Mullah Mohammad Omar

Mullah Mohammad Omar

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  Afghanistan: Bomb kills 15, including 6 Americans

  A suicide car bombing tore through a U.S. convoy in Kabul on Thursday, killing at least 15 people including six Americans in a blast so powerful it ... 

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  Violent separatists seek to derail Pakistan vote

  The graffiti on walls around this Pakistani provincial capital hold a dire warning ahead of this weekend's national elections, "Voting means death. 

• Report: Karzai _ Taliban chief could seek election

  Afghan President Hamid Karzai has told a German newspaper that Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar could run for president in elections next year. 

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  Commander encouraged by anti-Taliban uprising

  Villagers in an area of southern Afghanistan that was the birthplace of the Taliban movement two decades ago have staged a first-of-its-kind uprising ... 

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  Fears grow that Libya is incubator of turmoil

  Libya's upheaval the past two years helped lead to the ongoing conflict in Mali, and now Mali's war threatens to wash back and further hike Libya's ... 

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  US envoy says Taliban peace process stuck

  The United States wants serious peace negotiations with the Taliban to begin, but it has not been possible to get the process under way, the American ... 

• Afghan negotiator welcomes prisoner release

  A top Afghan negotiator said Tuesday he hopes eight Taliban members freed by Pakistan will serve as peace mediators, describing Islamabad's move as ... 

• Pakistan releases 8 Afghan Taliban prisoners

  Pakistan released eight members of the Afghan Taliban from prison on Monday, including the former justice minister under the Taliban, in a bid to ...