From Reuters: MIRANSHAH, Pakistan – U.S. forces based in Afghanistan killed 24 suspected Islamist militants inside Pakistan after coming under rocket fire from across the border that killed an Afghan soldier, officials said on Friday. The fighters, believed to belong to Taliban and al Qaeda forces, were killed late on Thursday near Lowara Mandi, a […]
Afghans say closing in on senior Taliban commanders
We’ve heard this before. Our forces seem to be closing in on Mullah Omar or even Bin Laden himself, only to have them elude capture. From Reuters: KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – Afghan and U.S. forces surrounded an area in Afghanistan on Thursday where senior commanders of elusive Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar were thought to be […]
Afghans say 64 Taliban killed in heavy fighting
From Reuters: KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – Afghan and U.S. troops backed by warplanes blasted Taliban hideouts for a second day on Wednesday, killing scores of militants in some of the bloodiest fighting in years, officials said. Kandahar’s deputy police chief, General Salim Khan, leading about 400 police troops, said by satellite telephone from the scene that […]
Bin Laden, Omar are well, Taliban commander says
From Reuters: ISLAMABAD – Osama bin Laden is in good health, a Taliban commander said, dismissing speculation the fugitive al Qaeda leader was sick. The commander, Mullah Akhtar Usmani, also said Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar was well and in direct command of Taliban forces in Afghanistan. “All praise to Allah, he is all right,” […]
Taliban drug dealer nabbed entering US
“Afghan heroin king nabbed entering U.S.,” from UPI: Drug Enforcement Administration agents reportedly arrested Bashir Noorzai, an Afghan national, Saturday as he tried to enter the United States. Noorzai made an initial appearance in a federal court in New York Monday, but did not enter a plea, and will appear again Wednesday. Noorzai was charged […]
Al-Qaeda funding the return of the Taliban
“Al-Qaeda funding the return of the Taliban, top US commander says,” from the Turkish Press, : KABUL – Osama bin Laden’s Al-Qaeda network is making fresh efforts to engineer a comeback by the Taliban and regain a foothold of its own in Afghanistan, the commander of US forces in the country said Tuesday. Lieutenant General […]
Malaysia Tells Religious Police Not to Copy Taliban
Malaysia Tells Religious Police Not to Copy Taleban,” from Reuters, with thanks to Twostellas: KUALA LUMPUR, 25 March 2005 – Malaysia clipped the wings of its religious police yesterday, warning that it did not want to be like Afghanistan under Taleban rule, and ordered national police supervision of their controversial raids. The religious police stirred […]
Keystone Taliban
Link and headline courtesy Kemaste. From CNN: CNN) — At least three people have been killed as Taliban militants attacked an aid office in southwestern Afghanistan, officials said. Antoine Russell, operations officer at the Afghan Non-Governmental Organization Security Office, said between 20 and 40 suspected Taliban attacked the Voluntary Association for Rehabilitation of Afghanistan (VARA) […]
Freedom at Last for Pakistanis Who Aided Taliban
How many will go back to fighting the jihad? From Reuters, with thanks to Nicolei: PUL-I-CHARKI, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Hundreds of Pakistanis who fought alongside the Taliban against U.S-led forces after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States were released from an Afghan jail Sunday after nearly three years as prisoners of war. […]
Use your vote and you’ll die, Taliban tell Afghan women
Another example of the mistreatment of women that the Sharia mandates. From The Telegraph, with thanks to jonascot: Mahadad was resting on a cushion in her sitting room, with a thick bandage covering the burns on her legs. “I’m never going back,” she said. “Look at my leg. How can I go back? In my […]