U.S. forces pursue Taliban into Pakistan
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American forces on Afghanistan's eastern border routinely fire upon and pursue Taliban enemies into Pakistan, defense officials told Congress on Thursday, offering the most detailed description to date of U.S. action in that region.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Aug. 30 -- In an audacious display of force, Taliban insurgents on Thursday ambushed a convoy of military vehicles in a remote tribal area and took more than 100 Pakistani troops hostage, local officials said.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, June 17 -- Since winter, the Taliban had been promising a spring offensive. It didn't come. Instead, NATO and U.S. forces have pounded the group's positions and killed its senior leadership.
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Pakistani troops in Waziristan begin a new search for Islamic militants, among them a former US detainee.
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US troops have begun a new offensive to hunt Taliban and al-Qaeda militants through the harsh Afghan winter, aiming to sap their strength ahead of planned spring elections, the American military said today.
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Pakistan said Monday it has deployed hundreds of additional troops along the Afghan border to prevent militants from fleeing a major US military operation.
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The United States would be willing  to send troops to Pakistan to fight alongside the South Asian  country's forces against Islamist militants, U.S. Defense  Secretary Robert Gates said on Thursday.
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Expecting the resurgent Taliban to stage a spring offensive, the U.S. military is moving a brigade of troops into Afghanistan, instead of Iraq, Pentagon officials said Wednesday.
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Pakistani forces recaptured a  road tunnel leading to the volatile tribal belt on the Afghan  border on Sunday after killing around two dozen pro-Taliban  militants in a fierce battle, the military said.
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The United States would be willing to send troops to Pakistan to fight alongside the South Asian country's forces against Islamist militants, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Thursday.
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ISLAMABAD/KABUL  - Pakistani security forces captured one of the Taliban's three most senior leaders just hours after U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney's unannounced visit to Pakistan earlier this week, a senior security official and Taliban sources said.
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan  - About 200 pro-Taliban militants attacked a paramilitary post in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday and captured 12 soldiers, an official said, in the latest incident of spiraling violence in the region.
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The Pakistani army is deploying more than 2,000 troops in a remote northwestern valley to counter Islamist militants trying to enforce Taliban-style laws there, the military said on Wednesday.
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Leaders of al-Qaida and the Taliban have held a series of meetings in Pakistan to discuss how to disrupt Afghanistan's upcoming elections, the U.S. military said Monday.
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The Black Hawk helicopter carrying a top U.S. general swooped down into the jagged mountains along the Pakistani frontier and into the heart of the U.S. military's latest offensive in Afghanistan.
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While visiting Afghanistan, PakistanÂs president promised to help combat the Taliban insurgency, which operates from his country.
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Concerns grow over inadequate US military intelligence about Taliban and Al Qaeda militants in Pakistan