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November 22, 2009
Militias gathering to fight Taliban
The Virginian-Pilot(Norfolk, VA.), November 22, 2009 Sunday
 By Dexter Filkins The New York Times ACHIN, Afghanistan American and Afghan officials have begun helping a number of militias that have independently taken up arms against insurgents in several parts ...
Afghan police kill 3 Taliban militants in north
Xinhua General News Service, November 22, 2009 Sunday 3:25 AM EST
  Three Taliban militants were killed Saturday night as Afghan National Police ( ANP) repelled their attack in Imam Sahib district of Kunduz province in northern Afghanistan, an official said on S...
Afghan militias form against Taliban
Chattanooga Times Free Press (Tennessee), November 22, 2009 Sunday
 New York Times News Service ACHIN, Afghanistan -- American and Afghan officials have begun helping a number of anti-Taliban militias that have independently taken up arms against insurgents in several...
November 21, 2009
Afghans, U.S. advisers battle for credibility Victory at remote outpost shows villagers Taliban are not invincible
The Houston Chronicle, November 21, 2009 Saturday
 "It's premature to say there's any sort of irreversible momentum, but with more victories like this, there's the chance to move toward that point where there is. This will send a huge message througho...
ROUNDUP: Six Pakistani troops, 14 Taliban killed in clashes
Deutsche Presse-Agentur, November 21, 2009 Saturday 12:53 PM EST
 DPA POLITICS Pakistan Conflicts ROUNDUP: Six Pakistani troops, 14 Taliban killed in clashes Eds: Updates with higher death toll; epa file photos available   =  Islamabad (dpa) - At least 14 milita...
Afghan troops detain a dozen Taliban militants
Xinhua General News Service, November 21, 2009 Saturday 6:55 AM EST
  Afghan security forces have captured a dozen Taliban fighters in the western Nimroz province, provincial governor Ghulam Dastgir Azad said Saturday.   "The security forces, during a cleanup op...
Soldiers detained farmers, not Taliban, diplomat revealed; Innocent Afghans subjected to torture
The Globe and Mail (Canada), November 21, 2009 Saturday
  The chief of Afghanistan's notorious intelligence agency told Canada in April of 2007 that he had no idea how many of the prisoners handed over to him by rank-and-file Canadian soldiers were in fact ...
Four Pakistan soldiers killed in Taliban rocket attack =
Deutsche Presse-Agentur, November 21, 2009 Saturday 8:37 AM EST
 DPA POLITICS Pakistan Conflicts Four Pakistan soldiers killed in Taliban rocket attack =    Islamabad Four Pakistani soldiers were killed in a Talibanrocket attack on their camp in troubled nort...
THE BRITISH CANNOT LEAVE UNTIL WAR ON THE TALIBAN IS WON; IN A DUSTY VILLAGE NEAR KABUL, BRIAN READE MEETS THE HUMAN SIDE OF THE CONFLICT
The Mirror, November 21, 2009 Saturday
 LIFE is tough here - it shows in people's faces. Men who are 40 look 60. They have had four different types of government and four different wars in the past 30 years. All they want now is normality. ...
'Taliban talks' way forward; WAR IN AFGHANISTAN: Defence Secretary hears call for UN approach
Coventry Evening Telegraph (England), November 21, 2009 Saturday
 DEFENCE Secretary and Coventry MP Bob Ainsworth returned to home territory with hostility from Afghanistan war opponents who demanded the Government engages in talks with the Muslim world and the Tali...
November 20, 2009
Catastrophe in the world if Taliban triumphs: PM
Indo-Asian News Service, November 20, 2009 Friday
 New Delhi, Nov. 20 -- Emphasising the threat of civil war in Afghanistan if the US withdrew its forces, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has warned of 'catastrophic consequences for the world, particular...
Taliban chief Mullah Omar is in Karachi: Report
Indo-Asian News Service, November 20, 2009 Friday
 Washington, Nov. 20 -- Mullah Mohammed Omar, the one-eyed leader of the Taliban, is living in Karachi with the help of Pakistan's intelligence service, The Washington Times said Friday.
Minister: War against Taliban winnable
UPI, November 20, 2009 Friday 10:31 AM EST
 The war against the Taliban is winnable and the fight against corruption in Afghanistan's government will be waged, Afghan Interior Minister Hanif Atmar says.
Pakistan army kills 5 militants in Taliban base
Xinhua General News Service, November 20, 2009 Friday 6:40 AM EST
  Pakistan's security forces advanced further into the Taliban strongholds of South Waziristan tribal agency during the last 24 hours and killed five militants, the army said Friday in a daily pre...
Canadian strategy against Taliban likely to change
Waterloo Region Record, November 20, 2009 Friday
 Canada's campaign against Taliban insurgents is in for an overhaul under a new commander who's concerned with the deteriorating security situation in Kandahar city and facing the prospect of taking mo...
A HUMBLED LEADER VOWS TO PROVE HE'S WORTH THE WORLD'S SUPPORT; With the weight of Afghanistan's failures on his shoulders, Karzai is sworn in to a new term and a new reality. The President faces more pressure than ever to root out corruption and tackle the Taliban, or risk the West turning its back
The Globe and Mail (Canada), November 20, 2009 Friday
  A glint of sunlight poked through a crack in the palace ceiling and flakes of paint lay next to the stage where Hamid Karzai, dressed in his signature Karakul hat and chic green shawl, delivered a so...
Pakistan: Taliban did not attack GHQ: JI chief
Daily the Pak Banker, November 20, 2009 Friday
 ISLAMABAD, Nov. 20 -- The Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Central Amir, Syed Munawwar Hasan, on Wednesday claimed that the Taliban had not attacked the GHQ rather India and the United States were behind the atta...
Pakistan: Taliban greater threat to Pakistan than India: PPP leader
Daily the Pak Banker, November 20, 2009 Friday
 Pakistan, Nov. 20 -- ISLAMABAD, Sardar Assef Ali, Pakistan People'sParty's (PPP) leader and Deputy Chairman Planning Commission saidthat Taliban were greater threat and challenge to country as theyr k...
Prison has few Taliban die-hards; General says U.S. may free the 'accidental guerrillas'
USA TODAY, November 20, 2009 Friday
 BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan -- The U.S. military says the vast majority of the 700 detainees at its biggest prison in Afghanistan could eventually be released because they're fighting more for money ...
Taliban chief takes cover in Pakistan populace; Pakistani intelligence aids Mullah Omar's move to Karachi
The Washington Times, November 20, 2009 Friday
 Mullah Mohammed Omar, the one-eyed leader of the Afghan Taliban, has fled a Pakistani city on the border with Afghanistan and found refuge from potential U.S. attacks in the teeming Pakistani port cit...
20 Taliban killed in Bajaur, SWA
Daily Times (PK), November 20, 2009 Friday
 KHAR, Nov. 20 -- Security forces killed 13 Taliban and injured two others in Bajaur on Thursday, while troops killed seven more Taliban in the military offensive in South Waziristan.
Torture allegations under fire; MacKay says bombshell testimony based on Taliban propaganda
The Hamilton Spectator (Ontario, Canada), November 20, 2009 Friday
 A Canadian diplomat's explosive allegations that soldiers likely broke international law by sending Afghan detainees to local torture chambers were based on Taliban propaganda and baseless reports, sa...
Pakistan : 23 Taliban insurgents killed in Afghanistan
Right Vision News, November 20, 2009 Friday
 KABUL, Nov. 20 -- In fresh offensive against Taliban fighters in a border town in Paktika province east of Afghanistan the troops eliminated nearly two dozen insurgents, a private television channel r...
Pakistan :UK advises Taliban to sit in Afghan parliament
Right Vision News, November 20, 2009 Friday
 Pakistan, Nov. 20 -- Edinburgh-British Foreign Secretary David Miliband has said that Taliban fighters should be persuaded to lay down their arms and take seats in the Afghan Parliament in an effort t...
Bangladesh:Taliban must join Afghan parliament
Right Vision News, November 20, 2009 Friday
 Pakistan, Nov. 20 -- Taliban fighters should be persuaded to lay down their arms and take seats in the Afghan Parliament to build a lasting peace in that country, British Foreign Secretary David Milib...
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