The Canadians have lost a higher percentage of their troops killed in action in Afghanistan than any other country in the multinational force.
Meanwhile, as Al Jazeera's David Chater reports, the Taliban are in full control again in many areas of Kandahar, where the group was born.
Pressure is mounting on International Forces because Taliban fighters are said to be regrouping ahead of a promised spring offensive.
Mohammed Vall has this exclusive report from Afghanistan.
An AP journalist embedded with troops in Afghanistan recently filmed U.S. Marines firing at positions where Taliban militants were believed to be in the Hemland Province. (May 6)
Al Jazeera has gained exclusive access to a secret network of Taliban bases hidden deep inside Afghanistan's Herat province.
The bases are run by Ghullam Yahya Akbari, the former mayor of Herat. He says he and his men are fighting to oust foreign troops from Afghan soil.
Al Jazeera's Dan Nolan reports from Kabul.
AC130 Gunship takes out Taliban fighters and various terrorists at Afghanistan location while avoiding mosque.
In 2001 the war on terror is just weeks old but a violent uprising has already begun.
Critical Situation: Taliban Uprising :
TUES JULY 24 10P et/pt :
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/critical-situation/?source=4003
October 2005
After soldiers of a US 173rd Airborne company burn the bodies of two Taliban killed near the Pakistan border, members of the army's psychological warfare unit then broadcast an inflammatory message designed to taunt and bait the
enemy.
US soldiers in Afghanistan have taken the tactics of psychological warfare to a grotesque extreme. ...
PlusPakistani Military Strikes Against TalibanPakistani Military Strikes Against TalibanThe Associated PressA Pakistani para-military officer says forces shelled suspected militant hideouts in launching a major offensive against Taliban fighters in the country's volatile northwest region. (June 28)[Notes:ANCHOR VOICE] Military forces in Pakistan ...
Pakistan has made no secret of its bid to wipe out tribal fighters in the country's north.
But across the border in Afghanistan, Taliban fighters are confident they're stronger than ever.
As part of our special coverage of the region we've visited Ghazni province - an area that provides a route for fighters between the border region and Kabul. ...
Troops from Alpha Company, 2nd Platoon, "Red Devils" from Edmonton, Canada conduct a dawn raid on a Taliban compound on July 13, 2006 in Hydarabad, Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan.
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A look into the world of the Taliban
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Pakistan: Al Qaeda and the Taliban
Actual song named Jalwa by Daler Mehndi.
The intentionally misinterpreted Swedish lyrics are as follows:
"Daler och det hemliga vapnet" = 'Daler and the secret weapon' (of the talibans, but that's just implied later)
"Han teleporterar Taliban" = "He's teleporting Talíbans"
"Yeah, han är en mjäkig mjäkig en" = 'Yeah, he is a feeble, feeble pe...
August 2008
Can America really beat the Taliban using a textbook? We take a look at the practice behind the theory, as Charlie Company attempt to follow the instructions laid out in the Counterinsurgency Field Manual.
Seen as "a modern military textbook for winning hearts and minds and outwitting the enemy" the book also known as the COIN Manual, ...
SelectPlusHundreds Escape in Taliban Prison AttackHundreds Escape in Taliban Prison AttackThe Associated PressA brazen bomb and rocket attack on the main prison in southern Afghanistan has freed more than 600 inmates, many of them members of the Taliban. (June 14)The destruction is evident following a brazen attack on a major Afghan prison...Using ...
Oct 1998
Exploring the complex web of relations between the Taliban, Iran, Pakistan and fundamentalist Islamic groups. The story makes it clear that the Taliban have now turned their attention to Iran and have been fermenting trouble there. The Taliban take us to see Iranian hostages. Caught by the mujahadeen these diplomats were sold to the Taliba...
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Peace talks between the Pakistani government and Taliban rebels have collapsed as the government refused to pull its troops out of its tribal border region with Afghanistan. Inside Story asks what the failure of the talks will mean for Pakistan.
The Taliban currently has direct control over large areas of the North West Frontier Province in Pakistan and tribal areas along the border with Afghanistan.
But this is only the start according to the Taliban's second-in-command.
Maulana Fazlullah, the Taliban's leader in Swat, has told Al Jazeera that the group has an army of suicide bombers th...
Large teams of newly trained suicide bombers are being sent to the United States and Europe, according to evidence contained on a new videotape obtained by the Blotter on ABCNews.com. Teams assigned to carry out attacks in the United States, Canada, Great Britain and Germany were introduced at an al Qaeda/Taliban training camp graduation ceremony h...
A video of an A10 Thunderbolt using it's cannon
even the taliban like a bit of music
Footage from Dutch Commandos raiding a suspected IED facilitator in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. On the way back to base they get ambushed.
PS. you can also see a small glimpse of ANA troops and a US ODA member in the vid.
Footage in the video is taken from a documentary called "09:11 Zulu" by Vik Franke.
For the Dutch:
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Around a thousand Afghan and Canadian NATO troops have been hitting Taliban targets in Kandahar province.
Hundreds of families have fled Arghandab district, as troops work to drive out hundreds of Taliban fighters who entered on Monday.
Hashem Ahelbarra has this report.
May 1995
An exclusive look inside Kandahar filmed after several months of Taliban control.
Afghanistan - Terrorist Pashtun Taliban got civilian hostages
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March 2007
As casualties mount in Afghanistan, questions are being asked about NATO's tactics. Can the Taliban be defeated by military might alone or is a more subtle strategy required?
A convoy of 20 armed vehicles rolls into a village. After a security perimeter is established, engineers start fitting a water tank to the village mosque. It's pa...
Al Jazeera's Zeina Khodr reports on a vital lifeline crucial for sustaining the lives of many in Afghanistan.
The Torkham crossing a key road linking Pakistan to Afghanistan; vital to trade, and for NATO forces, a lifeline for fuel and military supplies too heavy to fly in.
That is a fact not lost on the Taliban, who increasingly see the Torkham ...