Taliban suicide bombers strike in Wardak
The double suicide attack killed 10 civilians and two policemen in Sayyidabad, a district where a helicopter carrying Navy SEALs was shot down one year ago.
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Senior al Qaeda leader, facilitator killed in airstrike in Kunar
Abu Walid, also known as Amru Mastur al Ghamrawi, was one of two al Qaeda leaders who were killed in an airstrike in the Watahpur district in Kunar on Aug 3. ISAF launched two airstrikes in Watahpur on Aug. 3.
Afghanistan
US Seems Set to Brand Haqqanis as Terror Group
Afghanistan
The Taliban beheaded a boy in Kandahar; another girl was found beheaded in Kapisa. The Taliban killed two policemen in an IED attack in Herat and executed five civilians in Ghazni. Security forces killed two Taliban fighters and detained several others in Paktia, Logar, and Ghazni.
Afghanistan
Afghan commanders show new defiance in dealings with Americans
Afghanistan
Obama administration divided over designating Haqqani network as terrorist group
Afghanistan
Anti-Taliban public uprising started in Logar province
Afghanistan
SEALs Battle for Hearts, Minds and Speedy Paychecks
Afghanistan
Holder Rules Out Prosecutions in CIA Interrogations
Afghanistan
Taliban fighters changing sides in Herat
Afghan intelligence thwarts terror plots in Kabul, Logar, and Parwan
Intelligence operatives disrupted four terror plots in the past two days and captured nine suspected Taliban insurgents along with homemade explosives believed to have been smuggled into Kabul from Pakistan.
Afghanistan
An Afghan soldier killed three Australian troops in Uruzgan; two more Australian soldiers were killed in a helicopter crash. Four civilians were killed in a mortar attack in Logar. The man thought to be the new chief of the NDS has been accused of torture.
US adds 8 Lashkar-e-Taiba members to terrorism list
The US Treasury Department designated eight Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) leaders today, including the point man for the November 2008 attack on Mumbai. Also designated was the son of LeT chieftain Hafiz Saeed.
Afghanistan
A once-tranquil corner of Afghanistan turns deadly
Afghanistan
Afghan Army Chief Blames Neighbouring Countries for Insider Attacks
Afghan soldier kills 3 ISAF troops in Uruzgan province
In the 10th attack by Afghan security forces on Coalition troops so far this month, an Afghan soldier shot and killed three ISAF troops in the south. The green-on-blue attacks this month have already killed 25 Coalition troops and wounded six more.
Afghanistan
A suicide bomber killed five Afghan soldiers in Kunar. The Taliban killed four civilians in an IED attack in Ghazni. “Gunmen” assassinated the head of Ghazni’s provincial council. President Karzai dismissed the head of the NDS.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – Lawmakers Call for NDS Chief’s Reinstatement
Afghanistan
Afghan beheadings could signal confusion in Taliban ranks
Afghanistan
IBMS installed at Pak-Afghan border
Afghanistan
Ten Taliban fighters, seven policemen, an NDS officer, and four civilians were killed during clashes and attacks throughout the country. General Abdul Raziq, the Chief of Police for Kandahar province, was among several people wounded in a suicide attack.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – Taliban’s Deeds Defame Islam: Mufti
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – Experts lambast MoD for revealing ANA deaths
Qatar
Taliban team in Qatar for negotiations with US
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – NDS to ‘Monitor’ Local Uprisings, But Denies Hezb-i-Islami Involvement
Afghanistan
ISAF Will Not Reduce Interaction with Afghan Counterparts
Afghanistan
US forces say no to rapprochement with Haqqanis
Afghanistan
The Taliban beheaded 17 civilians and killed 10 Afghan soldiers in Helmand. An Afghan soldier killed two ISAF troops in Laghman. Afghan senators claimed the Hizb-i-Islami is behind the anti-Taliban uprisings.
Afghan soldier kills 2 ISAF troops in east
Forty-two ISAF soldiers have been killed in attacks by Afghan security personnel this year. Thirteen percent of ISAF’s casualties in 2012 have occurred in these “green-on-blue” attacks, more than double last year’s total.
Pakistan
Waziristan operation: Tribesmen threaten influx into Afghanistan