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Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid spoke to Reuters and was quoted as saying ; " We are using all our strength to get rid of him, either by killing or kidnapping ," and " We have informed our commanders in Helmand to do whatever they can to eliminate him.
Taliban spokesman, Zabiullah Mujahid, claimed responsibility and said the target was Khan.
A Taliban spokesman declined to talk in detail about Karzai's offer and only said the militants would make a decision soon.
A captured Taliban spokesman, Muhammad Hanif, told Afghan authorities in January 2007, that Omar was being protected by the Inter-Services Intelligence ( ISI ) in Quetta, Pakistan.
While the Kandahar Shura of the Taliban debated issues, in the end its spokesman declared, " we abide by the Amir's view even if he alone takes this view.
Another Taliban spokesman later said that Osama Bin Laden planned the attack, and reiterated that Cheney was the intended target.
A base spokesman said a building was slightly damaged during attacks by rockets, small arms, and grenades ; a Taliban spokesman claimed 20 armed men wearing suicide vests attacked the base with four detonating explosives at the entrances, but the military spokesman said they failed " to breach the perimeter " and were " unable to detonate their suicide vests.
According to a White House spokesman, the Commando Solo missions gave the Afghan people “ full knowledge about what is happening in Afghanistan from a source other than a repressive Taliban regime .” The 193d remained in the region until ground psychological warfare operations stations were safely established.
* People's Republic of China Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhu Bangzao said that claims made by the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal of connections between China and the Taliban were false.
* Pakistan foreign ministry spokesman Riaz Mohammed Khan said his country would keep open diplomatic ties with the Taliban leadership in Afghanistan.
* Afghanistan: Afghan President Hamid Karzai's spokesman comments that the issue of Taliban crossing into Afghanistan from Pakistan will be discussed during Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri's visit to Kabul.
Sabjullah Mujaheed, a Taliban spokesman, said later that they had been killed because they were missionaries and spies for the United States.
Taliban spokesman, Zabiullah Mujahid claimed Taliban responsibility for the attack and lauded the militants that killed " dozens of the foreign and local top-level officials ".
A Taliban spokesman said that the January 26, 2004 suicide bomber that killed Cpl.
Prior to this he served as spokesman and secretary to Mullah Mohammed Omar, leader of the Taliban.
The BBC was told by a Taliban spokesman that Muttawakil " does not represent our will ".
After Hawash was formally charged, McGeady, acting as spokesman for Hawash's family, said " People who know Mike believe the idea that Mike would have fought for the Taliban in Afghanistan is completely absurd and that he ultimately will be cleared " and “ We hope that once a jury hears what happened, they ’ ll realize that a mistake was made .”
Taliban and Mujahid
" On 20 July 2011 phone text messages from accounts used by Taliban spokesmen Zabihullah Mujahid and Qari Mohammad Yousuf announced Omar's death.
Taliban and claimed
After the 9 / 11 attacks, Pakistan claimed to have ended its support to the Taliban.
Many ethnic groups in Afghanistan tolerate each other, while the Hazara – Pashtun conflict was notable, and often claimed as a Shia-Sunni conflict instead of an ethnic conflict, as this conflict was carried out by the Taliban.
Qari Yousef Ahmadi, one of the Taliban spokesmen, claimed responsibility for the attack and said Cheney was the target.
Intelligence " whistleblower " Julie Sirrs claimed that anti-Taliban leader Ahmad Shah Massoud told her he had " proof that Unocal had provided money that helped the Taliban take Kabul 1996 ".
Shelter Now denied its staff were involved in missionary work, however the Taliban claimed to have written confessions from the detainees.
* Saturday, November 10-The Taliban and Northern Alliance fighters both claimed that the strategic northern Afghan city of Mazari Sharif was taken by Northern Alliance fighters.
More recently, it has been claimed that a group of militants that referred to themselves as the Taliban imposed the jizya on Pakistan's minority Sikh community after occupying some of their homes and kidnapping a Sikh leader.
On 18 November, the Taliban claimed responsibility for her murder, citing Goislard's Christianity as their motivation.
In September 2002 an aide to Wakil Ahmad Muttawakil, the Foreign Minister of the Taliban, claimed he had been sent prior to 9 / 11 to warn the U. S. government of an impending attack and to persuade them to take military action against Al Qaeda's presence in Afghanistan.
The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack.
While coalition forces claimed at least 15 militants were killed ( including a local Taliban commander ), local villagers claimed that many of those killed were actually civilians.
However, a Taliban Commander, active in Wardak province, claimed having 6, 000 fighters, and claimed that the Taliban controlled three quarters of the province.
" The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
It reported he claimed negotiations with the Taliban was the key to peace.
As noted by the District Court, they did not deny having fought for the Taliban, but claimed that if they did take up arms, it was only when being attacked and in self-defense.
* The Lashkar is claimed to have operated a military camp in post – September 11 Afghanistan, and extending support to the ousted Taliban regime.
The outfit had claimed that it had assisted the Taliban militia and Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda network in Afghanistan during November and December 2002 in their fight against the US-aided Northern Alliance.
The indictment claimed that Ujaama was a follower of Abu Hamza al-Masri, and had ties to al-Qaeda and the Taliban.
Taliban and responsibility
The Taliban later confirmed responsibility for his capture, but also announced they had executed him when ISAF forces attempted to rescue him in the following hours.
* Abdullah Wardak, the late governor of Logar Province, was assassinated by an attack ( the Taliban claimed responsibility ) on his motorcade near Paghman in September 2008.
The stated goal of the mission was to overthrow the Taliban government, an Islamic fundamentalist regime thought to be allowing terrorist training camps directed at western targets to operate in Afghanistan and believed to be harboring Osama Bin Laden, the leader of Al-Qaeda, the terrorist organization that was blamed for the 9 / 11 attacks, and which later claimed responsibility for them.
The palace was reportedly part of the targets in the attacks launched on 15 April 2012, for which the Taliban claimed responsibility.
Taliban and for
He served as the political head of the United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan ( UIFSA ), an alliance of various political groups who fought against the Taliban in Afghanistan.
The Bonn agreement for the post Taliban governance of Afghanistan was debated and signed in the former seat of government of Western Germany.
During the course of the hijack of Indian Airlines Flight 814 in 1999, the Taliban requested recognition by India in exchange for help in negotiations.
In 1994, the Taliban ( a movement originating from Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-run religious schools for Afghan refugees in Pakistan ) also developed in Afghanistan as a politico-religious force, reportedly in opposition to the tyranny of the local governor.
Many analyst like Amin Saikal describe the Taliban as developing into a proxy force for Pakistan's regional interests which the Taliban decline.
Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf send more troops against the United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan | United Front of Ahmad Shah Massoud than the Afghan Taliban.
On September 26, 1996, as the Taliban with military support by Pakistan and financial support by Saudi Arabia prepared for another major offensive Massoud ordered a full retreat from Kabul.
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf-then as Chief of Army Staff-was responsible for sending thousands of Pakistanis to fight alongside the Taliban and Bin Laden against the forces of Massoud.
He stated that the Taliban and Al Qaeda had introduced " a very wrong perception of Islam " and that without the support of Pakistan the Taliban would not be able to sustain their military campaign for up to a year.
According to a report by the United Nations, the Taliban and other militants were responsible for 76 % of civilian casualties in 2009, 75 % in 2010 and 80 % in 2011.
The use of the term Islamism was at first " a marker for scholars more likely to sympathize " with new Islamic movements ; however, as the term gained popularity it became more specifically associated with political groups such as the Taliban or the Algerian Armed Islamic Group, as well as with highly publicized acts of violence.
The Taliban were spawned by the thousands of madrasahs the Deobandi movement established for impoverished Afghan refugees and supported by governmental and religious groups in neighboring Pakistan.
Like most Islamists, the Taliban enforced strict prohibitions on women, but these were so severe – for example effectively forbidding most employment and schooling – that they created an international outcry.
During the U. S. intervention in Afghanistan, he fought against the Taliban within the United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan ( Northern Alliance ) and thus regained his position as Governor of Herat.
Aged 20, he decided to travel to Afghanistan to fight for the Afghan Taliban government forces against Northern Alliance fighters.
Many analysts like Amin Saikal describe the Taliban as developing into a proxy force for Pakistan's regional interests.
On September 26, 1996, as the Taliban with military support by Pakistan and financial support by Saudi Arabia prepared for another major offensive, Massoud ordered a full retreat from Kabul.
Taliban hit-squads from the infamous " Ministry for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice " watched the streets conducting arbitrary brutal and public beatings of people.
Some parts in the Taliban also ran a network for human trafficking.
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf – then as Chief of Army Staff – was responsible for sending thousands of Pakistanis to fight alongside the Taliban and Bin Laden against the United Front.
* December 2009, after his disputed re-election, President Hamid Karzai announced to move ahead with a plan for a Loya Jirga to discuss the Taliban insurgency.
* June 2010, at Kabul, in which around 1, 600 delegates of all ethnic groups attended for a peace talks with the Taliban.
In retaliation for this incident, the Taliban on August 8, 1998, returned and led a six-day killing frenzy of Hazaras, a report the Taliban denied at that time.
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