South Korea said it would withdraw its aid workers from the country, an Afghan news outlet reported. The Afghan Army said it was prepared to attack the Taliban to free the Korean hostages. A found surface-to-air missile may have been intended for use in a civilian airliner attack.
President Musharraf will not attend the Pak-Afghan Loya Jirga, citing security reasons. Ten Taliban were killed in yesterday™s strikes in North Waziristan. Fourteen Taliban, including 10 Uzbeks and Tajiks, were captured in Zhob in Baluchistan while crossing from South Waziristan with weapons and explosives. Eleven polio workers were kidnapped in Bajaur. A bombing in Peshawar […]
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Qods Force logo, click to view. Raid in Sadr City the latest in a series of strikes against the Qods Force front Iraqi and US security forces maintain the pressure on the Shia terror groups while continuing the hunt for al Qaeda in Iraq. A joint Iraqi and US force conducted a raid inside Sadr […]
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Over two dozen Taliban fighters were killed after their frontal attack on a firebase in Uruzgan was repelled by US and Afghan forces. Twenty more Taliban fighters were killed after attacking police checkpoints in Kandahar and Zabul. The Taiban may swap South Korean hostages for captured female Taliban supporters.