A French magazine has published photos of Taliban militants wearing uniforms taken from the bodies of French soldiers killed in a clash between the two sides several weeks ago.

 Last month, Taliban attacked French soldiers when the latter were not suspecting anything. Ten of them were killed, others survived and went on to fight the Taliban. The bodies of the ten soldiers, however, were seemingly robbed of their uniforms by the Islamic extremists, who then quickly put them on and posed for pictures. (more…)

The Associated Press reported late on Monday that Al Qaeda’s number two, Ayman al-Zawahiri, ‘has been moving between Pakistan’s tribal areas and mountainous eastern Afghanistan.’ 

Advisor for Interior Rehman Malik told the AP during a briefing for foreign journalists that ‘al-Zawahiri is reportedly moving between the Mehmand tribal area and Eastern Afghan provinces of Kunar and Paktika.’ (more…)

French troops are involved in a large battle 30 miles outside of Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul. According to reports, French troops were on patrol when they were attacked by Taliban militants Monday. The French fought back and at least 13 militants were killed.

Tuesday the fighting started again. The French government fears the French too will lose troops. (more…)

It’s about time that Pakistan is finally acting against the Taliban. It took the new Pakistani government several months, but it finally seems to realize that you can’t talk to the Taliban forever. Sometimes reality is truly quite simple; the Taliban are extremists, bend on taking over entire countries, not just Afghanistan. The pose a threat to the Afghani and the Pakistani governments. (more…)

Days after the government of Afghanistan criticized Pakistan for being too soft on Al Qaeda and the Taliban, the Pakistani government ordered a military offensive against ‘Taliban fighters near the northwestern city of Peshawar.’ In reaction, Taliban leaders suspended peace talks and threatened with retaliation. (more…)

The Dutch government and Parliament have decided to stay in Afghanistan until 2010. A few months ago, the Dutch cabinet already said that it wanted to prolong our stay in the Afghan province of Oruzgan, but now most other MP’s have agreed to stay in the war-torn country for a couple of years more as well. (more…)

It seems that Turkey’s Chief of Staff Gen. Yaşar Büyükanıt has caused a minor international controversy. He said, in his opening speech at the second Conference on Global Terrorism and International Cooperation Monday, “that full support must be extended to Pakistan to get the country back on its feet, and warned that a Taliban-type regime may grab power otherwise.” (more…)