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Time to Target the Taliban Drug Cartel

By Sam Dealey - Sam Dealey - August 29, 2008

There's a reason the Taliban insurgency keeps gaining ground—drug money. more >>

Taliban Seeks to Destabilize Afghanistan's Capital

By Anna Mulrine - Nation & World - August 22, 2008

NATO faces intense fighting 30 miles from Kabul. more >>

Pentagon Plans to Send More Than 12,000 Additional Troops to Afghanistan

By Anna Mulrine - Nation & World - August 19, 2008

The U.S. commander there, in an exclusive interview, calls for a further buildup to counter the Taliban more >>

A Key al Qaeda Bomb Maker Is Killed (Again)

By Aamir Latif - Nation & World - July 29, 2008

First reported killed in 2006, Midhat Mursi was the apparent target of an airstrike on Monday. more >>

U.S. Marines Take On the Taliban in Afghanistan

By Anna Mulrine - Nation & World - July 24, 2008

After two Iraq deployments, members of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit face a different sort of war. more >>

News Buzz: Offshore Oil Drilling, the Taliban, and Cease-Fire

By Johannah Cornblatt - Nation & World - June 18, 2008

With high gas prices, Bush renewed his call for offshore drilling. more >>

News Buzz: Inflation Jumps, Same-Sex Couples Marry, and More

Nation & World - June 17, 2008

Fuel and food prices spur inflation; a California gay-marriage rush; and a Taliban push in Afghanistan. more >>

Pakistan's Border Badlands Are a Challenge for the Next President

By Anna Mulrine - Nation & World - June 13, 2008

Eliminating Pakistan's havens for al Qaeda and the Taliban is a goal for either McCain or Obama. more >>

In Afghanistan, the NATO-led Force is 'Underresourced' For the Fight Against the Taliban

By Anna Mulrine - Nation & World - June 5, 2008

When it comes to combat, it is a coalition of the willing and not-so-willing. more >>

GAO Blasts U.S. Effort on Pakistan Safe Haven

By Kevin Whitelaw - Nation & World - May 22, 2008

A new report criticizes efforts against the terrorist threat from the border areas. more >>

Where al Qaeda and the Taliban Hide Out

By Anna Mulrine - Nation & World - May 20, 2008

U.S. military wrestles with the problem of the Afghan-Pakistani border region. more >>

Taliban Recruits: 4-Year-Olds

By Paul Bedard - Washington Whispers - May 16, 2008

Two new problems are plaguing the U.S.-backed recovery of Afghanistan. more >>

Iran Is Not Providing 'Militarily Significant' Aid to the Taliban, Says A U.S. General in Afghanistan

News Desk - April 7, 2008

Maj. Gen. more >>

U.S. Warns of Steadily Rising Violence in Afghanistan

News Desk - February 28, 2008

Taliban fighters in Afghanistan have managed to increase the number of their attacks every year since 2002, according to U.S. military figures. In 2007 alone, violence jumped 33 percent over the previous year. Part of that was because of a rise in suicide bombings, but small-arms attacks were up 47 percent. more >>

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