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Referring to the Taliban's hardline reign, he added: "If we lose this fight, we are threatened with a return to a situation like that before September 11, 2001."

Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Alex Spillius 2011

Haji Ahmad Fareed, a former member of Parliament, said that the images confirmed to him that America was against Islam, and called the Taliban's fight "legitimate."

NYT > Home Page By AT WAR 2012

"Hameedullah Akhondzada requested us to record our message and said he would take it to the Quetta Shura," Wahidyar said, referring to the Taliban's leadership council.

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

"I cannot find Mullah Mohammad Omar," Karzai said, referring to the Taliban's one-eyed leader.

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"I cannot find Mullah Mohammad Omar," Karzai said, referring to the Taliban's one-eyed leader.

Thestar.com - Home Page Rahim Faiez 2011

"I cannot find Mullah Mohammad Omar," Karzai said, referring to the Taliban's one-eyed leader.

The Seattle Times 2011

The ferocity of the Taliban's spring offensive will help determine whether the surge of more than 30,000 additional U.S. troops that President Barack Obama announced in December 2009 succeeded in arresting the insurgency.

Suicide bomber kills 6 at Kabul military hospital 2011

The effectiveness of the Taliban's campaign will in part determine the size of President Obama's planned drawdown of American troops.

Militants storm Afghan government building 2011

In a strategy review released in December, the White House said the Taliban's momentum has been arrested in much of Afghanistan, but warned those gains could be reversed, citing the threat posed by militants crossing the border from Pakistan.

U.S. Boosts Afghan Surge Adam Entous 2011

U.S. and NATO military officials, however, have questioned the Taliban's ability to mount large operations.

Militants storm Afghan government building 2011