Gilani, initiated a dialogue with the insurgents in Malakand and Swat,...(read more) | | By: An American Warning | | |
| | Resurgent Taliban Threaten Kandahar, Peshawar | | 2008-06-29 18:06:18 | | As the US-led NATO coalition in Afghanistan and the new government in Pakistan find themselves in policy disagreements and total disarray, with Hamid Karzai playing the spoiler, the resurgent Taliban appear to be preparing for the takeover of major cities on both sides of the border: Kandahar in Afghanistan and Peshawar in Pakistan. This is [...] | | By: Free Shared Mobile | | |
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| Pentagon Report, Gates' Comments Indicate Taliban's Resilience | | 2008-06-27 20:18:30 | | A report issued late Friday by the Pentagon under Congressional mandate and comments by Defense Secretary Gates indicate the fragility of the security situation in Afghanistan. The "Report on Progress toward Security and Stability in Afghanistan" is the first formal report ever issued by DoD on the status of the security situation there. "The Taliban regrouped after its fall from power and have coalesced into a resilient insurgency. It now poses a challenge to the Afghan Government’s authority...(read more) | | By: An American Warning | | |
| | Pentagon: Taliban a resilient force in Afghanistan | | 2008-06-27 16:05:44 | | WASHINGTON (AP) - The Taliban has regrouped after its initial fall from power in Afghanistan and the pace of its attacks is likely to increase this year, according to a Pentagon report that offers a dim view of progress in the nearly seven-year-old war.
Noting that insurgent violence has climbed, the report said that despite U.S. [...] | | By: TexasFred's | | |
| | NATO, Afghan troops move against Taliban | | 2008-06-18 09:09:28 | | ARGHANDAB, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghan and Canadian forces moved into a series of villages outside of southern Afghanistan’s largest city Wednesday to root out any Taliban militants there, while an explosion elsewhere killed four British soldiers, officials said.
Troops in Arghandab district just outside of Kandahar exchanged fire with militants during “a few minor contacts,” NATO [...] | | By: TexasFred's | | |
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| NEFA Foundation Exclusive: Video Interview with Pakistani Taliban Commander Maulvi Faqir Mohammad | | 2008-06-17 16:20:57 | | The NEFA Foundation has obtained an exclusive video-recorded interview with Maulvi Faqir Mohammad, a senior commander of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and an acknowledged deputy of notorious Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud . When asked during the interview whether the TTP would host Usama Bin Laden and fugitive Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Omar as guests in northwestern Pakistan, Faqir responded, "Throughout the world, a war is being fought under the leadership of Sheikh Usama and Amir...(read more) | | By: An American Warning | | |
| | Taliban militants destroy bridges in Afghanistan | | 2008-06-17 12:56:05 | | ARGHANDAB, Afghanistan (AP) - Taliban militants destroyed bridges and planted mines in several villages they control outside southern Afghanistan’s largest city in apparent preparation for battle, residents and officials said Tuesday.
More than 700 families - meaning perhaps 4,000 people or more - had fled the Arghandab district 10 miles northwest of Kandahar city, said Sardar [...] | | By: TexasFred's | | |
| | More than 600 prisoners escape in Taliban assault on Afghanistan prison | | 2008-06-14 07:41:00 | | The Jerusalem Post - More than 600 prisoners escaped during a brazen Taliban bomb and rocket attack on the main prison in southern Afghanistan that knocked down the front gate and destroyed a two-story police checkpoint, a police official said Saturday. At least nine police were killed.The complex attack late Friday included a truck bombing at the main gate, a suicide bomber who struck a back wall and rockets fired from outside, setting off a series of explosions that rattled Kandahar, the country's second biggest city.A Taliban spokesman, Qari Yousef Ahmadi, said 30 insurgents on motorbikes and two suicide bombers attacked Sarposa Prison and freed about 400 Taliban members.Police official Mohammad Jamal Khan said more than 600 prisoners escaped. He said nine police were killed and 12 were wounded. Eight prisoners also died in the assault, he said. | | By: THE NEW BABYLON TIMES | | |
| | Taliban Defends Peace Accord with Pakistani Government | | 2008-06-09 11:24:59 | | The NEFA Foundation has obtained and translated a new communiqué from the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (the Taliban movement) defending the recent peace accord negotiated between the Pakistani government and local Taliban forces. According to the statement, “We consider the peace accord in Pakistan as an internal affair, which pertains to that country alone—yet the occupation forces in Afghanistan and the forces hostile to Islam around the world oppose this peace accord and argue it...(read more) | | By: An American Warning | | |
| | UN Monitoring Team Report Highlights Problems Plaguing Implementation of Measures Against Al Qaeda and the Taliban | | 2008-05-30 23:06:57 | | The United Nations Al Qaeda/Taliban Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team issued its 8th report earlier this month reviewing the implementation by states of the UN measures against Al Qaeda and the Taliban. The report also highlights several problems that continue to reduce the effectiveness of these UN measures. Unlike the previous Monitoring Group on which I served, this team has shied away from drawing attention to specific violations of the UN measures. Nevertheless, their description...(read more) | | By: An American Warning | | |
| | Pakistani Taliban seek sharia rule | | 2008-05-24 06:30:00 | | Pakistani Taliban fighters have said that the success of a peace deal signed with the government in the northwestern area depends on the complete enforcement of Islamic law in the region.The agreement, signed on Wednesday, ends months of fighting in the Swat valley between troops and fighters loyal to Maulana Fazlullah, a pro-Taliban commander.The Pakistan government has agreed gradually topull out troops from the Swat valley. More... | | By: THE NEW BABYLON TIMES | | |
| | Another Pakistan Deal with the Taliban Jihadists | | 2008-05-22 04:00:30 | | Once again , the Pakistan government signs another deal with the Taliban, while counting on an impotent American government and an uninformed American public to continue to provide them billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars as our "ally". This is becoming an near-annual event in Taliban appeasement by the Pakistan government: the September 2006 North Waziristan Accord, the August 2007 calls by President Musharraf to "mainstream" the Taliban, and now a peace agreement with the Taliban in Swat. The next...(read more) | | By: An American Warning | | |
| | Taliban deliver silent death threats after midnight | | 2008-05-13 10:05:00 | | Afghans call them 'night letters' -- notes scattered or pushed under doorways by Taliban militants in the dead of night, threatening villagers' lives if they cooperate with foreign forces and the government.The notes are often poorly written but the message is clear -- have nothing to do with the foreign troops or serve in the government they back, otherwise, your business will be destroyed, your livestock snatched or your throat cut. More... | | By: THE NEW BABYLON TIMES | | |
| | Pakistan, Taliban and Politics of Peace Accords! | | 2008-05-07 06:21:16 | | History is against any peace deals with the Taliban. At least three such initiatives (so called ‘peace deals’) had been signed with the Taliban in the past, only to be collapsed soon after. When Rehman Malik, adviser to Pakistan’s Prime Minister on internal affairs welcomed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud‘s latest offer for truce and peace talks, many observers (including me) thought that the newly crowned civilian government in Pakistan shouldn’t...(read more) | | By: An American Warning | | |
| | | Afeganistão: Presidente afegão sai ileso de atentado taliban durante desfile militar | | 2008-04-28 10:46:42 | | 27.04.2008 - 09h54 | in PUBLICO | Foto: Omar Sobhani/Reuters
O Presidente afegão, Hamid Karzai, saiu ileso de um atentado já reivindicado pelos taliban. O ataque aconteceu quando o Presidente inspeccionava as tropas durante um desfile militar.
O Presidente está “a são e salvo”, confirmou um responsável do palácio presidencial.
Pelo menos uma pessoa morreu e outras onze, [...] | | By: Diario de Viagem | | |
| | Pakistan: Peace Deal Between Islamabad, Pro-Taliban Militants Rankles U.S. | | 2008-04-24 09:33:00 | | Rferl - Pakistan's new government is close to signing a peace accord with pro-Taliban militants as part of a softer counterterrorism policy from Islamabad that deemphasizes military strikes and calls for U.S. forces to show more restraint in the area.Britain has expressed reservations about the strategy, and Washington has said it wants Pakistani forces to continue fighting insurgents in the tribal regions near the border with Afghanistan.Under the proposed deal, pro-Taliban militants would order their fighters to stop using violence and stop sheltering or giving support to foreign Al-Qaeda fighters. In return, Pakistani government troops would be gradually withdrawn from the region.The orders to the militants were reportedly issued in pamphlets on April 23 by Baitullah Mehsud, the head of the country's umbrella militant group Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). The pamphlets say militants who violate Mehsud's directives "will be publicly punished." | | By: THE NEW BABYLON TIMES | | |
| | | Al-Qaida supporters lash out at Taliban for straying from global jihad | | 2008-03-11 15:30:00 | | JPost - Al-Qaida supporters on the Web have unleashed an unprecedented flood of criticism of Afghanistan's Taliban, once seen by extremists as the model of an Islamic state.Now extremists accuse the Taliban of straying from the path of global jihad after its leader Mullah Omar issued a statement saying he seeks good relations with the world and even sympathizes with Shi'ite Iran."This is the worst statement I have ever read ... the disaster of defending the (Iranian) regime is on par with the Crusaders in Afghanistan and Iraq," wrote poster Miskeen, whose name translates literally as "the wretched" and who is labeled as one of the more influential writers on an al-Qaida linked Web site. | | By: THE NEW BABYLON TIMES | | |
| | Turkey’s army chief warns Pakistan’s nuclear arms could fall into Taliban hands | | 2008-03-10 14:42:00 | | DEBKA - Gen. Yasar Buyukanit, the Turkish chief of staff, said if President Pervez Musharraf lost his grip, Pakistan could fall into Taliban hands and a terrorist organization gain control of nuclear arms for the first time. The general was addressing an international terrorism conference in Ankara Monday, March 10. Sunday, the two parties in opposition to Musharraf forged a power-sharing alliance to govern Pakistan, vowing to evict him from the presidency. Islamist groups have also stepped up their attacks since the Feb. 18 general election. | | By: THE NEW BABYLON TIMES | | |
| | Taliban Defeat in North-West Frontier? | | 2008-03-06 15:55:08 | | Pakistan's February 18 elections signaled a dramatic shift in Islamist parties' fortunes in the North-West Frontier Province. In the
2002 general election, religious parties won 67 seats in the 99-seat
provincial assembly, while in 2008 they won only nine seats. Some commentators have attached great strategic significance to these results. For example, Heritage Foundation research fellow Lisa Curtis wrote that "[p]erhaps the most important outcome" of Pakistan's elections "was the victory of a secular...(read more) | | By: An American Warning | | |
| | Previous CT Blog Posts on Mansour & Mullah Dadullah, Former Taliban Commanders | | 2008-02-11 14:51:11 | | Pakistani forces captured and critically wounded Mansour Dadullah, formerly one of the Taliban's top commanders, in a remote area along the Afghanistan border. Dadullah was videotaped last summer at a graduation ceremony for teams of newly trained terrorists supposedly headed to the U.S. and Europe. He replaced his brother, Mullah Dadullah, who was killed by U.S. forces in May 2007. Contributing Expert Evan Kohlmann has covered Mansour Dadullah's actions and statements, and those of his brother,...(read more) | | By: An American Warning | | |
| | NEFA Foundation: Taliban Dismisses Mansour Dadullah as Top Military Commander | | 2007-12-30 16:21:46 | | The NEFA Foundation has obtained and translated a new communiqué from the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (the Taliban) announcing the sudden dismissal of Mansour Dadullah as their top military commander. According to the statement, "Mansour Dadullah has refused to obey our orders… and has carried out acts that are not compatible with the aims of the Islamic Emirate. Due to this, we have decided the following: to remove Mansour Dadullah from his post as military commander and immediately revoke...(read more) | | By: An American Warning | | |
| | The new taliban | | 2007-12-29 14:00:00 | | There are as many as 10,000 Islamic schools in Karachi alone. Though the religious parties say they forbid political activities on their campuses, that's not what I found when I visited one such school in Sohrab Goth, a very poor area on the edge of Karachi.This is a vast, sprawling, dusty neighborhood, which came into existence in the early 1980s when refugees from the war in Afghanistan poured into camps set up by the Pakistani government. The camps are long gone. Now a mix of second generation Afghans and Pakistanis live here in concrete buildings. A traditionally conservative area, women seldom leave their homes unaccompanied by men, and the Afghan traditional blue burqa is the norm.In the 2002 elections, the religious parties made formidable gains -- for the first time in the country's history they took control of a quarter of the seats in parliament. More... | | By: THE NEW BABYLON TIMES | | |
| | Taliban 'hanged boy, 12, for spying for UK' | | 2007-12-10 06:52:00 | | Taliban fighters hanged a 12-year-old boy from a mulberry tree, claiming he was passing information on Taliban roadside bomb attacks to police and British forces, Afghan police have said.The gruesome murder, which occurred in Sangin, an area held by British forces since driving out the Taliban in April, sparked outrage among politicians, who accused the al-Qaeda-linked militant group of atrocities against villagers. It was the second execution of a child attributed to the Taliban in three months."If this is true and the age is right it is an unforgettable crime," said Haji Mohammed Anwar Khan, the head of Helmand provincial council."If someone is a child their mind is not considered sufficiently mature to be held responsible under Sharia law. This is just a crime and we condemn it."Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president, also accused the Taliban of hanging a 15-year-old boy above a gas stove and lighting the flame beneath him, burning him alive, but it was unclear if he was referring to th | | By: THE NEW BABYLON TIMES | | |
| | Taliban Resurgent | | 2007-11-26 01:25:28 | | From Reuters: Resurgent Taliban closing in on Kabul: report The conflict in Afghanistan has reached "crisis proportions," with the resurgent Taliban present in more than half the country and closing in on Kabul, a report said on Wednesday. If NATO, the lead force operating in Afghanistan, is to have any impact against the insurgency, troop numbers will have to be doubled to at least 80,000, the report said. "The Taliban has shown itself to be a truly resurgent force," the Senlis Council, an independent think-tank with a permanent presence in Afghanistan, wrote in a study entitled "Stumbling into Chaos: Afghanistan on the brink." "Its ability to establish a presence throughout the country is now proven beyond doubt," it said. "The insurgency now controls vast swaths of unchallenged territory including rural areas, some district centers, and important road arteries." Senlis said its research had established that the Taliban, driven out of Afghanistan by the U.S. invasion in late 2001, h | | By: Dyre Portents | | |
| | Al Qaeda and the Taliban's Pakistani insurgency | | 2007-10-03 17:41:00 | | The Taliban are attacking President Pervez Musharraf's hold on political and military power in Pakistan. The Taliban is also working to weaken the resolve of the police, military, and civilians in the Northwest Frontier Province and beyond. The Taliban and al Qaeda have struck Pakistani military bases in Dargai, Kharian, Dera Ismail Khan, Hangu, and North and South Waziristan. Military convoys have been repeatedly hit by suicide attacks, improvised explosive devices, and ambushes throughout the Northwest Frontier Province. The Bannu suicide attack is the latest in series of Taliban suicide strikes at civilian, police, military, and governmental targets inside Pakistan.The tribal agencies have long been recognized as the nexus for al Qaeda and the Taliban's suicide campaigns in Pakistan, Afghanistan and beyond. The Pakistani Ministry of the Interior has repeatedly accused the powerful South Waziristan Taliban leaders Baituallah and Abdullah Mehsud of carrying out the suicide campaigns inside Pakistan. Over 80 percent of Afghanistan's suicide attackers "pass through recruitment, training facilities or safe houses in North or South Waziristan en route to their targets," a Taliban commander told the United Nations.The 2005 London Tubes attacks, the 2006 London Airline plot, numerous suicide attacks and bombings in India, and other plots have been traced back to the Waziristan agencies. | | By: THE NEW BABYLON TIMES | | |
| | Taliban Constitution | | 2007-09-29 21:22:00 | | A Taliban constitution for Afghanistan made public recently would ban "un-Islamic thought" and require women to be fully covered.The 23-page shadow constitution, which would allow education for women only within the limits of Sharia, has been offered as an alternative to the government of President Hamid Karzai, Britain’s Telegraph reported. The newspaper said the Constitution of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, written in Pashto and Dari languages, says, “Every Afghan has the right to express his feelings through his views, writings or through other means in accordance with the law,” but also warns violators of Islamic thought “will be punished according to Sharia.”"The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan wishes good working relations with all the neighboring countries and specially those who have supported the Afghan nation during jihad," the document says. More... | | By: THE NEW BABYLON TIMES | | |
| | Taliban Suicide Blast in Kabul Kills 30 | | 2007-09-29 18:22:15 | | KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A Taliban suicide bomber wearing an Afghan army uniform set off a huge explosion Saturday while trying to board a military bus in the capital, killing 30 people, most of them soldiers, officials said. Hours later, the Afghan president offered to meet personally with the Taliban leader for peace talks and [...] | | By: TexasFred's | | |
| | The Taliban is Alive and Well in Ohio | | 2007-08-02 22:17:00 | | From Common DreamsWell, this is really weird. I, for one, believe that fathers should have some sort of say in whether a woman gets an abortion or not, even if it has no power beyond an idea logged in some karmic court. I mean, ideally everyone could just talk about the matter and sort things out... but we all know how well that works.Giving the father sole veto power seems just a touch patriarchal and as one-sided as allowing solely the mother to make the decision. But it is her body after all. And personally I'm tired of The Father being the head of household and supreme familial dictator (rarely benevolent). Maybe some form of arbitration (Anyone want that job?)? If a father wants to accept sole responsibility for the child's well-being and agrees to support the pregnant mother at least until birth if not until the child is finished nursing then why should the mother be allowed to make the decision by herself? Indeed, it is her body and don't get me wrong, I am 100% pro-choice, having experienced abortion from the male end of the proverbial stick no less than three times myself and grateful for it every time. But we talked about it, twice before, once after (that one felt a bit different)... it's just such a murky subject... Let whichever being you call God be the judge, I suppose.Who am I to tell any woman what to do with her body? But, then again, who are they to abort a life that doesn't just belong to them without first checking with the father of the unborn child? I'm fine with consensual abortions and abortions where the father is not present and thusly not asked. But when the father is present and wants the child and the women denies him that by aborting the child? Not so down... Thanks to Fern for pointing this one out. Damn. Makes me queasy too. I definitely don't think there should be legal repercussions involved. This stinks of a right-wing plot if you ask me. No one else can come up with such gaping plot holes.Wow. I just changed my own mind ni | | By: Pirate Papa | | |
| | Taliban moving closer to Kabul | | 2007-07-25 21:48:00 | | Recent kidnappings and other attacks indicate the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan is moving closer to Kabul. The Christian Science Monitor reported the kidnapping of 23 South Korean aid workers occurred on one of Afghanistan's major highways between Kabul and Kandahar. The insurgency, which resumed in areas bordering Pakistan, is spreading inland. The South Koreans were abducted in Ghazni, which has no border with Pakistan. The Monitor quoted Joanna Nathan, a Kabul-based security analyst for the International Crisis Group, as saying, "Ghazni is important as the gateway to Kabul, and control of that road is very important, both symbolically and practically."Taleban says hostage talks in sensitive phase | | By: THE NEW BABYLON TIMES | | |
| | Taliban Fighters Seize South Afghan Area | | 2007-06-19 17:47:30 | |
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - Days of fierce fighting with NATO and Afghan forces left Taliban militants in control of one southern Afghan district and battling to take over another Tuesday, officials said.
Taliban fighters seized Miya Nishin district in Kandahar province late Monday, provincial police chief Esmatullah Alizai said. Authorities were planning to retake the remote area.
WTF?? Taliban forces have out fought NATO and Afghan forces?? You have got to be kidding me…
Who could have EVER seen that coming?? I mean, it’s not like the Taliban out fought Russia and damn near bankrupted them in the process or anything, doesn’t our president EVER pay attention to what has happened in this world?? Doesn’t history mean ANYTHING to the man??
This stuff is NOT a game, the Taliban IS an organized force, not some loose insurgency like we are facing in Iraq…
In neighboring Uruzgan province’s Chora district - home to more than 100,000 people - fighting c | | By: TexasFred's | | |
| | Iran Caught Red-Handed Shipping Arms to Taliban | | 2007-06-07 04:39:22 | | NATO officials say they have caught Iran red-handed, shipping heavy arms, C4 explosives and advanced roadside bombs to the Taliban for use against NATO forces, in what the officials say is a dramatic escalation of Iran's proxy war against the United States and Great Britain. "It is inconceivable that it is anyone other than the Iranian government that's doing it," said former White House counterterrorism official Richard Clarke, an ABC News consultant. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates stopped short earlier this week of blaming Iran, saying the U.S. did not have evidence "of the involvement of the Iranian government in support of the Taliban." But an analysis by a senior coalition official, obtained by the Blotter on ABCNews.com, concludes there is clear evidence of Iran's involvement. "This is part of a considered policy," says the analysis, "rather than the result of low-level corruption and weapons smuggling." moreWell that is confirmation of what we already suspected. The | | By: Dyre Portents | | |
| | Taliban uses weapons made in China, Iran | | 2007-06-05 16:14:00 | | Sophisticated new weapons, including Chinese anti-aircraft missiles as well as items made in Iran, are reaching Taliban forces in Afghanistan, according to government officials and other sources. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said during a visit to Kabul yesterday that there was no evidence as yet that Tehran government officials are involved in shipping weapons to the country for use against U.S. and NATO forces. He did not comment on the appearance in the country of Chinese anti-aircraft weapons, evidence of which was provided to The Washington Times. A set of photographs was provided depicting Taliban insurgents showing off new supplies of Chinese-made HN-5 shoulder-fired missiles. The weapons, similar in design to Russian Strela-2 missiles and in use with China's People's Liberation Army since the early 1990s, are limited in range, speed and altitude, but effective against helicopters and low-flying airplanes. Document: Iran Caught Red-Handed Shipping Arms to TalibanStriking | | By: THE NEW BABYLON TIMES | | |
| | Taliban Military Leader Is Killed | | 2007-05-15 06:53:27 | | From the WaPo:ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, May 13 -- Mullah Dadullah was the face of the Taliban movement in Afghanistan as it used suicide bombings, videotaped beheadings and targeted assassinations to escalate its insurgent campaign over the past two years.Dadullah periodically turned up on television to taunt the Afghan government and U.S.-led international forces with threats of ever more ambitious attacks.On Sunday, his face was on display again, resting on a pink sheet, bloody and lifeless. A bullet hole was visible in the back of his head, with two more piercings in his stomach.Dadullah, the Taliban's top operational commander, was killed Saturday after U.S.-led troops and Afghan forces tracked him down and surrounded him in southern Afghanistan, according to Afghan and international security officials.His death was hailed by those officials as a critical victory in the fight against the Taliban at a time when the extremist Islamic movement has destabilized large portions of the countr | | By: Dyre Portents | | |
| | How to Torture a Taliban | | 2007-04-29 18:35:00 | | Allegations of possible torture of Taliban prisoners over in Afghanistan continue to dominate the Canadian news scene, and as usual, the focus is more on the well-being of terrorists (who, given the chance, wouldn't hesitate to slit every Canadian's throat) than the possible valuable information obtained from them. When it comes to the scum called Taliban, I wouldn't care if every single one of them were tortured to within one inch of their meaningless little lives. That being said, here's the top ten ways to torture a Taliban:10. Endless hours of the CBC.09. New cellmate: Conrad Black.08. Make him use a toilet.07. Make him use a shower.06. Tell him ‘they ain’t virgins no more!’05. Rosie’s replacement on the View.04. Make him wear ‘Jesus Rules!’ t-shirt.03. Only reading material in cell: Gay porn.02. Always call him ‘Mary’.01. A nice, clean shave! | | By: The Moderate Separatist | | |
| | IIPM-Press:- DIDN’T WE DEFEAT TALIBAN? | | 2006-08-21 09:41:00 | | TALIBAN MIND-SET UNDEFEATED..The helplessness that marks the ‘eyes’ of the woman photographed twice in the span of 17 years by National Geographic remains the same even after the time lag. Aptly reflected in them is the unaltered position of women even in post-Taliban Afghanistan. They remain as humiliated as before, with their honour compromised and their socio-economic positioning fragmented. According to the UN and the Human Rights Watch, the attacks on girls’ schools have increased considerably post-Taliban, reducing the female student intake in secondary education to 5% in comparison to 20% of boys. The UN contends that about 300 schools educating girls were burned down post-Taliban. In another incident in May 2006, a female legislator, Malalai Joya, was attacked by her colleagues for ‘daring’ to participate in the male domain – Parliament! That Parliament, mind you, was formed after decimating Taliban! The Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission even contends that | | By: IIPM-World | | |
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