Boko Haram's kidnapping of schoolgirls Nigeria and Taliban's attack on Pakistani Malala Yousafzai have contributed to this perception, raising the question of whether Islam hampers education. ..…
Afghan government now estimates that Taliban control 85 percent of Helmand, and locals refer to the town of Musa Qala as Taliban's capital. ... The recent positive press the government has received was for orchestrating three-day cease-fire with Taliban over Eid al-Fitr June.. ..…
It has ousted the Taliban from Afghanistan and Saddam Hussein from Iraq and created an overwhelming Iranian presence. ..…
Taliban have seized considerable parts of the country and could take more in the coming weeks and months. Taliban's resurgence has alarmed Afghan government. Both the US military and NATO have announced plans for sending thousands of additional troops to the country to help check..…
The prosecutor is seeking permission to investigate alleged crimes against humanity and war crimes by Taliban and affiliated forces, Afghan National Security Forces, and US armed forces and Central Intelligence Agency. ... But while the US angle is important, it should not overshadow the fact that..…
So far, the prosecutor wants to investigate crimes by Afghan government forces, anti-government groups such as the Taliban, and foreign forces – notably those allegedly committed by the US military and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). . ... Human Rights Watch and other organizations have..…
Christoforou Well, they fighting along with them, they are in the same place, that they did not make distinction between al-Qaeda and Taliban. ..…
They have established al-Qaeda, the Taliban, and Daesh and have been funding and supporting these groups for decades,” he said. . . ..…
He justified it by saying these were children of army officers, were treasonous for fighting against Taliban, Allah's soldiers. ... they celebrate death over life, and they should be aware of how toxic this idea is when people., like my Taliban-supporting correspondent. ..…
In another self-recorded appearance, [Seddique] Mateen expresses gratitude toward the Afghan Taliban, while denouncing the Pakistani government. . “Our brothers in Waziristan, our warrior brothers in [the] Taliban movement and national Afghan Taliban are rising up,” he said. ..…
UNAMA report exposes Taliban's contempt for the most principle of law, or the laws of war the prohibition of deliberate attacks on civilians . At the end of February, direct talks between Afghan and Taliban are due to take place Islamabad, the next step in process to discuss possible..…
By Sajjad Shaukat On August, this year, Taliban fighters attacked Ghazni of Afghanistan, killing at... ..…
., boosts Bush administration's program of jailing key al-Qaida and Taliban suspects around the world without filing criminal charges or holding trials, whether the detainees are Americans arrested in United States or foreigners seized abroad, militant operatives.. ..…
Bush's proxy in the battle against al-Qaida and Taliban Afghanistan. ..…
They complain that Pakistan is a sanctuary for al-Qaida and former Taliban fighters and question privately whether Musharraf is really committed to stopping them. . ..…
Will Taliban return to Afghanistan and open the way for Central Asian Islamist groups that are linked to al-Qaeda have increased their forces while based Pakistan. ... It depends on making peace with Taliban and comprehensive settlement with all of Afghanistan's direct neighbors, and..…
Reuters Malala Yousufzai, Pakistani from Swat Valley who was shot by Taliban in early October for advocating education for girls. ..…
That’s just what happened with Ansar al-Sharia, a Taliban-like group in Yemen, which has seized parts of that country and was only recently formed. ..…
Villagers in Danda Darpakhel insist Din Mohammad wasn’t a Taliban militant. ... How could he or his slain grandson be Taliban when the family had to leave their ancestral village and shift to Peshawar to avoid harm at the hand of the Taliban? ..…
I traveled to Afghanistan January 2002, just three weeks after American forces had routed Taliban. ..…
In Afghanistan, we removed Taliban government, which had given bin Laden and Qaeda haven and support. ..…
Taliban and associated groups, the version of the bill is somewhat more circumspect.. ..…
Second, Afghanistan's ruling Taliban offered to hand over al-Qaeda's Osama bin Laden 2001--on the condition that Taliban leaders be provided with evidence of bin Laden's in September 11 attacks, and that bin Laden be handed over to another country for trial.. The Clinton administration..…
In Afghanistan, we remain focused on the three areas of our strategy our military effort to break Taliban's momentum and train Afghan forces with Pakistan, because our strategy has to succeed on both sides of the border.. ..…
. • Taliban are still despised — one recent poll suggests that only 6 percent of Afghans want them back power. ..…
Both the public and CFR members doubt that additional U.S troop deployments would stabilize the country 57 percent of CFR members and 47 percent of the public say it's that Afghanistan can become stable enough to withstand Taliban threat.. ..…
Only about half of CFR members say Taliban's growing strength Afghanistan represents major threat to United States 70% of the public sees this as major threat. There is little optimism among either the members of Council on Foreign Relations or the public about prospects that Afghanistan can..…
He testified in convicted terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui’s death penalty trial and urged prosecutors to pursue the death penalty against American Taliban fighter John Walker Lindh. ..…
Yuldashev had been introduced to the Taliban in Kabul, and they had every reason to offer him refuge: President Karimov was belligerently anti-Taliban, and Uzbekistan was backing the anti-Taliban opposition in Afghanistan. ... In Afghanistan, they were received by a jubilant..…