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Peshawar -- The banned Pakistani Taliban or the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terror group has congratulated the Afghan Taliban on taking control of Afghanistan, describing it as a “victory for the whole Islamic world”, according to a media report on Tuesday. In the statement, TTP spokesperson Mohammad Khorasani reiterated the group’s “allegiance to the Afghan Taliban leadership,” and pledged to “support and strengthen the Islamic Emirates of Afghanistan.” “It is a victory for the whole Islamic world,” according to an official statement issued by the TTP and released to CNN. Taliban insurgents captured Kabul on Sunday after the US-backed Afghan government...

Tom Tancredo to Fans: Write Congress to Help Dog the Bounty Hunter By Jon Shanks Sep 27, 2006 US Congressman from Colorado Tom Tancredo made a tough statement when Duane Chapman was arrested to try and assist the popular reality TV star Dog the Bounty Hunter. Now the Congressman is asking for fans help. Tancredo appeared with Rita Crosby on Tuesday's show and pleaded with fans of Chapman to write their representatives to get the Dog unleashed from his legal troubles. *** Right now, Chapman is facing extradition back to Mexico for a 2003 incident. Rita Crosby gives a synopsis...

With the turquoise dome of the shrine to the 18th-century father of the Afghan nation rising in the background, Muhammad Akbar paused, leaned on his pick and said that he had never before been asked to dig a grave in the sacred soil of this compound. The grave was for Azimullah Muhammad, an 18-year-old who a week ago was an unknown seller of plastic water jugs from a dimly lit stall deep inside Kandahar's main bazaar. Now he is Afghanistan's newest hero, to be buried alongside mujahideen heroes of the guerilla war against the Soviet Union. On Friday, television viewers...

GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 09/20/03 - Chaman, Bagram, Kabul, Khost, southeast Afghanistan BREAKING: Bilals confess BREAKING: Pakistan and Afghanistan border, Chaman, Quetta, BREAKING: Bagram - minor explosion BREAKING: Kabul BREAKING: Khost, Zadran QFN = QUAGMIRE FREE NEWS Today, Dear FREEPERS, THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY ========= southeast Afghanistan ========= In the mountains of southeast Afghanistan, a major joint Afghan-US offensive against hundreds of suspected Taliban has left 124 terrorists killed. ========= Kabul ========= In Kabul, downtown. In Kabul, at a school, Afghan girls FREED by the USA learn. Today, 4.2 million Afghan children are...