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Type: Organization

Name: Taliban

Nationality: Afghanistan

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First Reported May 24 2012 - Updated May 25 2012 - 1 Documents

NATO

Report: Taliban Strikes Secret Deal to Loot NATO Convoys in Afghanistan

According to The Australian, hour south of Kabul, Afghanistan, a secret ceasefire was recently agreed upon between a Taliban commander and an Afghan army officer whom NATO forces had trained to fight the Taliban.Their deal was simple: instead of fighting ... [ Published May 24 2012 by Breitbart.com ]

Entities: NATO, Taliban, Afghanistan, Officer (armed forces), Mohammad Wali

First Reported May 22 2012 - Updated May 23 2012 - 1 Documents

Gunmen open fire at rally in Pakistan, 9 killed

Gunmen opened fire on a political rally in the Pakistani city of Karachi on Tuesday, killing at least nine people and sparking rioting, police said.The violence was a reminder of the port city's volatility. It is home to several political parties with ... [ Published May 22 2012 by Online La Crosse Tribune ]

Entities: Pakistan, Karachi, attack

First Reported May 23 2012 - Updated May 23 2012 - 1 Documents

India, Pak agree on US-backed TAPI gas p...

India and Pakistan have reportedly agreed to sign a 7.6 billion-dollar US-backed trans-Afghanistan gas pipeline project.The U.S. has, for almost 20 years, supported the plan to pipe natural gas over 1,100 miles from Turkmenistan via Afghanistan to Pakistan ... [ Published May 23 2012 by NetIndia123.com ]

Entities: India, Pakistan, Turkmenistan

First Reported May 22 2012 - Updated May 23 2012 - 1 Documents

Hamid Karzai

NATO leaders plan end to combat role in Afghanistan by 2014

CHICAGO NATO leaders agreed at a critical meeting Monday on a framework for winding down their combat mission in Afghanistan between now and the end of 2014 and made commitments on the length and ambition of their roles there long afterward."In the course ... [ Published May 22 2012 by Denver Post ]

Entities: NATO, Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Taliban

First Reported May 22 2012 - Updated May 22 2012 - 2 Documents

Boxing

Afghan woman's Olympic dream in doubt

BEIJING, May 22 (BSS/AFP) - The female Afghan boxer who has drawn wide attention for her bid to reach the London Olympics could be denied because of fears over her safety inside the ring.Flyweight Sadaf Rahimi, 18, suffered a setback at last week's women's ... [ Published May 22 2012 by Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha ]

Entities: Boxing, Afghanistan, Katie Taylor, Qinhuangdao

First Reported May 22 2012 - Updated May 22 2012 - 1 Documents

An Afghan theatre company, will stage an Afghan version of Shakespeare's "Comedy of Errors"

New Delhi: An Afghan theatre company, which escaped a Taliban attack in Kabul last August because of a last-minute change in schedule, will stage an Afghan version of Shakespeare's "Comedy of Errors" here today.A militant attack on the compound where ... [ Published May 22 2012 by India News Blast ]

Entities: Afghanistan, Kabul, Dari (India)

First Reported May 21 2012 - Updated May 22 2012 - 2 Documents

Barack Obama

NATO leaders endorse Obama’s Afghanistan exit plan

President Barack Obama sought to wrap up a NATO summit Monday with a show of unity for his strategy to end the more than decade-old U.S.-led intervention in Afghanistan in 2014, even as a feud with Pakistan and an early pullout decision by France overshadowed ... [ Published May 22 2012 by Lexington Herald Leader ]

Entities: Afghanistan, Barack Obama, NATO

First Reported May 20 2012 - Updated May 21 2012 - 2 Documents

Obama: Afghanistan on track for 'transformation decade'

As he prepared to open the NATO summit, President Obama said Afghanistan is on track to achieving a transformation decade of peace and stability as U.S. and other combat forces begin to withdraw and as Afghan security forces take responsibility for keeping ... [ Published May 21 2012 by Chicago Tribune ]

Entities: Barack Obama, Afghanistan, Combat Forces, Hamid Karzai

First Reported May 21 2012 - Updated May 21 2012 - 1 Documents

Cricket vs Taliban

Home Sports Home Cricket News Sports Football Tennis IPL Videos Gallery Games Movies TV Radio Jokes ... [ Published May 21 2012 by India Everyday ]

Entities: Cricket, Taliban, DLF Indian Premier League

First Reported May 21 2012 - Updated May 21 2012 - 1 Documents

Cricket vs Taliban

While you’re reading this copy, the Indian subcontinent’s never-ending love affair with cricket, would have reached another level as the Indian Premier League would have entered its last leg. Cheerleaders, stardust, promotions, and nevermind the brawls ... [ Published May 21 2012 by Mid Day ]

Entities: Cricket, Taliban, Afghanistan, Kabul

First Reported May 20 2012 - Updated May 21 2012 - 1 Documents

Afghanistan: Suicide bomber kills NATO troops, children near market

TARIN KOT, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) — A suicide bomber attacked a convoy of foreign troops in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing two coalition service members and two Afghan children, officials said. A Taliban spokesman claimed responsibility.The NATO-led ... [ Published May 20 2012 by Thaindian News ]

Entities: International Security Assistance Force, Afghanistan, Suicide Bomb

First Reported May 19 2012 - Updated May 19 2012 - 1 Documents

'Taliban Cricket Club' is a novel with a twist

'The Taliban Cricket Club' (Ecco), by Timeri N. MurariWriting a novel about Afghanistan can be a difficult, unenviable undertaking.Ideally, the result will be well-informed, nuanced, stylishly written, surprising and free of cliches. At worst, the book ... [ Published May 19 2012 by Quad-Cities Online ]

Entities: Taliban, Cricket, Afghanistan, India, Burqa

Quotes

"I didn't like ships, don't particularly want to fly, don't swim all that good and wanted to stay as far away from submarines as possible" he said with a grin

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"The drone fired two missiles on a house in Hassokhel town" 25 kilometres east of Miramshah, the main town in North Waziristan, a security official said, adding that five bodies have been recovered so far

Another drone strike kills five militant... [NetIndia123.com - May 24 2012]

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Oregon veterans of several wars share memories,... [ Published 3 hours ago by Oregonian ]
Today in History - June 6 [ Published May 25 2012 by Poten & Partners ]
Another drone strike kills five militant... [ Published May 24 2012 by NetIndia123.com ]
Report: Taliban Strikes Secret Deal to Loot NAT... [ Published May 24 2012 by Breitbart.com ]
'Non-state actors' restraining Pak from ... [ Published May 23 2012 by NetIndia123.com ]
GAIL (INDIA) LIMITED: India, Pakistan Sign Land... [ Published May 23 2012 by 4 Traders ]
Afghan woman boxer’s Olympic dream looks doubtful [ Published May 23 2012 by Business Day ]
India, Pak agree on US-backed TAPI gas p... [ Published May 23 2012 by NetIndia123.com ]
Questions on Konerko, Kane and so many others [ Published May 23 2012 by Chicago Daily Herald ]
An Afghan theatre company, will stage an Afghan... [ Published May 22 2012 by India News Blast ]
Gunmen open fire at rally in Pakistan, 9 killed [ Published May 22 2012 by Online La Crosse Tribune ]
Accidental shooting of soldier by sniper must n... [ Published May 22 2012 by Glasgow Sunday Mail ]
Afghan woman's Olympic dream in doubt [ Published May 22 2012 by Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha ]
Olympic dream in doubt for female Afghan boxer [ Published May 22 2012 by Sport LIVE ]
NATO leaders plan end to combat role in Afghani... [ Published May 22 2012 by Denver Post ]
Let's make LGBT rights the centrepiece of Londo... [ Published May 22 2012 by Poten & Partners ]
Obama on Afghanistan: Leave on time, no 'perfec... [ Published May 22 2012 by Chicago Daily Herald ]
NATO leaders endorse Obama’s Afghanistan exit plan [ Published May 22 2012 by Lexington Herald Leader ]
Wheaton's fallen native sons [ Published May 22 2012 by Chicago Daily Herald ]
WAR: Barack Obama Will Not Defeat The Taliban [ Published May 21 2012 by Baseball Crank ]
Let's make LGBT rights the centrepiece of Londo... [ Published May 21 2012 by Guardian.co.uk ]
KABUL (AFP) ― The taekwondo star who became Afg... [ Published May 21 2012 by Korea Herald ]
Cricket vs Taliban [ Published May 21 2012 by India Everyday ]
Cricket vs Taliban [ Published May 21 2012 by Mid Day ]
Obama: Afghanistan on track for 'transformation... [ Published May 21 2012 by Chicago Tribune ]
NATO struggles over Afghan policy [ Published May 21 2012 by Chicago Daily Herald ]
IPL players caught red handed using drugs in a ... [ Published May 20 2012 by India Daily ]
Obama: NATO shifting to help peace in Afghanistan [ Published May 20 2012 by Chicago Daily Herald ]
Afghan Olympian hopes taekwondo can end fighting [ Published May 20 2012 by China Post ]
Afghanistan: Suicide bomber kills NATO troops, ... [ Published May 20 2012 by Thaindian News ]

Blogs

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WAR: Barack Obama Will Not Defeat The Taliban [ Published May 21 2012 by Baseball Crank ] We have reached an endpoint of sorts in the decade-long Afghanistan War. President Obama will not keep U.S. troops in Afghanistan to defeat the Taliban and force them to accept terms of any kind. Have we lost the war? Should we have left years ...
Thoughts Prompted By The Red Sox Foundation's A... [ Published May 20 2012 by The Joy of Sox ] On Sunday, the Red Sox Foundation will hold its annual fundraiser for Run to Home Base . I wrote about this event back in June 2010 , and I am reposting those thoughts today: Thoughts Prompted By The Red Sox Foundation's Association With "Run To Home ...
TIL: Afghanistan Really Loves Body Building [ Published May 01 2012 by With Leather ] /p> Further proving how uncool I am, I only recently figured out that when people on Reddit were saying “TIL” they meant “Today I Learned” and not “Tuesday is Lamers” – amiright 9-to-5ers? So now to make up for being such a square, I use it ...
Wisden – the obituaries they didn’t print. [ Published Apr 30 2012 by 99.94 ] RANJISINJIDULEEP, DULEEP RANJI SINJI Maharaja Jam Sahib of Phwoarporne who died of excess on April 23 2012 aged 89 was a stylish right-handed batsman for Assam and Cambridge University. Aged 15, he impressed an onlooking Douglas Jardine by making a century ...
Oscar Pistorius Makes TIME Magazine’s 100 Most ... [ Published Apr 19 2012 by 2oceansvibe.com - Work is a sideline, live the ... ] “He is the definition of global inspiration.” Oscar Pistorius has been named one of TIME magazine’s 100 most influential people of 2012. He is the only South African on the list. Pistorius has won four gold medals at the Paralympic games and holds ...

Audio/Video

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Deadly Taliban violence in wake of Obama's trip [ Published May 02 2012 by CBS - YouTube ]
Taliban Attack After Obama Visits Kabul [ Published May 02 2012 by Associated Press - YouTube ]
An Afghan police commando's story -- the Guardian [ Published Apr 24 2012 by The Guardian - YouTube ]
Taliban attacks rattle Afghan government [ Published Apr 23 2012 by CBS - YouTube ]
Taliban claims responsibility for Afghan assaults [ Published Apr 16 2012 by CBS - YouTube ]