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	Afghan push begins; bus attack kills 7 - USATODAY.com
		Coalition spokesman Maj. Quentin Innis blamed the attack on Taliban militants and said it clearly targeted Afghans working for the coalition.
		On Wednesday, coalition and Afghan forces killed 26 suspected Taliban fighters in an attack on mountain positions in the eastern Paktika province, said provincial Gov. Akram Khelwak.
		Afghanistan has been wracked by its bloodiest violence since the U.S.-led coalition invaded after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and toppled the Taliban government for harboring Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaeda supporters.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2006-06-15-afghanistan-offensive_x.htm (831 words)

	Coalition forces attack Taliban camps in southern Afghanistan, killing 45 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		On Friday, Afghan and coalition forces surrounded a "known enemy camp" in Khod Valley, Shaheed Hasas district of Uruzgan province, killing an estimated 40 fighters, the military said in a statement.
		Meanwhile, two coalition soldiers were killed Friday by a roadside bomb in Asadabad district in eastern Kunar province as they were conducting a security sweep of the area, the military said.
		Coalition forces also came under attack in southern Uruzgan province and neighboring Zabul province but no casualties were reported, said coalition spokesman Maj. Quentin Innis.
	www.cbc.ca /cp/world/060617/w061708.html (556 words)

	U.S. invasion of Afghanistan
		The coalition casualties stemmed from a friendly fire incident that killed one soldier, the downing of two helicopters by rocket-propelled grenades and small arms fire that killed seven soldiers, and the pinning down of U.S. forces being inserted into what was coined as "Objective Ginger" that resulted in dozens of wounded.
		As the summer continued, the attacks gradually increased in frequency in the "Taliban heartland." Dozens of Afghan government soldiers, non-governmental organization and humanitarian workers, and several U.S. soldiers died in the raids, ambushes, and rocket attacks.
		On November 17, 2001, 62 people were killed in the bombing of a Madrassa in Khost, while 42 nomads were killed near Maiwand, two families with a total of 30 people were killed in Charikar village, 28 people were killed in Zani Khel village, and other scattered attacks took another 13 lives.
	webpages.charter.net /wisconsinlegion-7thdistrict/Afghanistan_War.htm (7699 words)

	CNN.com Specials
		As new targets are considered in the war on terrorism, the U.S.-led coalition is hunting down the remnants of al Qaeda and Taliban forces in Afghanistan.
		The first anniversary of the September 11 attacks was commemorated with memorial ceremonies across the country.
		Behind the scenes on the battlefields of eastern Afghanistan with CNN Correspondent Martin Savidge.
	www.cnn.com /SPECIALS/2001/trade.center (238 words)

	Pakistan condemns U.S. attack
		The attack "hit at the very basis of cooperation and sacrifice with which Pakistani soldiers are supporting the coalition in the war against terror", the military said.
		The U.S. military in Afghanistan said it had coordinated the artillery and air strike with Pakistan and it was investigating.
		Pakistan dropped support for the Taliban after the September 11 attacks on the United States in 2001 but it has been unable to dispel suspicion that elements within its security forces are helping the Taliban, or at least turning a blind eye as the militants organise their insurgency from Pakistan.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /news/newswire.php/news/reuters/2008/06/12/world/pakistan-condemns-us-attack.html&template=/news/templates/newswire/news_story_reuters.html (737 words)

	Terrorism - Afghanistan and U.S. Foreign Policy
		Still, with military action in Afghanistan expected soon, it is necessary to look hard at Afghanistan's past two decades of turmoil and seek to learn lessons from that past.
		U.S. policy toward Afghanistan, Russia and the region during the 1980s helped, at least indirectly, nurture the growth of anti-American and fundamentalist forces now controlling Kabul, and indeed, even some of the terrorists now being sought by the United States for the Sept. 11 attacks against New York and Washington.
		Indeed, when the U.S. launched cruise missile attacks at a camp near Khost in 1998, it was discovered that the training camps were being occupied by Pakistani military intelligence to train the Harakat-ul-Ansar, an Islamic guerrilla organization identified as a terrorist group by the U.S. State Department.
	www.cdi.org /terrorism/afghanistan-history-pr.cfm (1663 words)

	SmallGovTimes.com :: World cannot give up on Afghanistan
		Coalition, NATO and Afghan forces are working together to defeat the terrorist threat in the short-run and help the Afghan people prosper so extremist ideologies don’t appeal to them.
		An attack in Kabul that killed a young girl yesterday was attributed to a feud between two groups.
		Before U.S.-led coalition operations began in Afghanistan in late 2001, girls were banned from schools in the country.
	www.smallgovtimes.com /story/06jul28.world.afghanistan (1317 words)

	The Vietnam-Afghanistan Mirror
		In Afghanistan, the U.S. is trying to win the hearts and minds of the native population with its yellow-packeted food drops, while it continues to mistakenly bomb their villages and hospitals and food warehouses, sometimes with cluster bombs.
		In Afghanistan, the U.S is relying heavily on its high tech weaponry in fighting guerrillas who for years, decades, centuries have found a way to disappear into caves and tunnels, and then drive invaders (British, Soviets) from their soil.
		In Afghanistan, it seems apparent that the U.S., anxious to retaliate for September 11, rushed in and now is flailing about trying to figure out what to do, given that (surprise!) the Taliban are a clever, tenacious force of guerrillas fighters – who also are well-skilled in public relations marketing.
	www.antiwar.com /orig/weiner3.html (1344 words)

	Online NewsHour: Update \| Air Strike Kills 80 Taliban in Afghanistan \| May 22, 2006 \| PBS
		A spokesman for the coalition, Major Scott Lundy, said the target of Sunday's overnight air strike, Panjwayi district's Azizi village, is "a known Taliban stronghold." The coalition confirmed 20 of the Taliban deaths and said an additional 60 deaths were based on "an educated assessment of the area."
		Karl Eikenberry told the AP that the coalition was investigating whether civilians had died in the attack.
		The recent attacks on the coalition and local government have halted post-war reconstruction in southern Afghanistan, and the increase in violence comes less than two months before the 30,000-troop coalition plans to hand over control of security operations to a 16,000-member NATO peacekeeping force.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/updates/asia/jan-june06/afghanistan_05-22.html (483 words)

	Amnesty International Report 2002 - Asia and the Pacific - AFGHANISTAN (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Following the attacks in the USA on 11 September, a US-led coalition undertook action against Osama bin Laden and his al-Qa'ida forces, which the US government claimed were being sheltered by the Taleban.
		On 5 December, UN-brokered talks on Afghanistan culminated in the Bonn Agreement, which outlined the establishment of a six-month interim authority, established on 22 December, in preparation for the institution of an Emergency Loya Jirga (General Assembly) followed by a Constitutional Loya Jirga within 18 months.
		AI requested information about specific attacks in which civilians had been killed or in which civilian objects had been damaged and called for an immediate and full investigation into possible violations of international humanitarian law.
	web.amnesty.org /web/ar2002.nsf/asa/afghanistan!Open (2188 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- British troops kill 12 militants in southern Afghanistan
		Innis said the British forces that came under attack were part of Operation Mountain Thrust, a large-scale anti-Taliban offensive recently launched in southern Afghanistan to combat the deadliest surge of militant violence since the 2001 ouster of the Taliban regime.
		Another coalition vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb in the southern province of Zabul, slightly wounding two soldiers, Innis said.
		Coalition soldiers are on alert for suicide bombings and ambushes in Afghanistan.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20060629-1200-afghanistan.html (471 words)

	The Taliban — Infoplease.com
		Afghanistan is a devoutly Muslim nation—90% of its population are Sunni Muslims (other Afghan Muslims are Sufis or Shiites).
		In September 2001, the leader of the Northern Alliance, Commander Ahmad Shah Massoud, died from wounds suffered in a suicide bombing, allegedly carried out by al-Qaeda, a terrorist organization with close ties to the Taliban.
		On December 22, 2001, Hamid Karzai, an Afghan tribal leader, was sworn in as interim chairman of the government.
	www.infoplease.com /spot/taliban.html (2102 words)

	IOL \| Afghanistan: Bomb kills four coalition troops
		A coalition statement said two more soldiers were seriously wounded when the bomb went off today as they conducted operations in the southern province of Kandahar.
		Afghanistan is seeing a resurgence of violence even as the US and Nato have poured thousands of new troops into the country.
		Last year, more than 8,000 people were killed in insurgency-related attacks in Afghanistan â“ the most since the 2001 invasion â“ and violence has claimed more than 1,500 lives this year.
	breakingnews.iol.ie /news/world/mhgbgbidojau (170 words)

	Nine children killed in US attack in Afghanistan - www.theage.com.au
		Nine children have been killed in a US air attack on a suspected "terrorist" in south-east Afghanistan which also left the man the coalition forces were hunting dead, the US military said today.
		The coalition said a commission is being set up to investigate the deaths, adding its forces "follow stringent rules of engagement to specifically avoid this type of incident while continuing to target terrorists".
		Hashim blamed the attack on "the enemies of the government," referring to Taliban militants who continue to wage a bloody campaign in the south and east of Afghanistan two years after their ouster.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/12/07/1070732055135.html (635 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Coalition troops kill 14 Taliban militants in eastern Afghanistan
		KABUL, Afghanistan – Coalition soldiers tracked a group of militants to an eastern Afghanistan safe house and killed 14 in an attack on the compound, the military said.
		The coalition gave no details on the nationality of its soldiers in the operation, but U.S. troops have been operating alongside Afghan forces throughout eastern Afghanistan since April, hunting Taliban militants and allied extremists along the border with Pakistan.
		The suspected militants were believed to have planned and carried out attacks on Afghan and coalition forces in Kandahar and neighboring Helmand province, the military said.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20060630-0549-afghanistan.html (414 words)

	cbs5.com - Suicide Attack In Afghanistan Kills 16 People
		The attack took place as men were getting ready for the evening prayer at the central mosque in Zaranj, the capital of Nimroz province, Gov. Ghulam Dastagir Azad said.
		At least two other suicide attacks have hit Nimroz this month, including an attack on April 1 that left two policemen dead in Zaranj, and another on Saturday that killed two Indian road construction engineers and their Afghan driver in Khash Rod district.
		Suicide attacks in Afghanistan spiked last year, with the Taliban launching more than 140 such missions -- the highest number since the radical Islamist group was ousted from power by a U.S.-led invasion in 2001.
	cbs5.com /national/suicide.attack.afghanistan.2.702191.html (573 words)

	In Defence of Marxism - Afghanistan
		Alan Woods reports from Russia on the developments during the first week of the war on Afghanistan and particularly the way in which Russia is advancing her interests in the whole of Central Asia and the Caucasus on the back of the 'war on terrorism'.
		The fact that the attack on Afghanistan (and other countries) has been delayed does not mean at all that the risk of hostilities has diminished.
		It was American imperialism which reduced Afghanistan to the level of the Dark Ages and completely destroyed civilisation there." Pakistani Marxist Doctor Zayar explains the responsibility of US imperialism in bringing the Talibans to power, explain the current situation in Pakistan and Afghanistan, and makes an appeal to the American working class.
	www.marxist.com /afghanistan.htm (1894 words)

	The Taliban Resurgence in Afghanistan - Council on Foreign Relations
		Yet since the Taliban was driven from power in Afghanistan, the group is believed to be behind numerous attacks that have killed workers for nongovernmental organizations, civilians, government officials, policemen, and Pakistani and Afghan soldiers.
		During the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980s, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan cooperated in efforts by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency to arm the anti-communist mujahadeen.
		From 1996 to 2001 he ruled Afghanistan with the title "Commander of the Faithful." The Taliban leader remains at large with a U.S.-sponsored bounty on his head; though RFE/RL analyst Tarzi says Omar does not play a significant role in current Taliban operations.
	cfr.org /publication/10551/taliban_resurgence_in_afghanistan.html (1854 words)

	Coalition base in Afghanistan attacked twice in one day - CNN.com
		"Though direct attacks are an unorthodox method for Taliban fighters, we remain prepared to fight them in any way they choose, though we find they are regularly unprepared for our methods of combat," she said.
		The Islamic fundamentalist militia once ruled Afghanistan and allowed al Qaeda to operate from its territory, but a U.S.-led coalition ousted it from power after the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington.
		Afghan and coalition troops defeated Taliban insurgents in a daylong battle Friday in Kandahar province that was triggered by an attempted ambush, the U.S. military said.
	edition.cnn.com /2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/11/afghanistan.attack/index.html?eref=rss_topstories (554 words)

	BBC News \| In Depth \| The Military Position
		Suspected threat: The Taleban, shunned by all but three of the world's nations, control at least 85% of Afghanistan - but their forces and networks of support are not comparable to anything in the West.
		The estimated 100,000 members of the Taleban militia are battled-hardened and flexible guerrillas living within communities that have proved resilient to years of desperate conditions.
		Mullah Mohamed Omar, known as the Commander of the Faithful is the de facto leader of Afghanistan.
	news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/static/in_depth/americas/2001/military_picture/taleban.stm (201 words)

	40 Suspected Taleban Reported Killed in Raid in Southern Afghanistan
		Coalition officials say one Afghan soldier was killed and three coalition troops were wounded in the fighting Monday, at what they say was a known extremist compound in the Tarin Kowt district of Uruzgan province.
		Coalition officials say extremists used the compound as a base to attack local Afghan civilians, government officials and coalition forces.
		The coalition is conducting its largest anti-Taleban offensive in Afghanistan since the extremist Islamist group was forced from power in 2001.
	www.voanews.com /english/2006-07-10-voa19.cfm?rss=1 (210 words)

	WSAW - HomePage
		The attacks demonstrated the limited gains from the costly six-year effort to stabilize and bring security to Afghanistan, which is drawing in ever-larger numbers of NATO troops.
		Although NATO did not release nationalities of the victims, the British Defense Ministry said a Parachute Regiment soldier was killed in the Upper Sangin Valley of Helmand province during a firefight Tuesday with the Taliban.
		Elsewhere, warplanes attacked militants withdrawing from a clash with police in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan.
	hosted.ap.org /dynamic/stories/A/AFGHANISTAN?SITE=WSAW&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT (889 words)

	AFGHANISTAN: Coalition Marches Into a Tight Corner
		And so the coalition forces are stuck with military options to deal with what is primarily a problem of development, or the lack of it.
		The coalition forces and the government in Afghanistan need to develop new livelihood for dispossessed farmers if they are to succeed.
		The coalition troops that removed the Taliban from power in Afghanistan more than four years back may only have encouraged the revival of the Taliban.
	www.ipsnews.net /news.asp?idnews=34696 (1297 words)

	U.S. escalates the violence in Afghanistan
		Nearly five years after the Bush administration declared Afghanistan “liberated” from the former Taliban government, U.S.-led coalition forces today are engaged in some of their heaviest fighting yet, as the Taliban re-emerges, particularly in the southern part of the country.
		THROUGHOUT MUCH of Afghanistan, the Taliban is on the rise, carrying out suicide and roadside bombings and attacks on security forces, especially in the country’s eastern and southern provinces.
		It was the first large-scale attack on civilians working with coalition forces since the U.S. declared victory in Afghanistan in 2001.
	www.socialistworker.org /2006-2/595/595_06_Afghanistan.shtml (1196 words)

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