Taliban offered bin Laden trial before 911

Former minister says group was prepared to see bin Laden put on trial prior to 9/11, but US was not interested.

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http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2011/09/20119115334167663.html

TIME magazine uses exploitive photo to pimp nationbuilding

Certainly, the victims of the Taliban must be helped, but a prolonged occupation isnt the way to do that.

Its intellectually dishonest for Stengel and TIME to present this new cover without also depicting the total carnage inflicted upon civilians by the U.S.-led assault. Liberal media, my ass.

Source:
http://allisonkilkenny.com/2010/07/time-magazine-uses-exploitive-photo-to-pimp-nation-building/

Wikileaks Exposing US And NATOs War Crimes In Afghanistan

Today, The White House sternly condemned the release by Wikileaks� of nearly 92,000 secret US military documents about the conflict in Afghanistan as irresponsible.

The files were made available yesterday by the whistle-blower website, and includes details of covert operations against top Taliban, unreported civilian killings.....

Source:
http://newsjunkiepost.com/2010/07/26/wikileaks-exposing-us-and-natos-war-crimes-in-afghanistan/

Taliban claims to capture 2 US soldiers in Afghanistan

KABUL -- Two American soldiers went missing after driving off their base in Kabul on Friday afternoon, and the Taliban later claimed to have captured them in eastern Afghanistan, NATO officials said Saturday, the same day five U.S. troops were killed in the south.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/24/AR2010072400507_pf.html

Twelve Taliban killed in NATO offensive

MARJAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Twelve Taliban fighters were killed overnight in a NATO offensive against the group's last stronghold in Afghanistan's most violent province, a government official said.

Source:
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE61B1ZJ20100215