Search results
Russian government proposes to remove Taliban from list of terrorist organizations
Kyiv Independent via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoAccording to Russian state-controlled news agency TASS, the step would pave the way for Russia to...
Russia plans to remove Taliban from banned organizations list
The New Voice of Ukraine via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoIn a move signaling a potential shift in policy, the Russian Foreign and Justice Ministries have...
Russia invites Afghanistan's Taliban to major economic forum
Reuters· 12 hours agoRussia has invited Afghanistan's Taliban to its biggest annual economic forum as Moscow moves to...
Afghan mine-clearer killed by Taliban after it sees him in Emmy-winning film
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 4 days agoAn Afghan contractor who worked for the US military was killed by the Taliban after appearing in an...
Taliban poets sing praise of new Afghan order
Digital Journal· 7 days agoTaliban poets, long fuelled by fervour for jihad against foreign forces, have focused their efforts on flattering the men who now rule Afghanistan....
Two of The Independent’s top journalists shortlisted for prestigious awards
The Independent via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoHer investigation focused on former members of two Afghan special forces units known as the...
7 Pakistani soldiers, 23 militant killed in separate shootouts during raids along the Afghan border
Associated Press via AOL· 9 hours agoPakistan's security forces were conducting several raids in the country's volatile northwest, a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban, when shootouts ensued leaving seven ...
Pakistan arrests 11 militants involved in Chinese engineers' killing, say officials
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThe announcement was made at a news conference held by Pakistan's counter-terrorism chief Rai Tahir...
Remembering Cpl. Jason Hovater
WVLT-TV Knoxville· 9 minutes agoIn 2008, there were just 10 days left on his deployment in Afghanistan when 200 Taliban insurgents attacked American troops in the Battle of Wanat. When several troops became ...
A Taliban revenge killing prompts questions, removal of an acclaimed documentary
Stars and Stripes· 5 days agoOn a winter day not long ago, an Afghan man — a 21-year-old who’d once dazzled U.S. Special Forces...