Taliban raids increase along Pakistani border, a US officer says
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Attacks against US soldiers on Afghanistan's eastern frontier have tripled since a truce between the Pakistani army and pro-Taliban fighters, a US military officer said yesterday. .
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The White House is pressuring Pakistan to crack down on al-Qaida and Taliban operatives in the lawless border area with Afghanistan that President Bush recently said was "wilder than the Wild West."
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Pakistan is on the hunt for more terrorists believed holed up in the rugged territory along the border with Afghanistan. Security officials say troops backed by warplanes and artillery
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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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A Pakistani Taliban leader blew himself up to avoid arrest by government forces near the Afghan border on Tuesday, three years after his release from U.S. detention in Guantanamo Bay, officials said.
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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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Pakistan's ÂtruceÂ with militants in the lawless region bordering Afghanistan has set off concern among American analysts.
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The Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan is unlikely to stage a spring offensive in the volatile eastern region bordering Pakistan, the commander of U.S. forces in that area said Wednesday.
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US forces raided a suspected Taliban hideout in southern Afghanistan yesterday, killing two fighters and capturing at least one more, officials said. The hourlong battle occurred in Dewalak, a village in Zabul Province along the Pakistani border, said Khial Mohammed, the provincial governor. US troops attacked after surrounding the village and coming under fire from the rebels, he said. The ...
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WASHINGTON -- In a new advance in cooperation with US forces in Afghanistan, Pakistani troops have recently helped direct US artillery fire into Pakistan, a senior US officer said yesterday.
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BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan -- Asserting a right to self defense, American forces in eastern Afghanistan have launched artillery rounds into Pakistan to strike Taliban fighters who attack remote US outposts, the commander of US forces in the region said yesterday.
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FORWARD OPERATING BASE SHARANA, Afghanistan -- The incoming commander of US troops in Afghanistan said yesterday he expects Taliban militants to launch more suicide attacks this year than in 2006, when militants set off a record 139 such bombings.
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A Taliban militant warns that his movement is more sophisticated - and more brutal - than before.
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Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to increase cooperation against Islamic militants operating along their border. The agreement was reached at talks in Islamabad between Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf and Afghanistan&#39;s President Hamid Karzai.
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Attacks aren't just a US concern, more Pakistanis say.
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QUETTA, Pakistan  - Pakistan told a visiting U.S. official on Thursday it was trying its best to plug its long, porous border with Afghanistan and denied Taliban leaders were hiding in Pakistan.
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President Pervez Musharraf warned that U.S. troops would be regarded as invaders if they crossed into Pakistan's border region with Afghanistan in the hunt for al-Qaida or Taliban militants