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Taliban violence threatens presidential election

World
2009-10-30

THE Taliban's brazen attack on UN election workers undermines the UN's ability to help steer Afghanistan through a runoff election in only 10 days. Although the UN insists it will not be deterred by the assault,...

Assault on UN site in Kabul leaves 11 dead

World
2009-10-29

TALIBAN militants wearing suicide vests and police uniforms stormed a guest house used by UN staff in the heart of the Afghan capital yesterday, killing 11 people including five UN workers. The two-hour attack,...

Taliban warns of violence in attempt to disrupt second poll

World
2009-10-25

TALIBAN fighters have warned Afghans not to take part in the war-wracked country's upcoming presidential runoff, threatening yesterday to launch a fresh wave of violence on polling day to stop them. The warnings...

Pakistani success to retake city

World
2009-10-25

PAKISTANI forces backed by helicopter gunships and artillery recaptured a strategic town from Taliban militants after fierce fighting, officials said yesterday. Kotkai town in South Waziristan has changed hands...

Pakistani Taliban leader's hometown captured

World
2009-10-24

OFFICIALS say Pakistan's army has captured the hometown of the country's Taliban chief in a major offensive. Elsewhere in the northwest, officials said a suspected US missile strike has killed at least 14 people. ...

Taliban call for Afghans to boycott runoff

World
2009-10-24

TALIBAN insurgents are warning Afghans not to vote in next month's presidential runoff election, threatening violence on polling day to stop them. The group denounced the Nov. 7 vote between President Hamid Karzai...

Pakistan bombs region once declared Taliban-free

World
2009-10-12

PAKISTANI fighter jets bombed suspected militant hide-outs today in a tribal region where the military had previously declared victory over the Taliban, killing 13 alleged extremists a day after the end of a deadly...

Taliban claims UN food agency attack

World
2009-10-7

TALIBAN militants claimed responsibility yesterday for the deadly suicide bombing at the United Nations food agency's heavily fortified compound in Islamabad, saying international relief work in Pakistan was not in...

NATO probes airstrike on tankers in Afghanistan

World
2009-9-5

NATO investigated today whether villagers siphoning fuel were among scores killed in a US airstrike on two tanker trucks hijacked by the Taliban, while a bomb blast wounded four German troops in the same northern Afghan...

Afghan President orders investigation into deadly air strike

World
2009-9-5

AFGHAN President Hamid Karzai has ordered an investigation into the deadly air strike that left over 100 people dead and injured early yesterday, according to a press release issued today by the government. President...