'American Taliban' Appeals for Early Release
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The lawyer for an American  sentenced to 20 years in a U.S. prison for fighting with the  Taliban in Afghanistan appealed to President Bush to lessen his  sentence after a man in a similar case was freed.
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The government asked a judge Thursday to delay a hearing in the case of a U.S. citizen captured in Afghanistan in 2001, saying an agreement to set the man free is imminent.
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The Taliban has said that it is aiming to disrupt the inaugaration ceremony of Afghanistan&#39;s new president, Hamid Karzai, which will be attended by Dick Cheney, the American vice-president, Donald Rumsfeld, the defence secretary.
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Afghanistan's Taliban movement threatened to kill two German hostages if its demands were not met by 07:30 GMT on Saturday, a spokesman for the militant group said.
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The United States wants Afghanistan  to coax lower-level Taliban members away from the organization  to help end an insurgency after the group failed to disrupt  last Saturday's historic presidential election.
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan  -- A purported Taliban spokesman said that negotiations for the lives of 23 South Korean hostages had stalled and that militants would kill the aid workers Monday evening if the government doesn't free Taliban prisoners.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - The US ambassador to Afghanistan appealed to Taliban militants on Thursday to make peace with American forces and respect the victory of Hamid Karzai in the country&#39;s first presidential election.
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Relatives pleaded on Monday for the release of two Americans and a Briton as a deadline loomed for their beheading. In Baghdad, two
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Messages follow American's beheading BAGHDAD The families of an American and a British engineer being held hostage by a militant group pleaded Tuesday for officials to help get the men released hours after the ...
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The top US official in Afghanistan called on the Taliban to give up their three-year insurgency, pledging Thursday that most who surrender will be left in peace
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John Walker Lindh asked President Bush on Tuesday to commute his 20-year prison sentence for aiding the Taliban. His lawyer, James Brosnahan, said that Lindh was fighting
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KABUL, Dec 11: The US-led military in Afghanistan has kicked off a new operation to hunt Taliban militants in their winter stronghold and force them to accept an Afghan government reconciliation offer, a US military spokesman said on Saturday.
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Relatives pleaded Monday for the release of two Americans and a Briton held hostage as a deadline loomed for their beheading. In Baghdad, gunmen assassinated two clerics from a powerful Sunni Muslim group opposed to the US presence in Iraq.
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Two members of a terrorist gang known for an anarchic season of kidnappings and killings are petitioning to be released from prison early.
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John Walker Lindh, serving 20  years in jail for fighting alongside the Taliban, asked the  U.S. government on Tuesday to lessen his sentence after it  decided to release a second American captured in Afghanistan.
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Attorneys for John Walker Lindh, who pleaded guilty in July 2002 to a charge of aiding the Taliban, are asking President Bush to reduce his 20-year prison sentence.
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Kidnappers threatening to execute three UN hostages in Afghanistan accused the United States on Saturday of delaying their release.