Afghan officials have officially declared the Taliban responsible for the November 6 suicide bombing in Baghlan province that killed over 59 school children and six visiting Parliamentarians. Four Taliban operatives were arrested in connection with the attack. Two British nationals have been ordered to leave the country after officials accused them of aiding the Taliban […]
The Taliban continues to target military and police forces in the Northwest Frontier Province. An additional 15 soldiers were wounded after an explosive-laden car is rammed into a military convoy. This is the third suicide attack in a week.
The CENTCOM commander arrived in Kabul to discuss the Afghan strategy. President Karzai will visit Pakistan in late December. Afghan and ISAF forces killed “several” Taliban fighters during a two-day engagement in Uruzgan province.
Abu Yahya al Libi, an al Qaeda spokesman and commander in Afghanistan, released a video via As Sahab titled “Al Nafeer,” or a call to arms. Al Libi said it is Muslims’ duty to fight the “devil” in Iraq, Afghanistan, Algeria, Chechnya, Somalia, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and elsewhere.
Mullah Sangeen, second in command in the Haqqani network, is second senior member killed in last two months. CJTF-82 is pushing hard to split the Haqqani network.
The trial of Abu Dujana, the self-confessed military leader of the Jemaah Islamiah, is underway in Indonesia. He faces the death penalty if found guilty under Indonesia’s anti-terrorism laws. Dujana is accused of sheltering Noordin Top and Azahari Husin, two of the 2002 Bali bombers. He admitted to training in Peshawar, Pakistan and in Afghanistan.
47 killed, including 10 UN staff members in coordinated car bomb attacks in the Algerian capital. All signs point to an al Qaeda strike.
Matt Dupee takes a look at the Taliban takeover Musa Qala in Afghanistan one year on. The Taliban still control the Helmand district after the British withdrew in November 2006 and the Taliban overran the district center in February 2007.
Pakistan-based Hizbul Mujaheedin nabbed in Kashmir
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Coalition airstrikes killed 76 Taliban fighters as they massed near the Pakistani border in the Patan and Chauni regions in Paktia province; Afghan forces captured an additional 12. Afghan and ISAF forces recaptured the Gulistan district in Farah province.
Two attacks kill over 15 and wound an unknown number in the twin cities in the heart of Pakistan. Attacks are the latest in a series of suicide bombings in the capital and garrison city as the Taliban and al Qaeda continue to press the offensive.
Six bombs — three in Varansi, two in Faizabad, and one in Lucknow — were detonated at courts within 15 minutes, killing 14 and wounding over 50. The Pakistani-based Jaish e Mohammed and the banned Bangladesh-based Harkat-ul-Jehadi Islamia (HuJI) are suspected to be behind the attacks.
President Karzai said contact from Taliban leaders has increased over the past year. NATO’s logistics have not been affected by Pakistan’s state of emergency. The Senlis Council calls for the doubling of NATO troops, the removal of caveats, and NATO operations in Pakistan’s NWFP.
Senior Taliban commander killed as the Pakistani military continues offensive in the two districts. Military relies heavily on helicopter and artillery strikes. Offensive occurs as senior US diplomat visits Pakistan. Will the government fight a long term insurgency?
Osama bin Laden was hiding in the mountain regions along the borders of Pakistan, Afghanistan, China, and Tajikstan, according to Ahmad Farooq, a Taliban fighter. Farooq said he last saw bin Laden in September 2003. Bin Laden “was surrounded by about 20 armed men and he moved whenever he felt particularly threatened.” Two other groups […]
Pakistan Strife Threatens Anti-Insurgent Plan
Bill Ardolino examines the impact of the surge and other theories on the recent decline in deaths in Iraq.
Towns fall under Taliban control in Swat as attacks continue in the northwest.
Attack in the northern province of Baghlan is the largest since Operation Enduring Freedom began and threatens to destabilize the quiet north.
As President Pervez Musharraf continues to suppress opposition to his imposition of a state of emergency, the government is cutting deals with the Taliban in South Waziristan and pushing forward with negotiations in Swat.
The Sultan of Swat and the Challenge of Integrating Pakistan™s Periphery
Abdul Manan was killed during an ambush by Afghan soldiers as he crossed the border from Pakistan with a dozen fighters. Heavy fighting is reported in Kandahar and Herat provinces.
In Pakistan, mild support for force against al Qaeda: Survey
The Pakistani military is holed up in compounds as the government seeks to cut a deal with Taliban leader Mauluna Fazlullah.
Over 200 Taliban are believed to be surrounded in a district near Kandahar City, while Afghan and NATO troops are trying to turn a Taliban leader in the stronghold of Musa Qala.
The Taliban overran the Gulistan district center in Farah province; thirty Taliban, four police and six civilians were killed in the fighting. Afghan intelligence captured three Pakistani Taliban trainers traveling from Uruzgan to Kandahar. Six Taliban were captured in Kandahar City. An Afghan intelligence chief and three officers were killed in an IED attack in […]
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