Category Archives: Taliban

Taliban Launch Deadly Attack On Kabul Hours After Obama Visit

Posted on May 2, 2012 by uprootedpalestinians

By AMIR SHAH and CHRIS BLAKE Barack Obama makes surprise Afghan visit to sign security agreement 05/ 2/12 08:06 AM KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban struck back less than two hours after President Barack Obama left Afghanistan on Wednesday, targeting … Continue reading →

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Obama, Karzai Sign Strategic Pact as Blasts Shake Kabul

Posted on May 2, 2012 by uprootedpalestinians

Local Editor U.S. President Barack Obama signed the strategic partnership agreement with his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai in the wee hours of Wednesday shortly after he arrived in the Afghan capital Kabul for a surprise visit, local TV channels reported. … Continue reading →

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AfPak: Mutiny on the Bounty

Posted on April 18, 2012 by uprootedpalestinians

by Eric Walberg Wednesday, April 18th, 2012 The Taliban began their spring campaign as a British lord put a price on Bush’s scalp” notes Eric Walberg Kabul was cast into chaos Sunday as the Taliban began their spring offensive with … Continue reading →

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‘Why is India refusing to augment American pressure on Iran? Oil & Afghanistan!’

Posted on February 28, 2012 by uprootedpalestinians

Via FLC “… So why is India now refusing to augment American pressure tactics on Iran? One clear answer is that Iran is India’s second-biggest oil supplier. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. asserts that a $10 increase in India’s oil price … Continue reading →

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The US and the Taliban will negotiate in Qatar

Posted on January 30, 2012 by uprootedpalestinians

Yusuf Fernandez US and Afghan sources have confirmed an agreement to open a representative office of the Taliban in Doha, Qatar, as part of a Washington´s attempt to negotiate a settlement that will put an end to its 10-year war … Continue reading →

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Hushing Twitter: The Danger of Double Standards

Posted on January 12, 2012 by uprootedpalestinians

Hushing Twitter: The Danger of Double Standards Lebanon’s Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah is seen on broadcat screens at al-Manar TV in Beirut. (Photo: AFP – Anwar Amro) By: Jillian C. York Published Tuesday, January 10, 2012 Twitter has been hit … Continue reading →

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Qatar to help US exit from Afghanistan

Posted on January 7, 2012 by uprootedpalestinians

Posted on January 6, 2012 | On Tuesday, Taliban officials announced they have accepted American offer to open a ‘peace-talk’ office in Doha, capital of oil-rich Sheikhdom of Qatar in return for the release of several senior Taliban officials from … Continue reading →

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Reuters: ‘Taliban liaison office opens in Qatar’

Posted on December 28, 2011 by uprootedpalestinians

Via FLC   “Afghanistan’s High Peace Council, in a note to foreign missions, has set out ground rules for engaging the Taliban after Kabul grew concerned that the United States and Qatar, helped by Germany, had secretly agreed with the … Continue reading →

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Afghanistan: Ten Years of Tragedy and Misguided Policy

Posted on October 12, 2011 by uprootedpalestinians

By Ramzy Baroud We stand in solidarity with Afghanistan and its proud people. (Zoriah.net) On July 1 2002, US planes bombed an Afghan wedding in the small village of Deh Rawud. Located to the north of Kandahar, the village seemed … Continue reading →

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NATO: ‘Taliban are returning’

Posted on October 8, 2011 by uprootedpalestinians

Posted on October 8, 2011 by rehmat1| Retired US Gen. Stanley McChrystal, former head of US and NATO forces (168,000) in Afghanistan recently addressed a meeting arranged by CFR, one of America’s most powerful pro-Israel think tank headed by Zionist … Continue reading →

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