Taliban say attack shows they can strike at will
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A rocket attack aimed at Kabul&#39;s international airport showed the Taliban have the ability to target anywhere in Afghanistan, the group said on Friday, warning that the country would become &quot;a burial ground&quot; for Americans.
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Â· Attacks follow ambush on US-Afghan convoy  Â· Taliban accused of using families as shields.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, March 3 -- The arrest of a senior Taliban leader in a Pakistani city long reputed to be a haven for the group kindled guarded hope among Western and Afghan security officials Friday that the government here plans to move more aggressively against insurgents taking refuge on its...
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Suspected pro-Taliban militants fired rockets on a Pakistani paramilitary base near the Afghan border Thursday causing damage to the building but no casualties, local officials said.
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The terror group posted a video on the internet showing what they claim is an insurgent attack on U.S. troops in southern Afghanistan
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- NATO said yesterday that its two-week offensive in southern Afghanistan was a ``significant success" that had driven Taliban insurgents from their positions and opened the way for development. But violence was unabated, with suicide bombers killing three civilians and wounding six soldiers.
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Pakistani pacts with pro-Taliban  militants on the Afghan border have facilitated attacks on  foreign troops in Afghanistan and allowed the militants to  expand influence in Pakistan, a think-tank said.
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The Taliban warned on Monday its fighters  will launch attacks to disrupt the swearing in ceremony of  President Hamid Karzai to be attended by Vice President Dick  Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.
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KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 31 -- Taliban insurgents attacked a southern town Thursday, sparking intense fighting with government troops that left two guerrillas dead, the Defense Ministry said.
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A commando-style suicide raid on Afghanistan's top hotel, frequented by foreigners and diplomats, shows a new style of Taliban attack aimed at soft civilian targets, diplomats and analysts said on Tuesday.
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The Taliban's top military commander said his forces have assembled a hundreds-strong army of suicide attackers poised for a spring offensive against U.S.-led troops in Afghanistan.
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A brazen attack by hundreds of Taliban militants on an isolated town had been building for days, a coalition spokesman said Friday, after a wave of violence in southern Afghanistan left around 100 dead.
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Militants in the country's tribal belt seem to be maneuvering for time and space, analysts say.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- The Taliban movement suffered a serious psychological and military setback after failing to disrupt Afghanistan's presidential election last month, but the radical Islamic militia still poses a formidable military threat and one faction has begun carrying out daring, Al Qaeda-style urban terrorist attacks, say Afghan and foreign analysts.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Taliban militants ambushed US-led coalition forces in southern Afghanistan, sparking a 10-hour battle and airstrikes that killed an estimated two dozen militants, the coalition said yesterday. Villagers said seven civilians were among the dead.
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A Taliban attack on a police post in western Afghanistan sparked a battle that left at least 20 militants and four police dead, a provincial governor said.
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British and Afghan forces battled Taliban holdouts Thursday after repelling a brazen insurgent attack on a police headquarters a day earlier in a southern town, killing at least 19 militants, a local official said.