The Taliban has regrouped with support from al-Qaida, which operates from safe refuge along the border with Pakistan.

VOA: special.2009.02.21

President Obama aims to defeat the Taliban by sending more troops and development aid to Afghanistan while reducing troop strength in Iraq.

VOA: special.2009.08.22

That was the most since the American-led invasion in two thousand one that ousted the Taliban government.

VOA: special.2009.02.21

This offensive is already producing dramatic success, including the capture of senior Taliban leaders, the routing of their forces and the stabilization of key areas."

VOA: special.2010.03.13

"We are going to break the Taliban's momentum. We are going to build Afghan capacity.

VOA: special.2010.06.26

The American-led invasion eight years ago removed the Taliban government that sheltered Osama bin Laden.

VOA: special.2009.10.10

The government of Swat province signed the deal with representatives of local Taliban militants.

VOA: special.2009.02.21

Taliban and al-Qaida forces have made recent gains in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

VOA: special.2009.05.09

"You don't have to have access to high levels of al-Qaida or the Taliban to get rudimentary tradecraft and bomb-making training."

VOA: standard.2010.05.18

Provinces such as Kunduz and Balkh, which previously were relatively stable, are now seeing very high levels of Taliban activity,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

But while the military releases daily updates for soldier and Taliban casualties, it has not released such figures for civilians.

VOA: standard.2009.05.07

The latest attack in Kabul blamed on the Taliban took place just outside the military gate at the capital's international airport.

VOA: standard.2009.09.08

The political uncertainty comes as Afghanistan faces its worst violence since the invasion that ousted the Taliban in late 2001.

VOA: standard.2009.09.12

Army spokesman, Major General Athar Abbas, says security forces were able to intercept a phone conversation of Pakistani Taliban deputy leader,Wali-ur-Rehman.

VOA: standard.2009.10.12

This year has been the deadliest for international troops in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban-led government in 2001.

VOA: standard.2009.11.07

In a statement released Saturday, the Taliban denounced the election as an "American process" and vowed to disrupt it.

VOA: standard.2009.10.24

A similar missile attack in the neighboring South Waziristan border region in early August killed Pakistani Taliban leader Baituallah Mehsud.

VOA: standard.2009.09.14

The attack was directed at a group of Taliban insurgents who had seized two trucks carrying fuel for international forces.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

But he said the number of civilian casualties was "greatly outnumbered" by the number of Taliban fighters killed in the incident.

VOA: standard.2009.06.08

Military analyst Talat Masood says militant leaders' denunciation of government and religious leaders as un-Islamic, hardened Pakistani attitudes against the Taliban.

VOA: standard.2009.05.05

Billions of dollars in aid have poured into Afghanistan since the U.S.-led invasion in 2001 ousted the Taliban from power.

VOA: standard.2009.08.22

Analysts have also been skeptical of this claim because the Pakistani Taliban have been targeting Pakistan, not the U.S.

VOA: standard.2010.05.05

Nearly two weeks ago, Pakistan's military launched an offensive in the South Waziristan tribal region against Pakistani Taliban militants based there.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28