It has seen little of the Taliban insurgency which has gripped north-west Pakistan over the last few years.
He has declared an end to combat operations in Afghanistan, but the Taliban fight on.
Residents in eastern Afghanistan say they have seen an influx of Pakistani Taliban fighters.
On Wednesday it said that senior Taliban leader Maulana Fazlullah had been wounded in the fighting.
The Pakistani delegation was meeting for a second day with senior members of the Taliban leadership.
Pakistan contends that it can get the Taliban and the Haqqani network to join talks.
Among those killed by the Taliban in recent months: Mr. Rahmatullah's father, brother, cousin and uncle.
Now, with the collapse of the Taliban, oil executives are suddenly talking again about building it.
Italian officials say the kidnappers may have been a criminal gang tied to the Taliban.
Mr. Sharif has avoided explicit criticism of the Taliban, calling instead for negotiations with the militants.
More arrests have now been reported including two Taliban "shadow governors" who reported to Mullah Baradar.
The United States is now offering anti-Taliban fighters incentives to search caves, the Pentagon says.
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Afghanistan said over the weekend that it plans to put the Taliban foreign minister on trial.
The carrier-based Prowler aircraft that jammed Taliban ground communications have their origins in the Korean War.
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Fearing Taliban reprisals, people started to flee, leaving their cattle and their winter food stocks behind.
The campaign, involving 3, 000 Pakistani soldiers, took back much of Mohmand from the Taliban.
The US military says 16 suspected Taliban were killed in four different conflicts just this week.
In recent years Mr Masoud again retreated to the Panjshir with the advance of the Taliban.
But these combined operations represent the most sustained and significant assault against the Taliban since 2002.
But officials think such a force is unlikely to match the Taliban's equipment, training and discipline.
Whatever comfort Mr Rabbani gave the northerners was undone by the Taliban's distrust of him.
He said he was struck by the swing in public opinion against the Taliban.
Media outlets - private TV stations in particular - have mushroomed in the post-Taliban years.
And as their confidence in the Afghan government grows, their fear of the Taliban weakens.
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Yet America can do little to convince Pakistan to act against the Afghan Taliban.
The Americans want Pakistan to use its unique influence with the Taliban to secure his extradition.
For similar reasons, Musharraf is unlikely to change Pakistan's policy toward Afghanistan and its Taliban rulers.
All of the people are against the Taliban and bin Laden and the Al Qaeda.
Mr. Azimi said talk of his Taliban ties are "rumors" and dismissed corruption accusations.
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