Top Taliban Commander Captured in Pakistan
16 February 2010
Top Taliban Commander Held in Pakistan, Reuters, 16 February 2010
EXCERPT: "The capture of the Taliban's top military commander in Pakistan followed months of behind-the-scenes prodding by U.S. officials who saw inaction by Islamabad as a major threat to their Afghan strategy. But U.S. officials and outside analysts said on Tuesday it was too soon to say whether Pakistan's cooperation against Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar in Karachi...
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16 February 2010
Marines Seize Key Police Headquarters in Afghan Offensive, CNN, 16 February 2010
EXCERPT: "U.S. Marines fighting the Taliban in southern Afghanistan achieved a main objective Tuesday- taking over the police headquarters in the center of the Taliban stronghold of Marjah. CNN correspondent Atia Abawi, embedded with the Marines, said troops didn't receive any resistance when they took the station, but gun battles broke out in the area...
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16 February 2010
, The Washington Post, 16 February 2010
EXCERPT: "To the Marines of Bravo Company, the black-and-white video footage from a surveillance drone seemed to present the perfect shot: more than a dozed armed insurgents exiting a building and heading to positions to attack U.S. and Afghan forces seeking to wrest control of this Taliban stronghold in southern Afghanistan. Facing stiff resistance...
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Suicide Attacks Seen as Less Effective
16 February 2010
, The New York Times, 15 February 2010
EXCERPT: "The Taliban's suicide bombers have been selling their lives cheaply as of late. From Jan 24. to Feb. 14, a total of 17 suicide bombers took aim at one coalition member after another but failed to kill any of them, according to a compilation of reports from Afghan police and military officials, and from the American-led International Security Assistance...
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