http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special_reports/taliban_conflict/#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa The latest stories from the Taliban conflict section of the BBC News web site. en-gb Tue, 05 Feb 2013 11:46:56 GMT Copyright: (C) British Broadcasting Corporation, see http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/help/rss/4498287.stm for terms and conditions of reuse. http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/nol/shared/img/bbc_news_120x60.gif http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special_reports/taliban_conflict/#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa 120 60 15 The year 2012 has seen important shifts among the players in Afghanistan, setting up a crucial year ahead, writes Ahmed Rashid. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20817266#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20817266 Sun, 30 Dec 2012 01:11:40 GMT BBC news examines the causes and consequences of attacks by Afghan forces on their foreign allies. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-19633418#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-19633418 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 14:24:54 GMT BBC News looks at the history of the Taliban movement in Afghanistan and Pakistan. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11451718#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11451718 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:31:23 GMT How will Nato remove more than 100,000 troops and their hardware from Afghanistan? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17999603#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17999603 Fri, 18 May 2012 04:47:55 GMT Explore the military fortress in the Afghan desert http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-19635544#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-19635544 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 16:17:26 GMT How the operation to kill Osama Bin Laden unfolded and where it happened. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-13257330#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-13257330 Mon, 10 Sep 2012 16:23:10 GMT The Afghan army faces a crucial period of transition, says the BBC's Caroline Wyatt. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12681599#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12681599 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 16:49:23 GMT Reconstructing the life and mind of an Afghan 'turncoat' guard who killed his US trainers http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-14713523#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-14713523 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 02:53:04 GMT The Pakistani schoolgirl activist shot in the head by the Taliban has been discharged from a Birmingham hospital as an inpatient http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20907628#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20907628 Fri, 04 Jan 2013 23:59:13 GMT Senior Pakistani militant leader Mullah Nazir has been killed by a US drone strike in Pakistan, local security officials say. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20897515#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20897515 Thu, 03 Jan 2013 11:14:17 GMT Militants in north-west Pakistan have killed at least 20 of the paramilitaries they seized from a checkpoint near Peshawar, officials say. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20869450#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20869450 Sun, 30 Dec 2012 09:30:01 GMT A Taliban suicide bomber has killed a senior provincial minister, Bashir Ahmad Bilour, and seven others at a political rally in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20829969#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20829969 Sun, 23 Dec 2012 02:06:03 GMT The United Nations has scaled back an anti-polio campaign in Pakistan after two more health workers died in the latest of a spate of gun attacks. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20785252#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20785252 Wed, 19 Dec 2012 14:14:58 GMT Pakistan says it will do everything it can to help the peace process in Afghanistan, by releasing Taliban prisoners or taking action against foreign militants based in its tribal areas. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20753691#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20753691 Mon, 17 Dec 2012 08:14:35 GMT Taliban suicide bombers have killed four Afghan soldiers and wounded Nato troops in an attack on a joint US-Afghan airbase in eastern Afghanistan. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20571866#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20571866 Sun, 02 Dec 2012 22:43:31 GMT In many remote areas of Afghanistan warlords maintain a grip on power, where they are free to act with impunity and exploit poor locals. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-20516013#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-20516013 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 15:39:44 GMT As the withdrawal of foreign forces nears, some insurgents are re-assessing their allegiances http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-19153734#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-19153734 Fri, 31 Aug 2012 06:36:32 GMT The relations between militants on either side of the Afghan-Pakistan border. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21338263#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21338263 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 11:04:22 GMT Which countries are contributing troops? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11371138#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11371138 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 10:50:53 GMT Full details of UK personnel killed in Afghanistan http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-10629358#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-10629358 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 21:31:54 GMT How have the Taliban been able to take on the might of the US army? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-15132461#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-15132461 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 02:28:20 GMT Will these young Afghan recruits be ready in time? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12668961#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12668961 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 16:47:56 GMT Ahmed Rashid on the devastating impact of 9/11 on Pakistan http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-15109629#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-15109629 Sun, 02 Oct 2011 23:34:19 GMT