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WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- If we are successful beyond President Obama's wildest dreams -- e.g., the Taliban is wiped out and a tough new Afghan government does not allow al-Qaida or other terrorists to conspire against us on their territory -- would that make us safer from radical Islam? The answer, of course, is no, because this is not about geography.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- The Oct. 9 Congressional Research Office report "Afghanistan: Post-Taliban Governance, Security and U.S. Policy" says that from 2003-08 the United States spent nearly $10 billion training and equipping the current Afghan National Army force of roughly 90,000 soldiers. That is approximately $110,000 per soldier.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- The Pakistani Taliban vowed to avenge the death of their former leader through large-scale suicide operations in the country, intelligence sources said.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden and the operational headquarters of the Taliban are based in the Pakistani city of Quetta, U.S. officials claim.
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- A close associate of Taliban commander Hakeemullah Mehsud and two others were arrested Wednesday in the volatile tribal areas of Pakistan, sources say.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- Taliban leader Mullah Omar and al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden are hiding in Kandahar, Afghanistan, the Pakistani interior minister said.
KABUL, Afghanistan, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- The final decision by U.S. President Barack Obama may be weeks away, but until then Gen. Stanley McChrystal's Afghanistan assessment report promises to be at the center of the widening debate on America's future course in the war effort in that difficult land.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- Last week provided a treasure trove of raw meat for foreign policy enthusiasts, ideologues and talk radio hosts. The decision of the Obama administration to refocus missile defense in Europe away from the distant danger of a long-range Iranian ICBM threat to the proliferation of much shorter-range ballistic missiles that already can strike targets in the Middle East and Europe began a partisan firefight that will carry on for at least 15 rounds.
KABUL, Afghanistan, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- The commander of the U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan says the threat to coalition forces comes from three main insurgent groups in the country.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- Al-Qaida is busy the world over -- except in Afghanistan, where the Taliban is now reported to have a permanent presence in 80 percent of the country and “substantial activity” in another 17 percent. Withdraw from the countryside and focus on major Afghan cities, says one prominent expert.
