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Marines Urinating on Taliban Video: Mixed Reactions (VIDEO)Have you seen the video allegedly depicting U.S. Marines urinating on dead Taliban fighters? Some applaud the U.S. soldiers, while others are calling the act deplorable. Watch the video here and see which side you agree with. -
Pentagon Expresses Outrage Over Marines Urinating on CorpsesThis sensational story has only one thing missing in it...the irony of it all.
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Biden Wrong: The Only Friendly Taliban is a Dead OneAccording to Fox News, Vice President Joe Biden said, in an interview for Newsweek, that the Taliban are not the enemy of the United States. The White House is defending the statement as having been taken out of context. -
Taliban's Demands for Captured American Are RidiculousColumns discussing the recent news that the Taliban took an American businessman hostage in Pakistan.
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Afghanistan…Averting the Looming Civil WarThe Taliban have survived ten years of war with the US and NATO.The Afghan government is on the defensive .To avoid a civil war a negotiated peace deal or framework should be in place before the US starts pulling out. -
ESL (English as a Second Language) Reading Lesson: Brahima from AfhganistanBrahima's story on how her education was interrupted in Afghanistan by theTaliban
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U.S.: American POW Bowe Bergdahl was Topic of Conversation with TalibanU.S. negotiators were in talks with Taliban leaders regarding the release of American POW Bowe Bergdahl before talks abruptly ended.
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Three Issues Loom Large as U.S. Leaves AfghanistanThe United States' troop decrease in Afghanistan is seen as a success in-country. But while the military moves out of Afghanistan, officials must remember to make sure they are not leaving any security threats in their haste to come home. -
Obama Announces Troop Drawdown as U.S. In Talks with TalibanPresident Obama announces the start of troop drawdown following revelation by President Hamid Karzai that United States secretly negotiating with Taliban to end conflict.
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Obama Plots Uncertain, Promising Path for Withdrawal from AfghanistanPresident Obama gave an impassioned speech Wednesday concerning the decade-old war in Afghanistan.
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Obama Right to Withdraw American Troops While Taliban Loses StrengthIn President Obama's speech to America Wednesday, he told of his plans to gradually withdraw troops from Afghanistan. He is making the right decision.
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NPR Remarks About Taliban Another Reason to Defund Public BroadcastingDavid Meyers, writing in The Daily Caller, relates how an NPR reporter named John Hockenberry confirmed the worst suspicions that people have about the quality of reporting at NPR and the bias of its reporters.
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Memo to Islamabad: The Taliban Are ComingThe May 22 attack on a Pakistani naval base casts a long and ominous shadow over the credibility of Pakistan's nuclear command and control system. -
The Taliban Will Have a Seat at the Table RegardlessLet's get real
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The Afghanistan War After the Death of Osama Bin LadenMy editorial on the future of the Afghanistan war.
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Taliban and Al Quaeda: Who Are They and What is Their Relationship?How did the Taliban and Al Quaeda come about and why are their names synonymous with each other? Origins and relationship are briefly explained. -
With Bin Laden's Death, Will Mullah Omar's Taliban Seek Peace?Had Usama bin Laden been able to look small and unimportant in his safehouse compund in Pakistan, perhaps he would have continued to elude capture. -
Doom TextsTaliban Practices Cell Phone Terrorism - Quatrain by Stephen C. Rose. I can understand why the US wants to hang in in Afghanistan when you realize how rotten the Taliban can be. But it's a vicious circle.
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The Taliban Phenomenon in AFPAK PoliticsHow was the Taliban phenomenon introduced in Af-Pak and what could be the worst case scenario regarding Taliban?
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A Reflection on the Taliban: Our Muslim MonsterThe demonization of Islam obscures the fact that the Quran and Bible are claimed as revelations by God to man, both interpreted literally create the greatest difference between us: "God is great" becomes abhorrent to Christians and Jews. -
CIA Contractor Recruiting Freshmen for TalibanAccording to the Pakistani newspaper The Express Tribune, CIA contractor Raymond Davis has been thrown into jail in Lahore for masterminding terrorist activities in Pakistan. -
Islam, an Internal War?For such a peacful religon, why do so many Muslim's bring harm to there own people? Is it just their way or is there another reason for the hatred and violence?
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A Sacrificial Lamb on the Altar of ProfitHow the U.S. military and American citizens are pawns in a grand scheme to secure the route for the Trans-Afghanistan pipeline.
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Osama Movie ReviewReview of the Afghan movie Osama, about life under the Taliban in Afghanistan. In order to work so her family can eat, a young girl must pretend to be a boy.
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CNN Broadcasts the Taliban ShowCNNs broadcast of a Norwegian documentary about the Taliban may leave viewers scratching their heads.
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Private Bowe Bergdahl was Captured by Taliban in June 2009; Is New Video Proof He is Alive?What is the current status of Private Bowe Bergdahl? The Taliban has released a new video of him. However, it is not known if the video really is new, or just old images from an earlier time.
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Peace with TalibanPresident Karzai has decided to talk to Taliban to make peace in Afghanistan. When analyzing the recent history of Afghanistan, making peace with Taliban is difficult. President Karzai has many obstacles to overcome to make peace. -
Unraveling the Gordian Knot of War the Thread of Fate Short for the InnocentThe harsh history of war and the greater struggle for U.S. troops to display a greater show of civility in hostile environments.
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The Surge in Afghanistan: Successful or Not?With the increase of US troops that constitute President Obama's Afghan "Surge," there are indications that lasting gains are finally within reach. However, as is often the case, politics may ultimately rob the West of victory -
Taliban Attacks on Supply Line Seems to Have a Western FlavorIn the history of war and conflicts it has always been a strategy of the Western World to take out at least two top components of the enemy.
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Playing as 'Taliban' Removed from 'Medal of Honor' Game; Only Corpse Collecting American SoldiersBecause of harsh criticism from military leaders and soldiers, the new '˜Medal of Honor' videogame has scrapped its plans of letting players control Taliban fighters. -
Medal of Honor Releases Without the TalibanUnder pressures from military organizations, "Medal of Honor" will take out the ability to fight campaigns as Taliban forces. -
FIXER: THE TAKING of AJMAL NAQSHBANDIHe announces that he is safe because he is in the hands of fellow Muslims, in the hands of Islam. But his eyes tell a different tale.
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U.S. Forces Given Responsibility for Sangin District by Departing British ForcesTo date, the alliance expected by the United States has failed to materialize in Afghanistan. After so many years, is anyone surprised? -
Another Woman Expected to Be Stoned in Iran: Aren't You Glad You Don't Live Under Taliban Rule?This labor day we can be very grateful to live in the United States. Another woman is beaten and expected to be stoned by the " holy" Taliban empire in Iran. The fact her lawyer exposed it may make her sentence worse.
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Taliban Attempt to Storm 2 Military Bases in Afghanistan: Time to End This WarThe war in Afghanistan continues on, although most Americans wish it would end. The Taliban have now attempted to attack 2 military bases.
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Taliban Executes Pregnant Widow in Afganistan on the Usual Causes: AdultaryIf you had forgotten why the Taliban's influence needs to be restrained. Here's a shining example of their cruelty and pure evil intentions.
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Taliban Executes Pregnant WomenYes folks, the kind, tolerant,and learned Taliban have executed a pregnant women by whipping her 200 times then shooting her in the head.
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Taliban's Claim to the Murder of Foreign Aid WorkersIf the Taliban is responsible, it could be because their inability to find or recruit suicide bombers as well as finding any one to join their cause.
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Doctors, Nurses Murdered by the Taliban in Afghanistan for Helping the Sick and InjuredJust as with Iraq, a lot of people are wringing their hands about Afghanistan now, wondering why Americans are still there after nine years. The murders of ten Christian relief workers by the Taliban, including Dr. Tom Little, provide part of an answer.
