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Topic: Taliban (page 7)

Natasha Lennard

An Afghan policemen takes a look at the opening of tunnel at the main prison in Kandahar, Afghanistan which prisoners escaped through on Monday, April 25, 2011. Taliban insurgents dug a more than 1,050-foot (320-meter) tunnel underground and into the main jail in Kandahar city and whisked out more than 450 prisoners, most of whom were Taliban fighters, officials and the insurgents said Monday. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan) (AP)

Heidi Vogt, Mirwais Khan

Afghan policemen stand in front of gate of the main prison in Kandahar, south of Kabul, Afghanistan on Monday, April 25, 2011. Taliban insurgents dug a more than 1,050-foot (320-meter) tunnel underground and into the main jail in Kandahar city and whisked out more than 450 prisoners, most of whom were Taliban fighters, officials and the insurgents said Monday. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan) (AP)

Peter Finocchiaro

An Afghan solider, center, stands guard outside of the main prison in Kandahar, south of Kabul, Afghanistan Monday, April 25, 2011. Taliban insurgents dug a more than 1,050-foot (320-meter) tunnel underground and into the main jail in Kandahar city and whisked out more than 450 prisoners, most of whom were Taliban fighters, officials and the insurgents said Monday. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan) (AP)

Heidi Vogt, Mirwais Khan

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Hamid Karzai

U.S. sanctions crack down on Afghan corruption

Elena Becatoros

A flood survivor jostles for position as they try to reach for relief goods in flood hit Muzaffargarh district, Punjab province, Pakistan on Thursday Aug. 19, 2010. Weeks after massive downpours first battered northern Pakistan, submerging tens of thousands of square miles, killing near 1,500 people and leaving millions homeless, those floodwaters are still sweeping down river and through the south, adding one more layer of misery to people long accustomed to hardship. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) (AP)

Why the disaster in Pakistan should concern you

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Matiullah Achakzai

A convoy of Afghan trucks carrying wheat and US military supplies travels through Kunar Province in eastern Afghanistan December 28, 2008. REUTERS/Bob Strong (AFGHANISTAN) (Â© Bob Strong / Reuters)

WikiLeaks: U.S. knew contractors bribed Taliban

Afghan women, victims of war, look on during a "victims' jirga" (a meeting) in Kabul. Afghanistan, Sunday, May 9, 2010. Mothers of slain teenage sons, men marred by mine blasts and tearful widows were among Afghans who spoke out Sunday at a conference billed as the first major gathering of victims of decades of war in their country. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin) (AP)

No easy options in Afghanistan

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Associated Press

Police: Shahzad bombed Times Square cheaply

David B. Caruso

Kimberly Dozier

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John Christoffersen

** CORRECTS MONTH TO MAY **A frame made from a surveillance video released by the New York Police Monday May 3, 2010, shows a man, center,carying a bag and walking away after removing a shirt in an alleyway in New York. Police investigating a failed car bomb left in Times Square say the videotape tape shows a possible suspect. (AP Photo/NYPD) (AP)

Colleen Long, Tom Hays

Assassinations don't stop real movements

Associated Press

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Lolita C. Baldor

Associated Press

Michael Weissenstein

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