Taliban claims responsibility for two attacks in southern Afghanistan

AP Worldstream;  November 13, 2003 ;     608 words ......after the fall of the Taliban, remnants of the ousted...at a checkpoint in southern Afghanistan, killing one Romanian...nothing to do with the Taliban or al-Qaida. Still, Taliban spokesman Mullah Abdullah...offices in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan, wounding an Afghan...east ...

Fighting erupts between U.S.-backed Afghan soldiers and Taliban holdouts...

AP Worldstream;  March 29, 2003 ;     193 words ......governments have been sent to an area of southern Afghanistan to fight a group of about 100 Taliban holdouts, officials said Saturday. Oruzgan...Taliban are believed to be hiding in southern Afghanistan since they were ousted by U.S.-led bombardment...

URGENT: Over 40 Taliban killed in raid in southern Afghanistan

Xinhua News Agency;  July 26, 2005 ;     39 words ...URGENT: Over 40 Taliban killed in raid in southern Afghanistan KABUL, July 26 (Xinhua) -- More than 40 Taliban militants were killed during a raid by US and Afghan troops on Taliban's hideout in southern Afghanistan, according to local reports Tuesday.

Battling a Resurgent Taliban in Southern Afghanistan

NPR All Things Considered;  May 29, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Battling a Resurgent Taliban in Southern Afghanistan Host: ROBERT SIEGEL...Kabul to Kandahar, in southern Afghanistan. The fighting...worst involving the Taliban since the regime was...fighting against the Taliban in that part of Afghanistan...

Heavy fighting in southern Afghanistan stokes suspicions of Taliban...

AP Worldstream;  June 11, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Pakistan When Taliban militant Syed...during fighting in southern Afghanistan, his body was...British forces in southern Afghanistan told The Guardian...Quetta, was the Taliban militant campaign...with ties to the Taliban told The Associated Press that Taliban ...

Taliban Regrouping in Southern Afghanistan

AP Online;  February 19, 2004 ;     368 words ......Afghanistan Hundreds of Taliban fighters have regrouped in southern Afghanistan, threatening villagers and...only about 60 miles from the Taliban's former power base in the southern city of Kandahar. Many Taliban fled to the remote mountainous...Villagers reported spotting the ...

U.S. forces sweep into southern Afghanistan in new hunt for Taliban...

AP Worldstream;  March 20, 2003 ;     700+ words ......caves and villages in southern Afghanistan on Thursday in an intense search for Taliban and al-Qaida fugitives...government posts in southern Afghanistan in recent weeks. Authorities blame remnants of Taliban, al-Qaida and loyalists...

7 Taliban Killed in Southern Afghanistan

AP Online;  July 26, 2006 ;     539 words ......suspected Taliban militants in southern Afghanistan, and Australia...this year as Taliban-led rebels...Militants in southern Afghanistan attacked...out across southern Afghanistan in an attempt to break the Taliban's hold on...

U.S. troops, planes kill eight Taliban in growing clashes in southern...

AP Worldstream;  June 5, 2004 ;     498 words ......and warplanes attacked Taliban rebels besieging a remote checkpoint in southern Afghanistan, an Afghan official said...help when a band of 200 Taliban crept down from the mountains...militants in the mountains of southern Afghanistan on Thursday, the bloodiest...since U.S. forces ...

TALIBAN'S INFLUENCE WANING IN SOUTHERN AFGHANISTAN , NATO GENERAL SAYS

Regulatory Intelligence Data;  April 30, 2007 ;     541 words ......helping erode Taliban militants' power in southern Afghanistan, a senior...indicator of the Taliban's waning influence in southern Afghanistan, Royal Netherlands...commerce in southern Afghanistan, he said...against the Taliban since van...

Taliban reportedly kidnap Indian contractor in southern Afghanistan

AP Worldstream;  April 28, 2006 ;     162 words ......Dateline: KANDAHAR, Afghanistan Taliban militants kidnapped an Indian mobile phone contractor in southern Afghanistan on Friday, according to a provincial official and the Taliban's purported spokesman. An...purported spokesman for the Taliban, told The Associated Press...higher ...

Four suspected Taliban insurgents killed in land mine explosion in...

AP Worldstream;  December 25, 2005 ;     287 words ......land mine exploded on a highway in southern Afghanistan, killing four suspected Taliban insurgents as they tried to plant...Asked what evidence linked the Taliban with the blast, Khan said: "Taliban usually plant land mines on highways...

Suspected Taliban kill nine soldiers in southern Afghanistan

AP Worldstream;  February 25, 2005 ;     193 words ......KANDAHAR, Afghanistan Suspected Taliban rebels ambushed a vehicle carrying Afghan troops in southern Afghanistan, killing nine soldiers, a...of Helmand province, where Taliban often target police and troops...who carried out the attack. Taliban rebels immediately claimed responsibility. ...

U.N. pulls out of southern Afghanistan to protest Taliban assaults

AP Online;  March 24, 1998 ;     492 words ......interference of the Taliban religious army and attacks...shut down operations in southern Afghanistan. The decision to pull out of southern Afghanistan _ the Taliban army's headquarters...arrayed against the Taliban. Heavy fighting has...workers from Kandahar in ...

U.S. effort complicated by anti-Taliban troubles in southern Afghanistan

AP Worldstream;  November 7, 2001 ;     455 words ......to encourage an anti-Taliban revolt in southern Afghanistan have gotten off to a...seized a district from Taliban forces Wednesday and...most Afghans are of the Taliban's Pashtun ethnic group...rally opposition to the Taliban, was flown to Pakistan...rescue mission, though ...