US adds Taliban shadow governor of Helmand to narcotics kingpin list
Mullah Naim Barich, the Taliban’s leader for the southern Afghan province, was added “for the significant role he plays in international narcotics trafficking,” Treasury stated.
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Afghanistan
‘Safe passage’ granted: Pakistan frees key Taliban commander, 13 others
Afghanistan
Pakistan to consider releasing former Taliban No.2
Afghanistan
Pakistan – Crossing the border: NATO oil supply expected to resume by month’s end
Afghan Taliban commander gunned down in Quetta
A former Taliban-era cabinet official and current shadow district chief was reportedly assassinated in Quetta, Pakistan.
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed two ISAF interpreters in Logar. Security forces captured several Taliban weapons facilitators. Pakistan is handing over several mid and low-level Taliban operatives to the Afghan peace council.
Afghanistan
Pakistan – Most of Taliban income comes from illicit drug trade: Malik
Afghanistan
UN Sanctions Unlikely To End Haqqani Safe Haven In Pakistan
India
Pakistan details how Lashkar-e-Taiba 2008 Mumbai attack gunmen were trained
Afghanistan
Pakistan urges all Afghan insurgents to pursue peace: Ambassador
Nephew of Baitullah Mehsud killed in Bannu shootout
The nephew of slain Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan leader Baitullah Mehsud was killed in a shootout with Pakistani police in Bannu.
Afghan soldier kills ISAF trooper in Helmand
An ISAF soldier was also wounded in the insider, or green-on-blue, attack. There have been 42 such attacks this year, resulting in the deaths of 60 ISAF personnel.
Afghanistan
Pakistan terror toll fails to stir offensive
Afghanistan
North Waziristan operation is Pakistan’s internal matter: Olson
Taliban suicide bomber attacks Rangers HQ in Karachi
Karachi has become a haven for terror groups; 11 areas of the city are considered to be under the control of Pakistani jihadist groups.
Afghanistan
Pakistan restores fuel supply for NATO troops in Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Obama must concentrate on militants sanctuaries in Pakistan: Karzai spokesman
Afghanistan
Pakistan – Two NATO tankers reach Torkham
Taliban suicide bomber kills 5 people in Peshawar
The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan claimed credit for the attack that killed a senior police official.
Haqqani Network
Pakistan already cracking down on Haqqani network: Pakistani government
ISAF captures IMU weapons trafficker in northern Afghanistan
The raid by ISAF and Afghan forces is the first reported against the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan in nearly a month.
US adds Haqqani Network suicide operations chief to list of global terrorists
Qari Zakir is the head of the Haqqani Network’s suicide operations in Afghanistan as well as the group’s operational commander in Kabul, Takhar, Kunduz, and Baghlan provinces. He is considered to be a close advisor to Siraj Haqqani, and also runs the network’s training program.
Taliban
Pakistani Islamist politician claims Malala was not injured
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed three US soldiers in an IED attack in Paktia on Nov. 3. Two Afghan and two Pakistani Taliban fighters were reportedly killed during infighting in Ghazni.
Senior Haqqani Network leader again calls on Turks, Kurds to wage jihad in Afghanistan
Mullah Sangeen Zadran, the Taliban’s shadow governor for Paktika, asks that Allah “accepts the martyrdom of the Turkish, Kurdish and other brothers who die for this cause” in Afghanistan.
India
Pakistani rights activist Marvi Sirmed attacked by gunmen in Lahore
Anti-Taliban commander assassinated in Buner
The Pakistani Taliban’s spokesman claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing that killed a local politican and Aman Lashkar commander, Fateh Kahn, and three of his bodyguards in Buner, Pakistan.
Old school Egyptian jihadists linked to 9/11 Cairo protest, Benghazi suspect
Muhammad Jamal al Kashef, who is suspected of playing a role in the terrorist attack on the US consulate in Benghazi on Sept. 11, has longstanding ties to a group of al Qaeda-linked jihadists who helped incite a protest in Cairo that same day.
United States
Secretary of State Clinton called for reorganization of the Syrian opposition to better reflect those fighting in the conflict, dismissing the Syrian National Council as remote and warning that extremist groups were trying to hijack the revolution. The State Dept. rejected the hurricane aid offer of wanted Pakistani radical Hafiz Saeed.
European Union
Spain dismantles Pakistani human trafficking ring