Taliban fighters are expanding their control of Afghanistan’s Nuristan province, an area they claim to have recaptured from US troops. A video obtained exclusively by Al Jazeera purports to show Taliban fighters in the Kamdesh district. Their leaders say they have appointed some local officials and reopened schools. Sections of the footage show Taliban fighters brandishing [...]
Obama’s Afghan war policy hinges on debate over which enemy to fight _ Taliban or al-Qaida Font size Print E-mail Share (AP) WASHINGTON (AP) – Senior al-Qaida leaders are forging deeper relationships with Pakistani militants and often operating from their camps inside the Pakistan border, fueling Obama administration arguments for a shift in the Afghan [...]
Taliban militants put up fierce resistance to the Pakistan army as it attempts to oust them from strongholds in South Waziristan. Read More Taliban resist Pakistan onslaught