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Afghanistan
The military claimed that 22 Taliban fighters, including 10 Pakistanis, were killed in a 10-day-long operation in Ghazni. Four Afghans were killed after missiles fired from Pakistan struck in Kunar. Two Afghan soldiers attacked Spanish soldiers in Herat; no one was hurt.
Afghan troops attack Spanish soldiers on New Year’s Eve
Two Afghan soldiers opened fire on Spanish troops; no one was hurt in the attack. There were 44 reported insider, or green-on-blue, attacks in 2012.
ISAF kills ‘several’ al Qaeda-linked fighters in Kunar raid
The northeastern Afghan province remains a stronghold for al Qaeda despite the surge in US forces. The US conducted 67 raids against al Qaeda and allied groups in Afghanistan in 2012.
Afghanistan
Pakistan – EDITORIAL : Taliban diktat
Taliban spurn Islamic scholars’ conference on suicide bombings
The Taliban are not enthused about a religious gathering that seeks to condemn one of their key tactics.
Afghanistan
Pakistan close Torkham gate at Pak-Afghan border
CIA
CIA’s Global Response Staff emerging from shadows after incidents in Libya and Pakistan
Taliban suicide bomber attacks US base in Khost
An Afghan policeman and two civilians were killed in a blast outside of Forward Operating Base Chapman, which is known to host CIA operations.
Afghan policewoman kills US military adviser inside Interior Ministry
An Afghan policewoman assigned to the “gender and equality department” at the Interior Ministry is said to have shot an American civilian adviser in the head at close range.
Afghanistan
Pakistan’s army chief makes Afghan peace “top priority”
Boko Haram suicide bombers attack mobile phone companies in Nigeria
The offices of South Africa’s MTN and India’s Airtel were the targets of today’s suicide attacks in Kano.
United States
President Obama nominated Senator John Kerry to replace Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State; the nomination must be confirmed by the Senate. The US refused Pakistan’s demand for compensation for breaches of its airspace by US military aircraft.
United Kingdom
The High Court declined to hear a Pakistani man’s challenge to the lawfulness of alleged targeting assistance given by the UK to the CIA for the drone campaign in Pakistan. Characterizing the lawsuit as an attempt to elicit a public statement condemning the campaign, the court said that oversight of intelligence matters was the business […]
Report: Al Qaeda emir’s hand in Egypt and Syria
Die Welt, a German daily, has published an account that jibes with The Long War Journal’s reporting on the Sept. 11, 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi.
United States
Pakistan will be reimbursed $688 million for maintaining troops for six months along the Afghan border. The Pentagon said Pakistan’s failure to crack down on militant safe havens and inderdict the flow of IED materials undermines the security of US, Coalition, and Afghan forces. AFRICOM created a quick reaction force.
Afghanistan
Security forces killed a Taliban commander in Herat. Nuristan’s chief of police accused the Pakistani military of attacking police centers in conjunction with the Taliban.
Afghanistan
If you think Pakistan will abandon the Taliban, think again!
Taliban suicide bomber attacks US contracting company in Kabul
Contrack International, the target of the attack, supports US military operations in Afghanistan.
Hitherto unreported insider attack in Afghanistan raises questions
A newly reported green-on-blue attack from October 2011 appears to show a US command structure slow to recognize and grapple with the problem.
Afghanistan
US presses Pakistan on bomb fertiliser
Afghanistan
Security forces killed a Taliban commander and several fighters in Baghlan, and detained six suicide bombers, including three Pakistanis, in Paktika. President Karzai said the suicide attack that wounded the NDS chief was plotted in Quetta, and the government will provide evidence to prove it.
2 Somali Islamists arrested in suspected pipe bomb attack at Bonn train station
Yesterday two known extremists were arrested after a bag containing explosive materials was found on a platform at the main train station in Bonn, Germany.
Attacks kill Afghan officials in Laghman, Nimroz
Recent deadly attacks on key officials in western and eastern Afghanistan continue the Taliban campaign to undermine Afghan governance. Amid security challenges posed by the withdrawal of Coalition troops, violent attacks on women have increased in 2012.
ISAF kills another al Qaeda commander in Kunar raid
An al Qaeda leader known as Numan was killed during a raid in the Nari district on Dec. 4. Numan supported senior “insurgent leaders” and moved weapons and fighters into the province.
US drone strike kills another al Qaeda commander in North Waziristan
Mohammad Ahmed al Mansoor, a midlevel Pakistani al Qaeda commander, is reported to have been killed in the attack. He is the fourth mid-to-senior-level al Qaeda leader reported killed since the US stepped up strikes since the end of November.
Afghanistan
President Karzai said the suicide attack that wounded the NDS chief was planned in Pakistan. US troops rescued an American civilian who was kidnapped in Kabul. Four Taliban fighters were killed in a premature detonation in Parwan. The Taliban killed two civilians in an IED attack in Khost.
Al Qaeda religious leader thought killed in US drone strike
Khalid bin Abdul Rahman al Husainan, a senior religious scholar for al Qaeda who is also known as a Abu Zeid al Kuwaiti, is believed to have been killed in a recent drone strike in Pakistan.
US adds West African group, 2 leaders, to terrorism list
The US government has added the al Qaeda-linked Movement for Tawhid [Unity] and Jihad in West Africa and two of its leaders to the list of global terrorists and entities. The group has named one of its units fighting in Mali after Osama bin Laden.
Islamic State of Iraq denies its emir captured
The al Qaeda political front said that Abu Bakr al Baghdadi al Husseini al Qurshi “is in the best state of being among his family and his brothers.”