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U.S. launches diplomatic "surge" to end Afghan war

U.S. launches diplomatic

The United States is mounting a "diplomatic surge" to end the war in Afghanistan even as military pressure is forcing Taliban insurgents to consider whether to break with al Qaeda, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Friday.

 

War review finds diminished Taliban and al-Qaeda

President Obama's expansion of the war in Afghanistan has eroded the power of the al-Qaeda terrorists who attacked America in 2001 and the resurgent ...

 

Bin Laden warns France over Afghan war, veil ban

Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden threatens in a new audio tape to kill French citizens to avenge their country's support for the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan and a new law that will ban face-covering Muslim veils.

 

Despite losses,Taliban retains stronghold

Despite losses,Taliban retains stronghold

October has been a calamitous month for the Taliban guerrillas waging war from sandy mountains and pistachio forests in this corner of northwestern Afghanistan.

 

CIA inquiry finds 'systemic breakdowns' in Afghan bombing that killed agents

In one of the most devastating attacks in CIA history, officers failed to search an Al Qaeda double agent before he entered a December meeting at their base in a remote part of Afghanistan, and he detonated a huge bomb.

 

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