http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/The_TalibanFind stories, videos, and photos about The Taliban from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:37:52 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/The_Taliban14433Find stories, videos, and photos about The Taliban from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/08/Pakistan.blast.mayor/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/08/Pakistan.blast.mayor/index.html#cnnSTCTextA suicide car bomber struck in northwest Pakistan on Sunday, killing 12 people, including a local mayor, authorities said.Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:36:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/04/pakistan.taliban/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/04/pakistan.taliban/index.html#cnnSTCTextA spokesman for Pakistan's Taliban claims the militants are making a tactical withdrawal from their stronghold of South Waziristan, in response to a two-and-a-half week long Pakistani military offensive.Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:32:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/03/pakistan.taliban.town/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/03/pakistan.taliban.town/index.html#cnnSTCTextPakistan's military said Tuesday that its forces have taken over a Taliban stronghold during the ongoing ground offensive in the tribal region of South Waziristan.Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:50:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/30/taliban.obama/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/30/taliban.obama/index.html#cnnSTCTextA top Taliban political leader delivered a message Friday to President Obama, calling his attempt to lure away Taliban fighters with money "an old weapon that has failed already."Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:15:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/28/pakistan.geddes.analysis/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/28/pakistan.geddes.analysis/index.html#cnnSTCTextA deadly car bomb attack on a busy market in Peshawar Wednesday continued a bloody trend of atrocities in Pakistan during October.Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:57:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/24/pakistan.taliban.village/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/24/pakistan.taliban.village/index.html#cnnSTCTextPakistani troops have seized a key village in the Taliban stronghold of South Waziristan as they stepped up their offensive against militants in the country's northwestern region.Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:30:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/18/pakistan.offensive.militants/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/18/pakistan.offensive.militants/index.html#cnnSTCTextPakistan's army said Sunday it has killed 60 "terrorists" as it battles to wrest control of part of the country from the Taliban. Five soldiers were killed in the last 24 hours of the assault, the military said.Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:51:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/15/afghanistan.women.amanpour/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/15/afghanistan.women.amanpour/index.html#cnnSTCTextAfghan women have had seen their status rise and fall repeatedly over the past three decades, before the strictly Islamic Taliban muscled their way to power and forced women to again wear the burqa and stay out of school.Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:10:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/14/pakistan.taliban.airstrike/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/14/pakistan.taliban.airstrike/index.html#cnnSTCTextPakistani fighter jets bombed a village in South Waziristan on Wednesday, killing at least eight people, said military officials and a local Taliban leader.Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:45:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/07/afghanistan.soldiers/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/07/afghanistan.soldiers/index.html#cnnSTCTextStephan Mace of the Army's 61st Cavalry Regiment knew the Taliban would be waiting for him when he returned to eastern Afghanistan in September.Sun, 11 Oct 2009 03:43:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/05/pakistan.taliban.meeting/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/05/pakistan.taliban.meeting/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe new leader of the Pakistani Taliban vowed revenge on Pakistan, the United States and NATO forces for drone attacks along the Afghan border, two local journalists who attended a meeting with him told CNN.Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:53:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/24/pakistan.elders.killed/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/24/pakistan.elders.killed/index.html#cnnSTCTextSuspected Taliban militants opened fire Thursday on two cars carrying pro-government tribal elders in Pakistan's violence-plagued northwest.Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:31:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/15/afghanistan.opium.trade/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/15/afghanistan.opium.trade/index.html#cnnSTCTextEnough Afghan opium to supply world demand for two years has effectively gone missing, with the Taliban suspected of stockpiling supplies in a bid to corner the market, the United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has revealed.Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:52:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/19/afghan.mullah.omar/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/19/afghan.mullah.omar/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Taliban fight against American and NATO troops in Afghanistan "is forging ahead like a powerful flood," according to a purported online message posted Saturday by the Taliban's elusive leader, Mullah Mohammed Omar.Mon, 21 Sep 2009 03:17:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/11/pakistan.taliban.arrest/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/11/pakistan.taliban.arrest/index.html#cnnSTCTextA Taliban spokesman and leader were arrested in Pakistan's volatile Swat Valley, a military official said.Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:39:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/10/pakistan.militia/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/10/pakistan.militia/index.html#cnnSTCTextSixteen-year-old Akbar Zaid dreams of becoming a teacher. But for now, his summer job involves holding an automatic rifle and hunting down Taliban fighters.Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:49:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/07/afghanistan.attack/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/07/afghanistan.attack/index.html#cnnSTCTextThree people died when rockets slammed into northwestern Kabul late Sunday, a government official said.Mon, 07 Sep 2009 07:55:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/27/afghanistan.uk.elections/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/27/afghanistan.uk.elections/index.html#cnnSTCTextUK officials have sought to play down low voter turnout in Afghanistan's elections amid reports just 150 people cast their ballots in an area where four British troops died securing it from the Taliban.Fri, 28 Aug 2009 01:29:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/27/pakistan.swat.girls/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/27/pakistan.swat.girls/index.html#cnnSTCTextIn Pakistan's combustible Swat Valley, some girls refuse to wear uniforms so they can make it to school without being harmed.Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:13:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/25/pakistan.taliban.leader.dead/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/25/pakistan.taliban.leader.dead/index.html#cnnSTCTextA top Taliban aide has acknowledged that the leader of the Pakistani Taliban, Baitullah Mehsud, is dead.Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:21:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/22/afghanistan.election/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/22/afghanistan.election/index.html#cnnSTCTextMaking good on a threat of election day violence, the Taliban sliced off the index fingers of at least two people in Kandahar province, according to a vote monitoring group.Sat, 22 Aug 2009 10:35:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/19/afghan.voter.turnout.taliban/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/19/afghan.voter.turnout.taliban/index.html#cnnSTCTextA high voter turnout in Thursday's presidential elections in Afghanistan could help marginalize the Taliban, experts said Wednesday.Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:23:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/18/afghanistan.elections.security/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/18/afghanistan.elections.security/index.html#cnnSTCTextDespite high-profile suicide bombings and attacks by the Taliban, NATO commanders believe voter turnout will be strong in Afghanistan during Thursday's national elections.Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:58:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/14/afghanistan.truce.talks/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/14/afghanistan.truce.talks/index.html#cnnSTCTextElders and religious leaders in southern Afghanistan are in talks with local Taliban leaders in an effort to reach a truce ahead of next week's election, a top Afghan official told CNN on Friday.Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:04:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/12/pakistan.drone.attack/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/12/pakistan.drone.attack/index.html#cnnSTCTextEight Taliban militants were among 14 people who died in a missile strike Tuesday along Pakistan's border with Afghanistan, a Taliban spokesman said Wednesday.Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:38:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/11/pakistan.fighting.dirvalley/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/11/pakistan.fighting.dirvalley/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe rugged beauty of the expansive Dir Valley can mask the detail of what is happening on the ground.Wed, 12 Aug 2009 05:37:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/10/afghanistan.taliban.challenge/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/10/afghanistan.taliban.challenge/index.html#cnnSTCTextIt has been nearly eight years since U.S. forces overthrew the Taliban leaders of Afghanistan, but the war against the Taliban insurgency is bloodier than ever.Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:12:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/10/afghanistan.drugs/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/10/afghanistan.drugs/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe U.S. military hopes to kill or capture some 50 Afghan drug traffickers with financial ties to the Taliban in an effort to shut down one of the insurgency's biggest sources of revenue, a U.S. Senate report says.Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:25:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/07/taliban.prisoner/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/07/taliban.prisoner/index.html#cnnSTCTextZarghon Shah is a man who knows just how lucky he is to be alive.Mon, 10 Aug 2009 06:58:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/08/pakistan.taliban.chief/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/08/pakistan.taliban.chief/index.html#cnnSTCTextA top Pakistani official says the government has information that a leading candidate to replace the Pakistani Taliban leader believed killed recently was shot dead Saturday in a gunfire exchange between supporters of senior Taliban leaders.Sun, 09 Aug 2009 02:14:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/03/pakistan.boys/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/03/pakistan.boys/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe boys shuffle into the room in a remote army base high in the mountains of Pakistan's Swat Valley. They are disheveled, disoriented.Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:26:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/30/taliban.code.conduct/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/30/taliban.code.conduct/index.html#cnnSTCTextA new Taliban military "code of conduct" calls for restrictions on suicide attacks aimed at avoiding the killing of civilians, but U.S. and Afghan military officials dismissed the document as propaganda, calling it hypocritical.Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:22:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/27/britain.afghanistan/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/27/britain.afghanistan/index.html#cnnSTCTextA British-led military operation meant to clear the Taliban from parts of Afghanistan has succeeded, UK officials said Monday.Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:34:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/17/pakistan.drone.attack/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/17/pakistan.drone.attack/index.html#cnnSTCTextA suspected U.S. drone attack killed five militants Friday when a missile was fired on a Taliban stronghold into a village in northwest Pakistan, Pakistani government sources told CNN.Fri, 24 Jul 2009 02:45:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/21/soldier.taliban.video/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/21/soldier.taliban.video/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe United States military has been relatively mum on the recent capture of Army Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl. So has his family in Idaho.Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:51:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/21/afghanistan.poppy.strike/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/21/afghanistan.poppy.strike/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe U.S. military bombed about 300 tons of poppy seeds in a dusty field in southern Afghanistan Tuesday in a dramatic show of force designed to break up the Taliban's connection to heroin.Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:34:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/19/afghanistan.soldier.hostage/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/19/afghanistan.soldier.hostage/index.html#cnnSTCTextA United States soldier captured by the Taliban says in a video posted on the Internet he is "scared I won't be able to go home."Sun, 19 Jul 2009 19:45:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/16/afghanistan.us.khanjar/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/16/afghanistan.us.khanjar/index.html#cnnSTCTextIn the largest U.S. military operation since Falluja in Iraq, thousands of U.S. Marines recently poured into southern Afghanistan in a bid to turn the war around, win over the Afghan people and push out the Taliban.Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:33:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/10/pakistan.taliban.omar/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/10/pakistan.taliban.omar/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Pakistan military has declared that not only is it in contact with Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar but that it can bring him and other commanders to the negotiating table with the United States.Sat, 11 Jul 2009 09:25:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/08/afghanistan.offensive/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/08/afghanistan.offensive/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe commander of the U.S. Marines conducting a push against the Taliban in southern Afghanistan said Wednesday that more Afghan security forces are needed to do the job.Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:18:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/07/pakistan.child.bombers/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/07/pakistan.child.bombers/index.html#cnnSTCTextA top Taliban leader in Pakistan is buying and selling children for suicide bombings, Pakistani and U.S. officials said.Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:58:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/03/pakistan.drone.attack/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/03/pakistan.drone.attack/index.html#cnnSTCTextA suspected U.S. drone attack killed at least 15 people in northwest Pakistan Friday morning, Pakistani officials said.Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:06:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/20/pakistan.afghanistan.taliban/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/20/pakistan.afghanistan.taliban/index.html#cnnSTCTextMore than 30 Taliban militants were killed and 30 injured in a military offensive in the Pakistani tribal region along the Afghan border, an official said Saturday.Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:39:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/22/pakistan.taliban.girls.school/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/22/pakistan.taliban.girls.school/index.html#cnnSTCTextGovernment airstrikes killed 20 Taliban militants in the past 24 hours in northwest Pakistan, a military source said Monday.Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:58:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/06/19/afghan.civilian.deaths/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/06/19/afghan.civilian.deaths/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe U.S. military's use of airpower in a fight in Afghanistan was "appropriate" but it did kill civilians unintentionally, a U.S. military investigation concluded in a report released Friday.Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:40:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/16/pakistan.taliban.robertson/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/16/pakistan.taliban.robertson/index.html#cnnSTCTextEvery time I come to Pakistan these days I see more security.Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/12/pakistan.cleric/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/12/pakistan.cleric/index.html#cnnSTCTextA moderate Muslim cleric who denounced suicide attacks as forbidden by Islam was killed Friday in a suicide attack on his mosque in Lahore, authorities said.Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:25:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/09/pakistan.anti.taliban/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/09/pakistan.anti.taliban/index.html#cnnSTCTextHundreds of Pakistani villagers who have formed an anti-Taliban militia battled for the fourth day Tuesday to remove the Islamic militants from a region of northwest Pakistan.Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:18:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/08/pakistan.taliban.mosque/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/08/pakistan.taliban.mosque/index.html#cnnSTCTextHundreds of Pakistani residents have taken up arms and are battling local Taliban militants in the wake of a deadly mosque attack last week.Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:52:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/06/pakistan.attack/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/06/pakistan.attack/index.html#cnnSTCTextTwo key figures connected to the Taliban in Pakistan's Swat Valley were killed Saturday during a military convoy ambush, officials said.Sat, 06 Jun 2009 06:46:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/03/pakistan.students/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/03/pakistan.students/index.html#cnnSTCTextTwo dozen people believed to have been kidnapped by the Taliban were still missing Wednesday, Pakistani authorities said.Wed, 03 Jun 2009 06:01:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/02/pakistan.students.rescued/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/02/pakistan.students.rescued/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Pakistani army rescued a group of 80 students and school staff Tuesday, a day after Taliban fighters abducted the group, military representatives said.Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:03:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/30/pakistan.mingora/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/30/pakistan.mingora/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Pakistani military says security forces have taken back the city of Mingora from the Taliban, calling it a significant victory in its offensive against the Taliban.Tue, 02 Jun 2009 01:13:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/01/pakistan.abductions/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/01/pakistan.abductions/index.html#cnnSTCTextMilitants in a Taliban-held area of Pakistan are believed to have abducted 50 students and staff Monday after a ceremony marking the last day of school, a police official said.Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:11:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/28/pakistan.taliban.lahore/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/28/pakistan.taliban.lahore/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Taliban claimed responsibility Thursday for a deadly suicide attack on a police building in Lahore, eastern Pakistan that killed at least 27 -- and vowed similar attacks in other cities.Fri, 29 May 2009 00:49:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/27/pakistan.taliban.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/27/pakistan.taliban.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Pakistani military said Wednesday it hopes to clear Taliban militants from Mingora, a major Swat Valley city, in the next two to three days.Wed, 27 May 2009 13:45:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/26/pakistan.taliban.fighting.truce/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/26/pakistan.taliban.fighting.truce/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Pakistani Taliban -- under pressure in fighting with the military -- said Tuesday it wants to return to a peace deal that recently collapsed.Wed, 27 May 2009 00:41:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/25/pakistan.swat.refugees/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/25/pakistan.swat.refugees/index.html#cnnSTCTextYoung and old, poor and prosperous, sick and healthy -- residents of Pakistan's Swat Valley continue to flee the violence that has erupted there as the military clashes with the Taliban.Tue, 26 May 2009 04:42:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/24/gitmo.taliban.prisoner/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/24/gitmo.taliban.prisoner/index.html#cnnSTCTextAs one of the right-hand men to Taliban leader Mullah Omar, Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef was one of the first Taliban leaders arrested when the United States began military operations in Afghanistan.Mon, 25 May 2009 17:51:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/24/pakistan.swat.operation/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/24/pakistan.swat.operation/index.html#cnnSTCTextPakistan intensified its military operation to regain control of the country's northwest on Sunday, with fighting focused on the largest city in the Swat Valley.Sun, 24 May 2009 19:12:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/05/23/pakistan.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/05/23/pakistan.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCTextSecurity forces in Pakistan have started the "most important phase" of their push against the Taliban -- clearing militants from the largest city in the troubled Swat Valley region.Sat, 23 May 2009 15:22:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/18/pakistan.politics.mobilization/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/18/pakistan.politics.mobilization/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Pakistani government convened a meeting on Monday of nearly all of the country's political parties, in an effort to consolidate broad national support for its military operation to crush Taliban militants in Pakistan's northwestern Swat Valley.Mon, 18 May 2009 16:49:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/15/pakistan.refugees.aid/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/15/pakistan.refugees.aid/index.html#cnnSTCTextPakistani civilians were given a brief window on Friday to flee the ongoing fighting between government forces and Taliban militants in the country's north, according to military officials.Fri, 15 May 2009 16:01:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/14/pakistan.refugees.aid/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/14/pakistan.refugees.aid/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Taliban are digging in for a "bloody urban battle" against the Pakistani army in a hotly disputed city in the western part of the country, a strategic expert warned Thursday.Fri, 15 May 2009 01:47:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/13/pakistan.taliban.hospital/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/13/pakistan.taliban.hospital/index.html#cnnSTCTextInside a hospital ward in northwest Pakistan, I found myself surrounded by sobs and screams. One scream was so high-pitched that I didn't think it was human. These were the sounds of agony, and they belonged to innocent civilians who were injured in the cross fire of Pakistani troops and the Taliban in the Swat Valley.Thu, 14 May 2009 07:02:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/13/pakistan.taliban.threat/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/13/pakistan.taliban.threat/index.html#cnnSTCTextA Taliban spokesman issued a series of threats and ultimatums against Pakistani officials Wednesday as the country's military continued its offensive against the militant group in the Swat Valley.Thu, 14 May 2009 07:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/12/afghanistan.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/12/afghanistan.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCTextA Taliban suicide bomb squad disguised as regular Afghan army troops stormed a strategic city close to the border with Pakistan Tuesday, prompting a fierce six-hour battle with U.S. troops, local officials and the U.S. military said.Tue, 12 May 2009 17:07:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/12/pakistan.drone.attack/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/12/pakistan.drone.attack/index.html#cnnSTCTextA suspected U.S. drone attack on a village in Pakistan's tribal region killed nine people and wounded four others Tuesday morning, a Pakistani intelligence source and a regional official said.Tue, 12 May 2009 13:58:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/09/pakistan.swat.taliban.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/09/pakistan.swat.taliban.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCTextPakistani security forces battling Taliban militants in the volatile Swat Valley killed between 45 and 55 of the fighters over the last 24 hours, the military said Saturday.Tue, 12 May 2009 02:12:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/11/pakistan.civilians.flee/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/11/pakistan.civilians.flee/index.html#cnnSTCTextCivilians continued to flee Pakistan's northwest in droves Monday as government troops prepared to engage Taliban militants in the crisis-hit Swat Valley.Mon, 11 May 2009 09:50:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/10/pakistan.swat.taliban.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/10/pakistan.swat.taliban.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCTextPakistani forces have killed as many as 200 Taliban militants in the past day in the Swat and Shangla areas, the military said Sunday.Sun, 10 May 2009 14:34:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/08/pakistan.swat.taliban.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/08/pakistan.swat.taliban.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe United Nations' refugee agency warned Friday of a "massive displacement" of civilians as Pakistan's military broadens its offensive against Taliban militants in the country's troubled northwest.Sun, 10 May 2009 02:04:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/07/pakistan.swat.death/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/07/pakistan.swat.death/index.html#cnnSTCTextPakistan's prime minister formally renounced a peace agreement with Taliban militants Thursday night and announced "decisive steps" to expand the battle in the country's northwest.Fri, 08 May 2009 06:26:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/06/pakistan.swat.valley/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/06/pakistan.swat.valley/index.html#cnnSTCTextPakistan's military is pounding Taliban targets in the country's Swat Valley, trying to clear militants who control parts of the district's main city, military officials said.Thu, 07 May 2009 01:34:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/06/afghan.us.airstrike/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/06/afghan.us.airstrike/index.html#cnnSTCTextAfghan civilians were killed in U.S. airstrikes during fighting this week in western Afghanistan, local officials and the Red Cross said.Thu, 07 May 2009 00:54:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/06/pakistan.swat.orphans/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/06/pakistan.swat.orphans/index.html#cnnSTCTextAbout 80 boys and 20 staffers in an orphanage were trapped during intense fighting between the Pakistani military and the Taliban Wednesday, the orphanage director said.Wed, 06 May 2009 15:08:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/04/robertson.interview.zabiullah.mujahid/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/04/robertson.interview.zabiullah.mujahid/index.html#cnnSTCTextHe won't look me in the eye, won't engage in any small talk, and looks more ill at ease than I feel.Tue, 05 May 2009 22:58:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/04/pakistan.refugees/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/04/pakistan.refugees/index.html#cnnSTCTextNewly displaced residents, fleeing the fighting between government troops and Taliban militants in northwestern Pakistan, are putting a crush on U.N. resources already stretched thin.Mon, 04 May 2009 13:34:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/03/pakistan.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/03/pakistan.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCTextPakistani armed forces have killed 80 militants since launching an assault on a region recently held by the Taliban, the military announced Sunday.Sun, 03 May 2009 12:10:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/01/afghanistan.taliban/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/01/afghanistan.taliban/index.html#cnnSTCTextEight soldiers, including three U.S. troops, have been killed in a Taliban attack in eastern Afghanistan, a U.S. State Department spokesman said in Washington.Sat, 02 May 2009 04:02:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/01/pakistan.taliban/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/01/pakistan.taliban/index.html#cnnSTCTextAngry protests are a common sight in Pakistan. Crowds often gather to denounce the United States or the Pakistani government, which critics accuse of being an American puppet.Fri, 01 May 2009 16:10:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/01/pakistan.afghanistan.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/01/pakistan.afghanistan.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCTextPakistan's military killed at least 55 militants over the past 24 hours as part of its week-long crackdown on Taliban militants, an army spokesman said Friday.Fri, 01 May 2009 12:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/29/afghanistan.taliban.threat/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/29/afghanistan.taliban.threat/index.html#cnnSTCTextA Taliban leader has instructed fighters in Afghanistan to target U.S. and other coalition troops in response to the United States sending more troops into the war.Thu, 30 Apr 2009 04:44:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/28/pakistan.airstrikes/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/28/pakistan.airstrikes/index.html#cnnSTCTextPakistani fighter jets pounded Taliban targets in the country's northwestern region Tuesday, part of a wider military crackdown on militants inside its borders.Wed, 29 Apr 2009 02:24:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/27/pakistan.taliban.talks/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/27/pakistan.taliban.talks/index.html#cnnSTCTextTaliban militants have suspended talks with the provincial government in the midst of fighting in the country's volatile northwestern region.Mon, 27 Apr 2009 08:23:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/26/pakistan.taliban/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/26/pakistan.taliban/index.html#cnnSTCTextPakistani security forces and Taliban militants traded fire Sunday in the country's volatile northwestern region, and reports of battle casualties have emerged, the military said.Sun, 26 Apr 2009 13:05:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/23/pakistan.taliban.control.swat/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/23/pakistan.taliban.control.swat/index.html#cnnSTCTextPakistani authorities on Thursday deployed paramilitary troops to a district, only 96 kilometers (60 miles) from the capital, where Taliban militants appeared to be consolidating control after this week's landgrab.Fri, 24 Apr 2009 02:40:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/23/pakistan.qa/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/23/pakistan.qa/index.html#cnnSTCTextTaliban advances in Pakistan are raising concerns in Islamabad and capitals as far away as Washington.Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:50:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/23/afghan.war.stories/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/23/afghan.war.stories/index.html#cnnSTCTextVeterans of the war in Afghanistan appeared before a Senate committee Thursday, sharing stories of success and failure in the nearly eight-year conflict while offering sharply differing opinions of the current U.S. military and diplomatic strategy.Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:06:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/22/bergen.pakistan.qa/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/22/bergen.pakistan.qa/index.html#cnnSTCTextTaliban militants took control Wednesday of a district 60 miles away from the Pakistani capital of Islamabad.Thu, 23 Apr 2009 02:25:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/22/pakistan.qa/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/22/pakistan.qa/index.html#cnnSTCTextTaliban militants, who implemented Islamic law in Pakistan's violence-plagued Swat Valley last week, have now taken control of a neighboring district.Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:01:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/21/pakistan.taliban/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/21/pakistan.taliban/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Taliban in Pakistan have issued a direct challenge to the legitimacy of the Pakistani government, by declaring the country's entire legal system "un-Islamic."Wed, 22 Apr 2009 07:49:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/20/pakistan.taliban.deaths/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/20/pakistan.taliban.deaths/index.html#cnnSTCTextA Taliban commander in Pakistan escaped unhurt after an airstrike in the country's turbulent border region Sunday left 16 insurgents dead, a Taliban spokesman told CNN.Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:17:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/14/afghan.lovers/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/14/afghan.lovers/index.html#cnnSTCTextTaliban gunmen executed a young couple for trying to elope in rural Afghanistan, a local police chief told CNN Tuesday.Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:32:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/09/pakistan.peace.deal/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/09/pakistan.peace.deal/index.html#cnnSTCTextPro-Taliban cleric Sufi Mohammad has announced he has pulled out of a peace deal in the violence-plagued Swat Valley, saying the government is not serious about implementing Islamic law, or sharia, in the region.Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:29:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/04/afghan.insurgents/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/04/afghan.insurgents/index.html#cnnSTCTextViolence flared in southern Afghanistan, with a NATO-led service member killed Saturday and 20 suspected insurgents slain in Helmand province Friday, authorities said.Sat, 04 Apr 2009 13:36:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/15/afghan.taliban.threat/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/15/afghan.taliban.threat/index.html#cnnSTCTextA top Taliban commander has issued a new threat to foreign aid workers, saying that under the insurgent group's new "constitution" they will execute them as spies or hold them in exchange for the release of Taliban fighters.Mon, 16 Mar 2009 01:28:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/09/obama.taliban/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/09/obama.taliban/index.html#cnnSTCTextPresident Obama says the United States could be open to reaching out to some moderates in the Taliban in a manner similar to successful efforts with Sunni militants in Iraq.Mon, 09 Mar 2009 21:57:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/09/bergen.taliban/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/09/bergen.taliban/index.html#cnnSTCTextIt is a longstanding cliché that there is no military solution in Afghanistan, only a political one.Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:44:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/04/zardari.pakistan.swat.deal/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/04/zardari.pakistan.swat.deal/index.html#cnnSTCTextPakistan's president has defended his government's recent ceasefire in the country's volatile Swat Valley in a Wall Street Journal opinion piece, saying that many in the West have mischaracterized the deal.Fri, 06 Mar 2009 12:00:00 EST