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CNN has released footage showing its chief international correspondent, Clarissa Ward and her crew being attacked by Taliban militants in Afghanistan. Clarissa reported that Taliban militants were prepared to “pistol whip” a field producer for the network before a fellow fighter intervened...

Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar - Karim Jaafar/AFP Four years ago, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar was languishing in a Pakistani prison after being arrested for masterminding the Taliban's brutal military campaign in Afghanistan. Today he is poised to become the country's new president after the...