anti-taliban

The next day a suicide-bomber in the west of the country killed at least 37 members of an anti-Taliban militia.

Now we were heading up to the anti-Taliban forces' prime observation post north of the capital - in the pitch dark.

The killing of the anti-Taliban cleric provoked deadly air strikes Saturday by Pakistani military in the South Waziristan region.

Taliban support continues today, even though Pakistan is America's supposed ally in Afghanistan's anti-Taliban counterinsurgency.

Would the architects of the original anti-Taliban e-mail petition recognize Horowitz's crusade as their own?

Already the Northern Alliance, the main anti-Taliban force in the country, is alarmed.

Pakistan's army declared the Swat valley free of militants after carrying out an anti-Taliban operation in 2009.

In the summer of 2009 US and UK forces led a major anti-Taliban offensive in Helmand province.

Anti-Taliban soldiers look at smoke trails left by U. S. bombers on Dec. 12, 2001, in the Tora Bora area of Afghanistan.

Anti-Taliban soldiers confer on Dec. 10, 2001, while the Tora Bora area of Afghanistan looms behind them.

December US backed anti-Taliban forces capture Bin Laden's base in the Tora Bora mountains in Afghanistan, but find no trace of Bin Laden

As America edged closer to war in September 2001, Afghanistan's local anti-Taliban forces also prepared for battle. (AFP)