Taliban vows to 'liberate' Afghanistan
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A man described as the Taliban's new top field commander has vowed to liberate Afghanistan from "American slavery," a pro-Taliban cleric said Saturday.
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Taliban-linked militants holding three UN hostages claimed Wednesday the Afghan government has agreed to free some of their jailed comrades to prevent the killing of the foreign captives.
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GHAZNI, Afghanistan  - Taliban insurgents said on Tuesday they would release 19 South Korean Christian volunteers they have held for nearly six weeks, provided Seoul pull out its troops and stop Korean missionary work in Afghanistan by year-end.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Taliban militants threatened yesterday to kill at least 18 kidnapped South Korean Christians, including 15 women, within 24 hours unless the Asian nation withdraws its 200 troops from Afghanistan.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - Days after Taliban fighters overran Musa Qala, a US commander pledged that Western troops would take it back. Nine months later, the town is still Taliban territory, a symbol of the West's struggles to control the poppy-growing south.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Aug. 29 -- The Taliban on Wednesday began making good on a promise to release 19 South Koreans who have been held captive for a month and a half, freeing 12 and promising to turn over the rest in coming days.
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6 December 2004 -- Remnants of the ousted Taliban regime have threatened to launch attacks during the swearing in of Afghan President-elect Hamid Karzai.
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The Afghan government is ready for peace talks with the Taliban, but will not accept preconditions demanded by the Islamist rebels such as the withdrawal of all foreign troops, the presidential spokesman said on Tuesday.
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The Taliban threatened Monday to launch  attacks during the swearing in of Afghan President Hamid Karzai  while the U.S. military said every precaution was being taken  to protect a ceremony to be attended by top U.S. officials.
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Kidnappers of three U.N. workers in  Afghanistan said on Thursday they expect the government to  release 26 Taliban prisoners in exchange for their hostages  before the Muslim Eid festival this weekend.
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A breakaway Taliban group claiming to hold three UN workers demanded Saturday the hostages&#39; governments pull their troops out of Afghanistan or condemn the &quot;international invasion&quot; of the country, AFP reports.
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Taliban-linked militants holding three U.N. hostages claimed Wednesday the Afghan government has agreed to free some of their jailed comrades to prevent the killing of the foreign captives.
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Afghanistan&#39;s hardline Taliban movement freed the last of its 19 South Korean hostages late Thursday bringing an end to the six-week kidnapping drama.
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Afghanistan's defense minister said  Tuesday his government had contacts with the Taliban to try to  persuade them to lay down their arms and return to normal life,  but vowed no let-up in the military campaign against them.
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Convincing Afghans to oppose the Taliban depends on fulfilling promises of aid and reconstruction.
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KABUL -- Taliban-linked militants holding three UN hostages said yesterday the Afghan government has agreed to free some of their jailed comrades to prevent the killing of the foreign captives. Afghan state television reported that President Hamid Karzai had decreed the release of prisoners for Eid, the end of the Muslim fasting month, expected on Sunday. But there was no ...
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The Philippines on Monday vowed to exhaust all diplomatic means to secure the safe release of Filipino UN worker Angelito Nayan kidnapped by Taliban militants with two others in Kabul.