http://www.mail.com/organizations/7772-taliban.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.23/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/organizations/7772-taliban.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/1861264-militants-attack-pakistani-army-camp-6-killed.html PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Militants attacked an army camp in northwestern Pakistan with automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades before dawn on Saturday, killing six members of the security forces, officials said. The attack followed a suicide bombing at a Shiite Muslim mosque elsewhere in the northwest on Friday that killed 23 people and wounded m... Sat, 02 Feb 2013 04:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1861264-militants-attack-pakistani-army-camp-6-killed.html 2013-02-02T04:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1859818-american-deaths-afghan-war-drop-to-4-year-low.html WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. troop deaths in Afghanistan have plunged to the lowest level in four years, reflecting a pullback from direct combat into the less deadly role of advising and assisting Afghan forces as they do more of the fighting. Attacks by Taliban insurgents also have declined, although the war is far from finished. Pentagon figures show that th... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1859818-american-deaths-afghan-war-drop-to-4-year-low.html 2013-01-31T18:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1856386-girl-shot-taliban-to-undergo-final-surgery.html LONDON (AP) — A Pakistani girl whose defiance of the Taliban turned her into an international icon is headed toward recovery once she undergoes a final surgery to reconstruct her skull, doctors said Wednesday. Dr. Dave Rosser of Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital said that 15-year-old Malala Yousufzai needs the operation to replace the bone shattered w... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 18:49:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1856386-girl-shot-taliban-to-undergo-final-surgery.html 2013-01-30T18:49:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1852948-karzai-afghan-government-lead-peace-talks.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan's president warned on Tuesday that all efforts at peace talks with the Taliban should go through the government, and appealed on the country's powerbrokers not to engage in such negotiations if the authorities are sidelines. Hamid Karzai insisted the government — and not foreign powers — must lead the talks if the cou... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 09:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1852948-karzai-afghan-government-lead-peace-talks.html 2013-01-29T09:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1850462-mali-military-enters-fabled-town-timbuktu.html SEVARE, Mali (AP) — Backed by French helicopters and paratroopers, Malian soldiers entered the fabled city of Timbuktu on Monday after al-Qaida-linked militants who ruled the outpost by fear for nearly 10 months fled into the desert, setting fire to a library that held thousands of manuscripts dating to the Middle Ages. French Col. Thierry Burkhard, chief... Mon, 28 Jan 2013 19:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1850462-mali-military-enters-fabled-town-timbuktu.html 2013-01-28T19:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1847700-china-prove-ultimate-winner-afghanistan.html KABUL (AP) — China, long a bystander to the conflict in Afghanistan, is stepping up its involvement as U.S.-led forces prepare to withdraw, attracted by the country's vast mineral resources but concerned that any post-2014 chaos could embolden Islamist insurgents in its own territory. Cheered on by the U.S. and other Western governments, which see Asia's ... Sat, 26 Jan 2013 17:15:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1847700-china-prove-ultimate-winner-afghanistan.html 2013-01-26T17:15:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1842502-700-alleged-militants-held-limbo-pakistan.html ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan is holding 700 suspected militants without charges under a controversial law that has been criticized by human rights organizations, the country's attorney general said Thursday. The admission, made during a Supreme Court hearing, will likely fuel concerns about Pakistan's conduct over the past several years as it has battled a d... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 10:29:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1842502-700-alleged-militants-held-limbo-pakistan.html 2013-01-24T10:29:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1840664-prince-harry-uk-afghan-deployment.html LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry returned to Britain on Wednesday after a 20-week deployment in Afghanistan, landing on a military plane in light snow at the Brize Norton military airbase northwest of London. He had already been in the spotlight for comments made public several days ago in which he asserted that he had targeted Taliban fighters from the cockpit... Wed, 23 Jan 2013 17:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1840664-prince-harry-uk-afghan-deployment.html 2013-01-23T17:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1837364-prince-harrys-wartime-role-draws-reprisal-fears.html LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry's admission that he killed Taliban fighters while working as a helicopter gunner in Afghanistan drew intense British media coverage Tuesday and sparked concerns about possible reprisals. The 28-year-old prince spoke in a pooled interview published late Monday after he was safely out of Afghanistan. He had spent the last 20 weeks... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1837364-prince-harrys-wartime-role-draws-reprisal-fears.html 2013-01-22T17:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1835852-uks-prince-harry-returns-afghanistan.html LONDON (AP) — Capt. Wales is coming home to be Prince Harry once again. The Ministry of Defense revealed Monday that the 28-year-old prince is returning from a five-month deployment in Afghanistan, where he served as an Apache helicopter pilot with the Army Air Corps. It did not immediately divulge his exact whereabouts. In interviews ... Mon, 21 Jan 2013 21:10:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1835852-uks-prince-harry-returns-afghanistan.html 2013-01-21T21:10:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1834140-taliban-attacks-afghan-insurgents-resilience.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban suicide bombers carried out a brazen attack in the Afghan capital on Monday, the second in less than a week and a sign that insurgents are determined to keep fighting despite recent overtures of peace from the U.S. and Afghan government. The nine-hour assault on the traffic police headquarters, which sent heavy black smok... Mon, 21 Jan 2013 15:37:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1834140-taliban-attacks-afghan-insurgents-resilience.html 2013-01-21T15:37:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1831512-official-pakistan-to-free-afghan-detainees.html ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan plans to release more Afghan militant detainees in an attempt to boost the peace process in neighboring Afghanistan ahead of the departure of international troops next year, a top Pakistani official said. Foreign Secretary Jalil Abbas Jilani said Pakistan has initiated the process of releasing those Afghan detainees in its custod... Sat, 19 Jan 2013 08:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1831512-official-pakistan-to-free-afghan-detainees.html 2013-01-19T08:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1827940-judge-dismisses-terror-charges-fla-cleric.html MIAMI (AP) — Citing a lack of evidence, a federal judge on Thursday dismissed terrorism support and conspiracy charges against the younger of two Muslim clerics accused of funneling thousands of dollars to the Pakistani Taliban. U.S. District Judge Robert Scola ruled that "no rational trier of fact" could convict 26-year-old Izhar Khan, who is imam at a m... Thu, 17 Jan 2013 22:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1827940-judge-dismisses-terror-charges-fla-cleric.html 2013-01-17T22:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1826370-official-refuses-court-order-to-arrest-pakistan-pm.html ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan's anti-corruption chief refused a Supreme Court order to arrest the prime minister on Thursday, citing a lack of evidence in a graft case that sparked the latest clash between the government and the country's top court. The arrest order issued earlier this week intensified political turmoil in Pakistan where a firebrand Muslim cl... Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:00:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1826370-official-refuses-court-order-to-arrest-pakistan-pm.html 2013-01-17T15:00:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1826970-us-envoy-taliban-peace-process-stuck.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — 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 ambassador to Afghanistan said Thursday. James Cunningham said it was important for the Afghan government to get the talks started and to get the best results possible, yet he ackno... Thu, 17 Jan 2013 12:37:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1826970-us-envoy-taliban-peace-process-stuck.html 2013-01-17T12:37:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1823916-marine-pleads-guilty-to-urinating-afghan-corpse.html CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (AP) — A Marine who pleaded guilty Wednesday to urinating on the corpse of a Taliban fighter in Afghanistan will likely be demoted one rank under a plea agreement, although a military judge called for a much harsher sentence. Staff Sgt. Edward W. Deptola pleaded guilty to multiple charges at court-martial, including that of violating or... Thu, 17 Jan 2013 02:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1823916-marine-pleads-guilty-to-urinating-afghan-corpse.html 2013-01-17T02:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1823842-1-killed-suicide-attack-afghan-spy-agency.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban suicide bombers attacked the gates of the Afghan intelligence agency Wednesday, killing one person and wounding dozens in a blast that shredded nearby cars and shattered storefront windows three blocks away. The brazen midday attack highlighted ongoing violence in Afghanistan and the determination of the insurgency to con... Wed, 16 Jan 2013 13:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1823842-1-killed-suicide-attack-afghan-spy-agency.html 2013-01-16T13:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1823724-young-afghan-musicians-to-tour-us.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Not so long ago Fakira roamed the mean streets of the Afghan capital, hawking magazines for 13 U.S. cents apiece to support her poverty-stricken family.  Next month, the 15-year-old cellist appears in America's most prestigious concert halls, performing alongside other former street children and orphans of Afghanistan's decades of violence. ... Wed, 16 Jan 2013 06:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1823724-young-afghan-musicians-to-tour-us.html 2013-01-16T06:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1819706-senate-gop-leader-optimistic-afghanistan.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States should keep a residual force of about 10,000 in Afghanistan after combat forces leave at the end of 2014, the Senate Republican leader said Monday after a series of meetings with military leaders in the country. Sen. Mitch McConnell, who led a congressional delegation to Afghanistan and Israel, expressed optimism about ... Mon, 14 Jan 2013 19:14:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1819706-senate-gop-leader-optimistic-afghanistan.html 2013-01-14T19:14:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1819014-karzai-us-troop-immunity-up-to-afghan-elders.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Afghan president said Monday that a meeting of the nation's elders should convene to decide whether U.S. troops staying in the country after 2014 would be immune from prosecution under Afghan law. President Hamid Karzai's remarks were his first since returning from Washington, where he met last week with President Barack Obam... Mon, 14 Jan 2013 16:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1819014-karzai-us-troop-immunity-up-to-afghan-elders.html 2013-01-14T16:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1817184-pakistan-sacks-provincial-government-attack.html QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani leaders dismissed the government of southwest Baluchistan province early Monday in response to the demands of protesters angry about an attack on minority Shiite Muslims there that killed 86 people. In another part of the country, a roadside bomb killed 14 Pakistani soldiers. Over the past three days, thousands of Shiites... Sun, 13 Jan 2013 21:00:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1817184-pakistan-sacks-provincial-government-attack.html 2013-01-13T21:00:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1817138-afghanistan-blast-kills-7-civilians-raid.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An explosion Sunday killed seven Afghan villagers as they tried to pull bodies of dead insurgents from the rubble of a village mosque after a night raid by NATO and Afghan troops, officials said. Four insurgents and an Afghan soldier were also reported killed in the operation. Night raids have long been a contentious issue betwee... Sun, 13 Jan 2013 13:11:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1817138-afghanistan-blast-kills-7-civilians-raid.html 2013-01-13T13:11:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1816204-pakistan-india-seek-to-ease-tension-kashmir.html ISLAMABAD (AP) — Despite the worst bout of violence in years along the disputed Kashmir border, Pakistani and Indian officials have kept tension from spiraling out of control. It's an example of just how far the archenemies have come since relations were shattered by the 2008 Mumbai terror attack. Risk of escalation remains, but senior officials from both... Sat, 12 Jan 2013 17:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1816204-pakistan-india-seek-to-ease-tension-kashmir.html 2013-01-12T17:57:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1815520-pakistani-shiites-refuse-to-bury-50-bomb-victims.html QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — About 3,500 Pakistani Shiites protested in southwestern Pakistan for a second day on Saturday, blocking a main road with dozens of coffins of relatives killed in explosions to demand better security from the government. Police in the city of Quetta had earlier said that the protest had ended, but a prominent Shiite leader Ibrahim H... Sat, 12 Jan 2013 10:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1815520-pakistani-shiites-refuse-to-bury-50-bomb-victims.html 2013-01-12T10:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1814764-us-born-taliban-fighter-wins-prison-prayer-lawsuit.html INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An American convicted of fighting alongside the Taliban must be allowed to pray daily in a group with other Muslim inmates at his high-security prison in Indiana, a federal judge ruled Friday. Barring John Walker Lindh and his fellow Muslims from engaging in daily group ritual prayer violates a 1993 law that bans the government from cu... Fri, 11 Jan 2013 22:30:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1814764-us-born-taliban-fighter-wins-prison-prayer-lawsuit.html 2013-01-11T22:30:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1814268-al-qaida-presence-mali-yemen-afghanistan.html President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai met Friday to discuss bringing down the curtain in the long Afghan war. As U.S. involvement in one war against the terror movement draws down, there's increasing talk about using force to stop al-Qaida affiliates elsewhere in the world, notably in Mali, Yemen and Somalia. A look at the al-Qaida presence in all four cou... Fri, 11 Jan 2013 21:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1814268-al-qaida-presence-mali-yemen-afghanistan.html 2013-01-11T21:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1813282-obama-karzai-agree-its-time-to-wind-war.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Uneasy allies, President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai demonstrated Friday they could agree on one big idea: After 11 years of war, the time is right for U.S. forces to let Afghans do their own fighting. U.S. and coalition forces will take a battlefield back seat by spring and, by implication, go home in larger numbers soon thereafter. ... Fri, 11 Jan 2013 21:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1813282-obama-karzai-agree-its-time-to-wind-war.html 2013-01-11T21:18:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1810490-bombings-kill-115-people-pakistan.html QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A series of bombings killed 115 people across Pakistan on Thursday, including 81 who died in twin blasts on a bustling billiards hall in a Shiite area of the southwestern city of Quetta. Pakistan's minority Shiite Muslims have increasingly been targeted by radical Sunnis who consider them heretics, and a militant Sunni group claime... Fri, 11 Jan 2013 01:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1810490-bombings-kill-115-people-pakistan.html 2013-01-11T01:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1812468-panetta-us-last-chapter-afghan-war.html WASHINGTON (AP) — In a notably upbeat assessment of war progress, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Thursday that the U.S.-led coalition has advanced to the "last chapter" of an 11-year struggle to ensure that Afghanistan can defend itself. The endgame to which Panetta referred is punctuated with uncertainty, beginning with doubts about whether the Afgh... Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:39:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1812468-panetta-us-last-chapter-afghan-war.html 2013-01-10T21:39:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1809786-us-troop-plan-afghanistan-iraq-playbook.html WASHINGTON (AP) — It's the same debate, the same numbers and practically the same plan, but the White House is working harder to keep troops in Afghanistan than it did in similar but failed discussions in Iraq in 2011. Security remains shaky in both war zones, but current and former U.S. officials say the Obama administration cannot afford to lose in Afgh... Wed, 09 Jan 2013 22:22:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1809786-us-troop-plan-afghanistan-iraq-playbook.html 2013-01-09T22:22:00Z