Afghan al-Qaida Commander Warns Of Attacks
05 September 2008
'', The Associated Press, 5 September 2008
EXCERPT: "Al-Qaida's top commander in Afghanistan warned of more attacks against the West in a video posted on the Web that paid tribute to a suicide bomber said to have carried out the June bombing of the Danish Embassy in Pakistan. The blast killed six, including one Danish citizen, and caused widespread destruction in the Islamabad neighborhood....
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Paris Match Pictures "Promoting Taliban"
05 September 2008
'Afghanistan: Paris Match Pictures "Promoting Taliban"', The Guardian, 5 September 2008
EXCERPT: "A magazine photospread of Taliban fighters posing in the uniforms of dead French soldiers sparked controversy yesterday as new accounts emerged of army failings in the ambush that saw 10 members of the French military killed last month. Paris Match ran photos of a group of Taliban fighters and their commander, 'Farouki', wearing French...
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Afghanistan's War Has A New Battlefield
05 September 2008
'', Asia Times, 5 September 2008
EXCERPT: "In anticipation of a new era in Pakistani politics under president-in-waiting Asif Ali Zardari, the first volleys have been fired in a renewed joint Pakistan-North Atlantic Treaty Organization venture to fight against the Taliban and al-Qaeda beyond Afghanistan's borders. Barely...
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Canadian Ambassador Concedes Taliban Now Stronger
05 September 2008
'', Regina Leader-Post, 4 September 2008
EXCERPT: "A recent direct fire attack that killed three Canadian soldiers shows the insurgency has become 'more sophisticated' and that its 'overall strength has improved,' Canada's new ambassador to Afghanistan said Friday. In an interview from Kabul just one day after Ottawa announced his promotion from head of...
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