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 Deadly Wave of 
 Pakistan Attacks 
 Kills 38 

Government warns of 'guerrilla war' after blasts in Lahore, northwest

Oct 15, 09 7:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistan erupted in violence today as three teams of militants launched coordinated strikes on law enforcement buildings in Lahore and a suicide car bomber struck a police station in the country's northwest. A few hours later another blast rocked a school in Peshawar, near the Afghan border, killing at least... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • Islamic extremists • car bomb • Waziristan • Lahore • South Waziristan

OPINION

Karzai's Government
Too Rotten to Back

Sending more troops won't work if they're protecting a tainted government

Oct 14, 09 1:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - No counterinsurgency campaign can succeed without a good government to work with, and Hamid Karzai's operation is nowhere near good enough, writes Thomas L. Friedman. Karzai's government is thoroughly corrupt and his election victory deeply tainted, Friedman notes in the New York Times. Much of the insurgency is now fueled... More »

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Taliban • Hamid Karzai • corruption • disputed election • Afghanistan war • counterinsurgency • Afghanistan election

 Broke al-Qaeda 
 Pleads for Funds 

Terror group seeks donations as US disrupts financing network

Oct 13, 09 2:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Efforts to cut off al-Qaeda's funding have been largely successful and the organization is now critically short of cash, according to the US Treasury. The group's "influence is waning" as the money dries up, according to one official who monitors terrorist financing, noting that al-Qaeda has already issued several... More »

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Taliban • terrorism • Treasury Department • al-Qaeda • terrorism financing

Pentagon Insiders:

 Obama Team Downplays
 Risks in Afghan Pullback

Al-Qaeda, Taliban much closer than public has been led to believe

Oct 12, 09 11:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - US military and intelligence officials see dangerous misrepresentations in the Obama team’s flirting with a limited, anti-al-Qaeda strategy in Afghanistan. “The White House is downplaying the dangers of doing the only thing that they think Congress and the public will support,” an official tells McClatchy. But taking... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Pakistan • India • troop surge • US military • al-Qaeda • Obama administration • Stanley McChrystal • public opinion

 New Pakistan Bomb Kills 41 

Fourth terror attack in a week rocks nation

Oct 12, 09 5:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Yet another massive bomb has struck a market in Pakistan, this time killing 41 people. The blast in the Shangla district is the fourth terrorist attack in just over a week. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, carried out before an expected US-backed offensive in the al-Qaeda and... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Pakistan • bomb • car bomb • al-Qaeda • Pakistan army

 Clinton: 
 Taliban 
 Threat to 
 Pakistan 
 Is Rising 


But secretary, on European tour, sees no danger of nukes falling into terrorist hands

Oct 11, 09 10:35 AM CDT
(AP) - An audacious Taliban attack on Pakistan's army headquarters shows there is a growing terrorist threat to the nuclear-armed US ally, Hillary Clinton said today. The secretary of state, speaking at a joint news conference with British counterpart David Miliband, added that while extremists were "increasingly threatening the authority of... More »

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Iran • Hillary Clinton • Taliban • Pakistan • David Miliband • Pakistan militants • nuclear arsenal

(AP) - Pakistani commandos freed dozens of hostages held by militants at the army's own headquarters today, ending a bloody, 22-hour drama that embarrassed the nation's military as it plans a new offensive against al-Qaeda and the Taliban. At least 19 people died in the standoff, including three captives and eight of... More »

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updated

 Taliban Takes Hostages 
 After Bold Pakistan Attack 

Move follows assault on military headquarters

Oct 10, 09 10:30 AM CDT
(AP) - Militants were holding several security officers hostage inside an intelligence wing of Pakistan's army headquarters today after staging an audacious assault on the nation's most powerful institution. At least four militants have between 10 and 15 hostages, says a military spokesman. The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack in... More »

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 10 Dead as Gunmen 
 Hit Pakistani Army HQ 

Third devastating attack in a week as Pakistan readies anti-Taliban offensive

Oct 10, 09 6:39 AM CDT
(AP) - Gunmen wearing military uniforms and wielding assault rifles and grenades attacked Pakistan's army headquarters today, sparking a ferocious gun battle outside the capital that killed four of the assailants and at least six soldiers, authorities said. Two of the attackers managed to infiltrate the heavily fortified compound in the garrison... More »

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Taliban • Rawalpindi • Islamist extremists • Pakistan military

 Taliban Claim Victory 
 as US Quits Base 

Insurgents take control of remote outpost where 8 troops were killed last week

Oct 9, 09 8:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Taliban claimed to have won a major victory over the US yesterday as American troops abandoned a remote base in eastern Afghanistan where eight soldiers were killed in a firefight last weekend. "The white flag of the Taliban is raised above Kamdesh," crowed a Taliban spokesman. NATO ... More »

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 Six People Irked by 
 Obama's Nobel Prize 

What do Sarkozy, Clinton and the Taliban have in common?

Oct 9, 09 3:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - The decision to award President Obama the Nobel Peace Prize has clearly made some people unhappy, writes Katie Connolly for Newsweek. Here are six of the most peeved:
  1. Nicolas Sarkozy: The French president was also up for the honor but was passed over for someone he’s described as
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Barack Obama • Taliban • Angelina Jolie • Brad Pitt • Michelle Obama • Nicolas Sarkozy • Bill Clinton • Nobel Prize • Nobel Peace Prize • George W. Bush • Brangelina • President Obama

UPDATED

 Blast Kills Dozens in Pakistan 

Taliban suspected after bomb rips through Peshawar market

Oct 9, 09 5:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - A car bomb exploded today in a crowded bazaar in Peshawar, the capital of Pakistan's troubled North West Frontier Province, leaving at least 41 people dead and more than 100 injured. Many of the victims were in a passing bus that was reduced to a charred frame. Officials were uncertain... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • Peshawar • suicide bombing • car bomb

Taliban to West: We Mean You No Harm

Group may be trying
to sway Afghanistan strategy debate

Oct 8, 09 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - With the US debating what to do in Afghanistan, the Taliban has announced it poses no threat to the West. “We did not have any agenda to harm other countries, including Europe, nor do we have such agenda today,” said a statement posted on Taliban websites. The group... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • al-Qaeda • Afghanistan war • 9/11 attacks

white house strategy review

 Afghan Debate 
 Focuses on al-Qaeda 

White House advisers argue that Taliban is too ingrained to be completely wiped out

Oct 8, 09 5:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - The question of how much of a threat the Taliban actually poses to the US was at the heart of discussions on Afghanistan strategy yesterday, officials say. Members of Obama's national security team argued that recent successes in Pakistan show that al-Qaeda can be defeated without extra troops in Afghanistan,... More »

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 In Wanat, US Learns Value, 
 Pain of Retreat 

In Waygal Valley, leaving has helped the cause.

Oct 6, 09 8:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Days after the bloody battle that has come to be called the "Black Hawk Down" of Afghanistan, US troops left the the isolated Afghan village of Wanat. Fourteen months later, they haven’t returned, giving the Taliban free reign in the Waygal Valley—but the retreat is starting to... More »

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Interview

 Taliban Chief Cracks 
 Jokes, Vows Revenge 

Media sitdown dispells rumors Hakimullah Mehsud is dead

Oct 6, 09 6:48 AM CDT
(AP) - Hakimullah Mehsud met with reporters Sunday for the first time since winning control of Pakistan's Taliban, quashing speculation that he had been slain in a succession struggle following his predecessor's death in a US drone attack. Flanked by heavily armed fighters, the new leader sat on a blue blanket, in... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • drones • al-Qaeda • South Waziristan • Hakimullah Mehsud

 Weak Afghan al-Qaeda 
 Calls Surge Into Question 

Whether Taliban will facilitate or shun terror group is up in the air

Oct 5, 09 11:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - The principal rationale for the original US invasion of Afghanistan was the elimination of an al-Qaeda safe haven. Almost a decade later, the terrorist group is much diminished there, as well as in Pakistan, prompting serious second thoughts within the administration about ramping up forces in the region. Aides to... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • terrorism • Pakistan • troop surge • US military • al-Qaeda • Obama administration • Richard Holbrooke • Stanley McChrystal

 Afghan Attack 
 Kills 8 US Soldiers 

Remote region near Pakistan border was scene of 2008 'Black Hawk Down' attack

Oct 4, 09 5:35 AM CDT
(AP) - Militant fighters attacked a pair of remote outposts in Afghanistan near the Pakistani border, killing eight US soldiers and as many as seven Afghan forces in one of the fiercest battles of the eight-year war.The Taliban claimed responsibility for the deadliest attack for coalition forces in a mountainous region... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Afghanistan war

 White House Split on 
 Afghanistan Strategy 

'Skeptic-in-chief' Biden challenges McChrystal's call for more troops

Oct 2, 09 1:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Gen. Stanley McChrystal's call to beef up the war effort in Afghanistan is proving a tough sell with senior administration officials.  White House advisers challenged many aspects of the commander's assessment at a meeting this week, including his belief that al-Qaeda would again find sanctuary in Afghanistan if the... More »

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Afghanistan • Joe Biden • Taliban • US military • al-Qaeda • Afghanistan war • Obama administration • Afghanistan exit strategy • Stanley McChrystal

(Newser) - The US troops patrolling the Arghandab River area in southern Afghanistan have one of the most arduous tasks of the war: winning the support of the locals in a region where the Taliban is gaining strength. Hal Bernton of McClatchy Newspapers checks in with the soldiers of Bravo Company and... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • US Army • Afghanistan war • Arghandab • Afghanistan exit strategy

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