Posts Tagged ‘taliban’
US confirms possible release of Taliban from Gitmo (AP)
AP – U.S. intelligence officials acknowledged Tuesday that the United States may release several Afghan Taliban prisoners from the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as an incentive to bring the Taliban to peace talks.
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Pakistani Taliban leader killed in U.S. drone attack: report
Intercepted militant radio communications indicate the leader of the Pakistani Taliban may have been killed in a recent U.S. drone strike, Pakistani intelligence officials said Sunday. A Taliban official denied that.
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Sen. John McCain: Marines video ‘makes me sad’ Former POW calls men who appear to urinate on dead Taliban fighters ‘undisciplined’
A grotesque video purportedly showing four wise-cracking Marines urinating on the bodies of slain Taliban terrorists produced an international wave of outrage — including barbs from former POW John McCain.
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Taliban: Afghan talks won’t mean end to fighting (AP)
AP – The Taliban’s political wing is ready to enter peace talks to end the war in Afghanistan, but the insurgents will in the meantime continue their armed struggle, the group said Thursday.
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Taliban strike deal with Qatar on office there (AP)
AP – The Afghan Taliban say they have reached a preliminary deal with the Gulf state of Qatar to open a liaison office there that could have a key role in peace talks to end more than a decade of war.
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French defense minister backs Taliban talks (AP)
AP – France’s defense minister on Sunday backed U.S. efforts to open peace talks with the Taliban, saying a proposed Taliban liaison office outside Afghanistan would provide a venue for those within the radical Islamic movement who are willing to explain their positions.
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Afghan president welcomes US remarks on Taliban (AP)
AP – Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Saturday welcomed remarks from the Obama administration that the Taliban were not necessarily America’s enemies.
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