May 3rd, 2009 - TIME
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When Afghan President Hamid Karzai's office recently said it was holding peace talks with the Taliban, the Taliban countered with a press release. A spokesman for the militants dismissed Karzai's announcement as a propaganda ploy to suggest a schism within the Taliban's ranks. Not only was that not true, the press release that was subsequently sent to journalists announced the start of the Taliban's spring offensive, dubbed "Operation Victory." It was the latest exchange in a critical second front in the Afghan war — a war of words that U.S. and Kabul government officials privately concede they are losing.
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Q+A: What is Pakistan doing about the Taliban threat?
May 5th, 2009 - Reuters
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani authorities urged people on Tuesday in the Swat Valley's main town to leave their homes for safer places as security forces could soon launch an offensive against Taliban militants there.
Q+A - Fear of Taliban or political insecurity?
May 4th, 2009 - Reuters
KARACHI (Reuters) - An outburst of ethnic violence in Pakistan's commercial capital Karachi in recent days killed at least 27 people, as tension between the dominant Mohajir community and ethnic Pashtuns from the northwest boiled over.
Q+A-Karachi-Fear of Taliban or political insecurity?
May 4th, 2009 - Reuters
KARACHI, May 4 (Reuters) - An outburst of ethnic violencein Pakistan's commercial capital Karachi in recent days killedat least 27 people, as tension between the dominant Mohajircommunity and ethnic Pashtuns from the northwest boiled over.
US Aims to Unify Efforts on Shaky Border
May 3rd, 2009 - Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will seek a unified strategy to subdue Islamist militants in the tribal regions straddling Pakistan and Afghanistan when he meets with the presidents of the two nations in Washington this week.
British PM Meets with Afghan President in Kabul
Apr 27th, 2009 - VOA News
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has met with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul to discuss a new strategy to fight what he calls the "crucible of terrorism" in the mountainous border district with Pakistan. Mr...
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