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U.S. jets kill at least 14 Taliban in Afghanistan offensive
Associated PressKABUL, Afghanistan - U.S. jets pounded a Taliban mountain hide-out yesterday, killing at least 14 insurgents in the deadliest air assault since rebels launched a series of strikes against Afghan government targets, U.S. and Afghan officials said....Tags: Kabul (Afghanistan), Death, Heads of State, Pakistan, Riots
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Taliban chief had a secret life of luxury
Tribune staff reporterFive years ago Mullah Mohammed Omar began building a compound for himself against the backdrop of four towering mountain ranges, in perhaps the most picturesque part of the city. This wasn't just any compound. It had air conditioning units in every room,...Tags: Family, Landforms, Mountains, Taliban, Osama bin Laden
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U.S. prowls in mountains
Tribune staff reportersU.S. Special Forces troops have begun prowling near Osama bin Laden's suspected mountain hideout in northeastern Afghanistan, adding a ground component to an assault that already features near-incessant bombing of the caves and tunnels making up the...Tags: Death, Pakistan, Wars and Interventions, California, Landforms
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Taliban official is dead, Kabul confirms
From Wire ReportsKABUL, Afghanistan - U.S. bombs killed the Taliban's intelligence chief, the new Afghan government confirmed yesterday, and a tribal commander reported that negotiations were under way for the surrender of the ousted Taliban supreme leader, Mullah...Tags: Death, Kabul (Afghanistan), Pakistan, Landforms, Caves and Caverns
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U.S. to Probe Bombing of Hide-Outs
Times Staff WritersFacing questions about dozens of alleged civilian deaths, Pentagon officials said Monday that they would investigate the bombing in eastern Afghanistan of a complex of caves and tunnels where terrorist leaders are believed to be hiding. Afghan villagers...Tags: Death, Health, Pakistan, Wars and Interventions, California
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Taliban Out to Cut Deals, Afghans Say
Times Staff WritersTaliban leaders trapped in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar have contacted local tribal leaders, hoping either to negotiate the city's surrender, cut deals for their own escape or both, according to Afghan tribal sources in Pakistan. Several...Tags: Kabul (Afghanistan), BBC, Pakistan, Guerrilla Activity, Executive Branch
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A Shaky Sense of Freedom
Times Staff WriterAfter a little more than three months living in a rundown house in the Pakistani city of Quetta, Fida Mohammed heard the news out of Afghanistan and decided that it was time to go home. So the 56-year-old carpenter loaded his truck with 13 relatives...Tags: Human Rights, Death, Health, Los Angeles, Pakistan
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Kandahar's Intelligence Chief Says He'll Do His 'Level Best' to Find Omar
Times Staff WriterThe head of intelligence for the province of Kandahar pledged Tuesday to help the United States hunt down Mullah Mohammed Omar if asked, and stood by his reports that the Taliban leader retreated to the north with troops and heavy arms 12 days ago. If...Tags: Death, Hospitals and Clinics, Health, Al-Qaeda, United Nations
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U.S. grabs at shadows in hunt for Al Qaeda
Tribune foreign correspondentThe U.S. Special Forces soldiers who descended upon this Afghan village and stormed their way into the home of Haji Uddin expected to find a meeting of Al Qaeda operatives. Instead, the soldiers encountered a cowering family of mostly women and children...Tags: Death, Family, Pakistan, Wars and Interventions, Armed Conflicts
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Noose 'Tightening' Around the Taliban
Times Staff WriterTaliban forces in the Afghan cities of Kunduz and Kandahar dug in Thursday for what could be the regime's last conventional battles, even as U.S. Army Gen. Tommy Franks declared that American troops were "tightening the noose" around Taliban leaders and...Tags: Kabul (Afghanistan), BBC, Pakistan, Wars and Interventions, Armed Conflicts
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New Afghan leader passes 1st test
As he successfully negotiated the terms of surrender for Kandahar, the last Taliban stronghold, Hamid Karzai demonstrated how he was transforming himself from a scrappy field commander to prime minister-designate of Afghanistan. The transformation has,...Tags: Death, CNN (tv network), Pakistan, Taliban, National Government
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U.S. says other countries might try some suspects
The Bush administration offered a new formulation Thursday for the handling of captured Taliban and Al Qaeda leaders, saying they could be prosecuted in Afghanistan or in their countries of origin. The question of what to do with suspected terrorists...Tags: White House, Death, Heads of State, Wars and Interventions, Armed Conflicts
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