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Local reaction to news of the death of Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud in US drone strike
Residents in the Pakistani capital Islamabad reacted on Saturday after a US drone strike killed the Pakistani Taliban leader, Hakimullah Mehsud, in the North Waziristan tribal area on Friday, according to intelligence officials and...
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Experts discuss drug supply from Afghanistan
File, Dir, Pakistan - April 1998
1. Close up of poppies
2. Locals in poppy field
File, Peshawar, Pakistan - 7 December 1997
3. Mid shot group of addicts using heroin
4. Close up of addict smoking heroin
London, UK - 12 October 2001
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Declaring significant progress in disrupting al-Qaida and combatting the Taliban, President Barack Obama said Thursday the United States will start withdrawing U.S. troops from Afghanistan in July as promised. AP's Mark Smith reports.
HEADLINE: Obama: US on track in Afghanistan, Pakistan
CAPTION: Declaring significant progress in disrupting al-Qaida and combatting the Taliban, President Barack Obama said Thursday the United States will start withdrawing U.S....
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Refugees flood into rebel-held territory
1. Various of refugee camp beside river Khoja
2. Men, women and children sitting with their belongings
3. Various of above group - including woman wearing burka
4. SOUNDBITE: (Dari) Voxpop, Refugee
"We came from Taliban held...
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Kandahar's only female police officer
1. Captain Malalai Kakar walking with tray of food
2. Various shots of Kakar having meal with her family
3. Various shots of Kakar putting on police vest
4. Children
5. Kakar walks past camera
6. Kakar gets in police car
7. Driving...
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Rebel leader urges people to drive foreign forces out of Afghanistan
1. SOUNDBITE: (Pashtun) Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Chief of Hizb-e-Islami Afghanistan:
"The Northern Alliance faction was told to kill the Taliban who were defeated in Kunduz and this was Rumsfeld who ordered the killing"
2. Cutaway from the...
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Paris Match journalist arrives in Pakistan
Night shots
1. Close up Michel Peyrard with media surrounding him
2. UPSOUND: (English) Michel Peyrard, Journalist:
"Good thank you, I feel good."
3. Peyrard being questioned by Japanese film crew about a Japanese journalist being held...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Taliban car bomber targets NATO convoy near Kabul airport (2)
CLEAN : Taliban car bomber targets NATO convoy near Kabul airport (2)
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Taliban car bomber kills seven Afghan TV channel employees
CLEAN : Taliban car bomber kills seven Afghan TV channel employees
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President Barack Obama on Friday ordered 4,000 more military troops into Afghanistan, vowing to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat" the Taliban and al-Qaida.
HEADLINE: Obama: Taliban and al-Qaida must be stopped
CAPTION: President Barack Obama on Friday ordered 4,000 more military troops into Afghanistan, vowing to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat" the Taliban and al-Qaida. (March 27)
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Donors meet in Tokyo to pledge aid
HEADLINE: Donors meet in Tokyo to pledge aid
CAPTION: Some 70 countries and organisations gathered in Tokyo on Sunday to attend a conference on development aid for Afghanistan (8 July 2012).
VOICE-OVER: This video contains only natural...
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Female police chief pounds new beat for women in Pakistan
The number of women in Pakistan's police force is very small, but now one police chief in Karachi is bucking the trend.
She is one of two women in the country running police stations in the country.
Women traditionally stay at home,...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Musharraf: danger of proxy Pakistan India warin Afghanista
CLEAN : Musharraf: danger of proxy Pakistan India warin Afghanista
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10 French NATO troops killed in Afghanistan
10 French NATO troops killed in Afghanistan
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Musharraf returns to Pakistan from exile
CLEAN : Musharraf returns to Pakistan from exile
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Violence restricts Pakistans election
CLEAN : Violence restricts Pakistans election
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Kabul hotel attack toll at least 22: officials
At least 22 people are now known to have died when Taliban militants slaughtered guests at a luxury Kabul hotel Afghan officials say as fears grew that the attackers may have had inside help
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Mattis: Afghan forces Fully Engaged For 1st Time
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis told lawmakers Tuesday that the Afghanistan security forces are fully engaged in combat military operations for the first time during the 16-year-old war and are suffering fewer casualties as they continue to...
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Mattis: Afghan forces fully engaged for first time
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis told lawmakers Tuesday that the Afghanistan security forces are fully engaged in combat military operations for the first time during the 16-year-old war and are suffering fewer casualties as they continue to...
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Analysis: Little Change in Trump's Afghan Policy
In a 26-minute address to the nation Monday, Trump alluded to more American troops deploying to Afghanistan, but refused to say how many.
He said victory would be well-defined, but outlined only vague benchmarks for...
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CLEAN : Pakistan FM says trust deficit exists with US
Pakistan's Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif says a trust deficit exists with the US but that efforts are being made to build it up following months of pressure from Washington on Islamabad over its alleged support for Taliban militants
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Taliban Attacks Kunduz, One Of Afghanistan's Largest Cities
Militants attacked from multiple directions at around 1:30 a.m. local time.