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Boston Marathon bombings: Pakistani Taliban denies role
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The Pakistani Taliban have denied any role in the bombings at the Boston Marathon that killed at least three people and injured more than 140.
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Malala Yousafzai writing book to promote children's education
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Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager shot in the head by the Taliban as she returned home from school, is writing a book about the traumatic event and her long-running campaign to promote children's education.
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Prince Harry says he killed Taliban fighters
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Prince Harry's assertion that he has killed Taliban fighters while deployed in Afghanistan is drawing intense media coverage in Britain and sparking concerns about possible reprisals.
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U.S., Pakistan held different views of Nazir
CommentGordon interview January 3, 2013
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Malala Yousufzai, Pakistani activist shot by Taliban, released from hospital
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Malala Yousufzai, the teenage Pakistani activist shot in the head by Taliban for advocating girls' education, has been released from the hospital, reports say.
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Taliban targets polio clinics in Pakistan
CommentShaffer interview December 18, 2012
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Terror plot arrests: Four Calif. men charged in alleged terror plot, FBI says
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Four Southern California men, including one suspect who served in the U.S. Air Force, have been charged with plotting to kill Americans and destroy U.S. targets overseas by joining al-Qaida and the Taliban in Afghanistan, federal officials said Monday.
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Malala Yousufzai, who was shot by Taliban, making progress
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British doctors treating a 15-year-old Pakistani girl shot in the head by the Taliban raised hopes for her recovery Friday. When she was 11, Malala Yousufzai began writing a blog under a pseudonym for the BBC and has publicly advocated for girls' education.
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Malala Yousufzai, girl who advocated for girls education, shot in Pakistan
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Malala Yousufzai is admired across Pakistan for exposing the Taliban's atrocities and advocating for girls' education in the face of religious extremism.
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Marines name general to handle video probes
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The Marine Corps on Friday laid the groundwork for deciding what, if any, disciplinary action will be taken in the case of an Internet video purporting to show Marine snipers urinating on dead bodies in Afghanistan.
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U.S. suspects NATO forces lured into deadly raid
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NATO forces may have been lured into attacking friendly Pakistani border posts in a calculated maneuver by the Taliban, according to preliminary U.S. military reports.
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13 Americans killed in Afghan bombing, U.S. officials say
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A Taliban suicide bomber rammed a van into an armored NATO bus Saturday in Kabul, killing 13 American troops and four Afghans, U.S. and Afghan officials said, in the deadliest attack on coalition forces in more than two months.
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77 Americans wounded in Afghan truck bombing
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Nearly 80 American soldiers were wounded and two Afghan civilians were killed in a Taliban truck bombing targeting an American base in eastern Afghanistan late Saturday.
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