Tag Archives: Afghanistan



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Lawmakers urging speedy pullout in Afghanistan unlikely to make headway





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Afghanistan uses news about bin Laden to intensify its criticism of Pakistan


Afghanistan

Security forces killed the Taliban’s top commander for Nangarhar province, and killed five Taliban fighters in Helmand. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in southern Afghanistan.


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Bin Laden’s wives — and daughter who would ‘kill enemies of Islam’











Afghanistan

Afghan troops killed and wounded more than 25 Taliban and foreign fighters in Nuristan. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Helmand, Zabul, Khost, Nangarhar, Wardak, Logar, and Baghlan. A security guard was killed in an ISAF airstrike in Ghazni. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in the east.


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With bin Laden’s death, US sees a chance to hasten the end of the Afghan war






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US feared Pak could mistake American raid to kill Osama bin Laden for India attack


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Taliban react to report of bin Laden’s death with suspicion, demand proof