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Defeating jihad
If the 11-year war against jihadist terrorism is to succeed, then its leaders must change their approach. So far, the U.S. and its NATO allies have approached jihadist violence in Afghanistan and Pakistan as a single problem, to be met with a single...
Tags: Politics, Saudi Arabia, Religious Conflicts, Afghanistan, Jihad
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Osama bin Laden notes show a plan to overthrow Hamid Karzai
WASHINGTON — Osama bin Laden was devising a strategy for overthrowing Afghan President Hamid Karzai and controlling Afghanistan once the U.S. left the country, said a former U.S. official familiar with the cache of notes and letters that were seized...Tags: Republican Party, Politics, Religious Conflicts, Afghanistan, Terrorism
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U.S. offers $10-million bounty for Pakistani militant chief
World NowThe U.S. government has set a $10-million bounty on Hafiz Mohammed Saeed, the founder of a Pakistani militant group with suspected links to Al Qaeda and the alleged mastermind behind the 2008 attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai that killed 166 people.... -
Pakistan rips 'preposterous' ideas about its role in Afghan talks
World NowPakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said any expectations Pakistan could deliver the Taliban leader to the negotiating table for Afghan peace talks were “preposterous.”... -
Muslim holiday in Afghanistan opens with a bombing
World NowAfghanistan bombing: Eid al-Adha, the most important holiday of the Muslim calendar, got off to a violent start in Afghanistan on Sunday when suspected insurgents staged a bombing outside a mosque in the north, killing at least seven worshippers, Afghan... -
Osama bin Laden, born to privilege, dies a pariah
Osama bin Laden, a scion of one of Saudi Arabia's wealthiest families, became the grim apostle of a strain of Islamic radicalism that exalted violence against non-believers, and the leader of a terrorist network that launched repeated attacks in the West,...Tags: Belief and Faith, Landforms, Afghanistan, War in Afghanistan (2001-present), U.S. Embassy
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Book review: 'Obama's Wars'
Los Angeles TimesThe essential outline of the story journalist and political historian Bob Woodward sets out to tell in " Obama's Wars" actually is fairly well known. President Obama's agonized march to a decision on how to move forward in what he has called "a war of...Tags: James L. Jones, Afghanistan, Defense, Bombings, Hamid Karzai
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White Paper of the Interagency Policy Group's Report on U.S. Policy toward Afghanistan and Pakistan
Introduction The United States has a vital national security interest in addressing the current and potential security threats posed by extremists in Afghanistan and Pakistan. In Pakistan, al Qaeda and other groups of jihadist terrorists are planning new...Tags: Rebellions, Afghanistan, Defense, Civil Rights, Heads of State
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Don't fail Afghanistan
The United States is now at risk of "losing" Afghanistan, the predictable result of committing insufficient troops and money to that catastrophically failed state after the rout of the Taliban in 2001. U.S. forces are suffering sharply higher casualties...Tags: Afghanistan, Defense, Hamid Karzai, Heads of State, Pakistan
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Pakistani militant's reputation grows
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterNot so long ago, Baitullah Mahsud was an obscure tribal sub-chieftain, little known outside his ancestral district set amid the forbidding, snow-shrouded mountains and valleys of South Waziristan. Now, in a matter of months, he has emerged as the most...Tags: Religious Conflicts, Afghanistan, Defense, Heads of State, Michael V. Hayden
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ARCHIVE: U.S. Launches Attack
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersCHARIKAR, Afghanistan -- The United States launched its retaliation against terrorism Sunday, striking at the heart of Osama bin Laden's adopted nation and his Taliban supporters with a thundering attack of bombs from the air and missiles from the sea....Tags: Entertainment Events, United Kingdom, Afghanistan, Shimon Peres, Tony Blair
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Everything It Wanted--Almost
Times Staff WriterIn the unfolding final acts of the war in Afghanistan, it suddenly appears that victory could bring the United States most--yet not quite all--of what it wanted when American warplanes began dropping bombs two months ago. The Taliban regime that was...Tags: National Security, Death, Afghanistan, Armed Conflicts, Defense
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