Archive for the ‘Terrorism’ Category

Taliban

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009



The Taliban (Pashto: طالبان ṭālibān, meaning "students"), also Taleban, is a Sunni Islamist, predominantly Pashtun fundamentalist religious and political movement that governed Afghanistan from 1996 until 2001, when its leaders were removed from power by Northern Alliance and NATO forces. It has regrouped and since 2004 revived as a strong ...

Obama ‘deeply concerned’ over Gaza

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009



UPDATED ON: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 05:38 Mecca time, 02:38 GMT Obama has repeatedly said that, until he is sworn in, only Bush can speak on US foreign policy [Reuters] Barack Obama, the US president-elect, has expressed "deep concern" over the number of civilian casualties in Gaza and Israel during the conflict there. Speaking after ...