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October 7, 2011 "Today we focus on Afghanistan, but the battle is broader," the president said. And he added that "we will not waver; we will not tire; we will not falter; and we will not fail. Peace and freedom will prevail."

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October 3, 2011 Ahmed Rashid, correspondent for The Daily Telegraph, Ayesha Siddiqa, author of Military, Inc., and former Pakistani ambassador to the U.S. Mahlia Lodhi explain who the Haqqanis are, and how they're connected to Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence Agency.

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September 22, 2011 The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says the Pakistani government "actively and passively" supports groups that have been behind attacks in Afghanistan.

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September 20, 2011 Burhanuddin Rabbani was most recently chairman of Afghanistan's High Peace Council.

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July 20, 2011 Reporters got a text message from a Taliban cellphone today, reporting the leader's death. It's not true, spokesmen say. They say "western forces" were engaging in "psychological warfare." The Taliban's IT team is investigating.

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June 8, 2011 "If all you want to do is tear something down, like the Taliban, then you don't have to have any kind of literacy level. If you're trying to build something up ... you're going to have to instill literacy," says Lt. Gen. William Caldwell.

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June 1, 2011 "Peace is made between people who have been killing each other," the defense secretary says, and the Taliban is part of Afghanistan's political fabric.

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May 13, 2011 Poppy is a key crop in the deadly Sangin District, and in a way, flowers fuel the fight: The Taliban earns hundreds of millions of dollars from the drug trade, which supplies 90 percent of the world's raw opium used for heroin. And during harvest season, fighting practically comes to a halt.

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• Key Republican: Success In Afghanistan May Mean Including Taliban
• Taliban's Cash Flow Grows From Heroin, Crime

May 13, 2011 The U.S. goal should be stability and that might mean giving the Taliban control or influence in the southern part of the country, Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN) says. President Obama is known to listen to the influential senator.

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May 2, 2011 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton issued a blunt warning to followers of Osama bin Laden, especially Taliban members in Pakistan and Afghanistan: You cannot wait us out. You cannot defeat us.

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April 26, 2011 Time, patience "and most likely, inside help" were among the keys to Monday's escape of about 500 fighters from a prison in Kandahar.

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November 23, 2010 But other officials have told The New York Times and Washington Post that Karzai's government was sitting down to negotiate with someone who may have just been a shopkeeper from Pakistan.

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