Taliban
Events (363)
- Summer 2002: Arms Dealer Victor Bout Helps Taliban and Al-Qaeda Ship Gold to Sudan
- Winter 1999-March 2000: US Intelligence Installs Listening Posts in Afghanistan But Makes Little Use of Intelligence Gained
- August 2002: NATO General: Iraq Far More Difficult to Defeat than Afghanistan
- May 2008: US Intelligence Allegedly Hears Head of Pakistani Military Call Taliban Leader ‘Strategic Asset’
- September 2007: Guantanamo File Shows US Secretly Considers ISI to Be Terrorist Organization
- Early February 2009: Kabul Residents Suspect the US Is Supporting the Taliban as Public Confidence in the Afghan Government and Western Allies Falls
- Early March 2009: Afghan Government Enters Preliminary Negotiations with Haqqani Network
- Between September 24 and 27, 2008: Afghan Government Officials Reportedly Meet with Hekmatyar and Taliban Representatives under Saudi Auspices in Mecca
- Summer 2007: British MI6 Agents Reportedly in Secret Talks with Taliban and Afghan Insurgent Leaders in Helmand Province, Provide ‘Mentoring’
- Between January and September 2009: Taliban Attain Permanent or ‘Substantial’ Presence in 97 Percent of Afghanistan; Sharp Rise Registered in Previously Peaceful North
- March 2007: Experts Say US Occupation of Iraq Increases Threat to Israel and US Alike
- October 14 - 29, 2009: Western Officials Reject Reports of Coalition Helicopters Transporting Afghan Insurgents to Northern Provinces
- 1995: Taliban Allies with Organized Crime in Pakistan Border Down