Taleban threat 'underestimated'
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The threat posed by the Taleban in Afghanistan was underestimated, the British defence secretary is set to admit.
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A new National Intelligence Estimate raises concerns that the terrorist group is growing stronger.
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The US general who predicted Osama bin Laden would be captured or killed this year struck a decidedly cautionary note yesterday, saying he doesn&#39;t know when or if the mastermind of the Sept.
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Evidence emerges of growing concern over the scale of UK troop casualties in Afghanistan.
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NATO defense chiefs looked on Friday to   raise up to 2,500 extra troops for peacekeeping in Afghanistan   after top alliance officials conceded they had underestimated   Taliban resistance.
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Nato can prevail in Afghanistan - but only if members boost their commitment, the alliance's head warns.
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Â·   Khan was at the heart of terror network, says QC Â·  Extremist planned to seize soldier on night out
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A Seton Hall law professor contends that the Defense Department has overestimated the number of former Guantanamo Bay detainees who became involved in terrorist activities after they were released from the military prison.
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Territory in Afghanistan taken in battle by British troops may have to be retaken, the Nato commander warns.
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Afghanistan risks becoming a failed state if NATO troops do not defeat the Taliban, boosting Islamist extremism worldwide, a study said Tuesday, also warning that the West lacked resources.
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Nato allies must do more to fight the Taleban in Afghanistan, the US defence secretary tells the BBC.
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Britain has warned that the credibility of NATO is at stake in Afghanistan after it was surprised by the strength of resisitance from the Taliban, the country's hardline former rulers.
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Pakistan has rejected suggestions that it is not doing enough to stop attacks in Afghanistan by Taleban fighters and suspected members of al-Qaeda.
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Critics question the effectiveness of US intelligence operations, and whether the threat of terrorism has been exaggerated.
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KABUL - A breakaway Taleban group claiming to hold three UN workers threatened Saturday to execute them unless foreign troops withdrew from Afghanistan and condemned its âinvasionâ by US-led forces.
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Taliban groups based in Pakistan could pose significant international terrorism threat, analysts at a leading thinktank warn
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More than half the suicide bombers used by the Taleban in Afghanistan are not Afghan nationals, a UN report says.