Is the US really negotiating with the Afghan Taliban?
Gates admits he’s not even sure the US is speaking to “genuine representatives of the Taliban leader Mullah Omar.”
Tag Archives: Taliban
Taliban
Robert Gates confirms US-Taliban talks in Afghanistan
Pakistan claims 25 Taliban fighters killed in Mohmand airstrikes
Four Pakistani soldiers were also killed. The military has claimed it has defeated the Taliban in Mohmand several times over the past couple of years.
Pakistan again tips off terrorists before raids
The US again provided to Pakistani officials intelligence on terrorist facilities. Pakistani officials again tipped off the terrorists before conducting the Potemkin raids.
Afghanistan
NATO tries to win Taliban homeland, profit center
Afghanistan
Afghan role for Taliban, if they play by rules: Amrullah Saleh
Taliban suicide assault team strikes in Afghan capital
Three Taliban fighters wearing military uniforms killed nine people in an attack on a police station in the capital.
Afghanistan
Karzai takes another shot at NATO coalition over motives
Afghanistan
Karzai: Afghanistan, US in contacts with Taliban
Afghanistan
Taliban evoke a Vietnam flashback
Pakistani military denies reports it tipped off al Qaeda and Taliban before raids
The Inter-Services Public Affairs branch denies accusations that the military tipped off al Qaeda and the Haqqani Network to avoid a raid based on intelligence provided by the US, describing the claims as “totally false and malicious.” The CIA has provided evidence to the contrary.
Afghanistan
Britain cannot risk early military withdrawal in Afghanistan, Liam Fox says
Al Qaeda
Al-Qaeda’s new boss: the US hunt for al-Zawahiri begins
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – Report sees danger in local allies
Pakistan
Pakistan-US security relationship at lowest point since 2001, officials say
Taliban launch another attack from Afghanistan into northwestern Pakistan
Five people in Bajaur were killed in the latest Taliban attack that was launched from Afghanistan.
Hizb-i-Islami
UN to decide removal of Taliban names from blacklist
Afghanistan
Taliban increased threat to Norway Afghanistan base
Afghanistan
US establishes contact with Mullah Omar
US Predator strike kills 15 ‘militants’ in South and North Waziristan
The unmanned aircraft hit a vehicle and a compound in an area administered by “good Taliban” leader Mullah Nazir, and a vehicle in an area run by the Haqqani Network.
Afghanistan
One voice or many for the Taliban, but pegged to a single name
Al Qaeda
Pakistan arrests CIA informants in bin Laden raid
Afghanistan
First, take Nuristan: the Taliban’s new Afghan plan
Afghanistan
Afghans fearful of push to negotiate with Taliban
Afghanistan
Taliban onslaught undermines peace effort
Al Qaeda
Of good and bad Taliban
Pakistan
A mother’s quest for son lost to extremism
Pakistan
Pakistan wants tribal militias in militant hub
Afghanistan
Focus of Afghan war is shifting eastward
Afghanistan
Family and Taliban scare off actresses in Afghan film