Declassified Documents Detail Pakistan-Taliban Ties
16 August 2007
"Newly declassified intelligence documents reveal the depth of U.S. officials' concern that Pakistan was providing funds, arms ? and even combat troops ? to the Taliban regime in Afghanistan for years before the Sept. 11 attacks," the reports. "The documents, released under a Freedom of Information Act request by George Washington University's National Security Archive and posted on its Web site, add detail to what...
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Over 1,000 Afghan Civilians Killed Since April: Interior Ministry
16 August 2007
At least 1,060 Afghan civilians have been killed in fighting between Taliban insurgents and Afghan security forces backed by international troops since April, the UN's Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) news service reports. "Civilian deaths in military operations conducted by international forces - particularly US troops operating outside NATO writ - and their Afghan allies have roughly balanced that of the Taliban,"...
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