Afghanistan
The Taliban killed the head of the Hajj department in Logar. Police captured the Taliban’s shadow governor for Sayyidabad district. ISAF has closed 202 bases.
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Afghanistan
Iran drawing India closer with talks on train, road access to Afghanistan
Afghanistan
NATO says combat operations unaffected by pullout logistics
Afghanistan
NATO closes 202 Afghan bases
Badruddin Haqqani ‘is alive and healthy,’ Taliban spokesman says
Zabihullah Mujahid denied reports that claimed Badruddin was killed in a drone strike, and said he “is in the country and he is occupied with his operational responsibilities.” Afghan intelligence claims he is dead.
Afghanistan
The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan’s emir for Bajaur, Mullah Dadullah, and his deputy, Shakir, were among 12 fighters killed in an airstrike in Kunar. Police killed 17 Taliban fighters during raids in Kabul, Logar, Ghazni, and Paktika. The Taliban killed seven Afghan soldiers in Kandahar.
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Afghan Villagers Hit Back Against Taliban
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A Mercy Killing In Afghanistan?
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Lawmakers Urge Karzai to Address Apparent Rise in Insecurity
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Quetta Taliban is Never Targeted: Afghan Expert
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Ragtag Revolts in Parts of Afghanistan Repel Taliban
Badruddin Haqqani rumored killed in US drone strike
The senior Haqqani Network commander is thought to have been killed in one of five drone strikes this week. His death has not been confirmed.
Afghanistan
Badruddin Haqqani Believed Dead in Pakistan Drone Strike
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Taliban force villagers in Kandahar to destroy roads
ISAF targets al Qaeda-linked Taliban commander in Ghazni
The raid is the second against an al Qaeda-linked Taliban leader in Ghazni this week, and the fourth in the province in the past month.
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed four security personnel in Paktia, three policemen in Kapisa, and three security guards in Farah. Security forces detained a Pakistani suicide bomber and targeted an al Qaeda-linked Taliban leader in Ghazni.
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US general: We hacked the enemy in Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Security forces killed 15 Taliban fighters. Villagers in Ghazni killed two Taliban fighters. More than 30 missiles launched from Pakistan struck in Kunar province.
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General Notes Taliban Coercion in Some Attacks on Troops in Afghanistan
Afghanistan
As Insider Attack Fears Escalate, APPF Says Afghans Ready to Secure Nato Bases
Green-on-blue attacks in Afghanistan: the data
As green-on-blue attacks spike, US and Afghan military officials have taken increasingly strong measures to combat attacks on their forces by Taliban infiltrators and disgruntled Afghan troops. In 2012, green-on-blue attacks accounted for 15% of ISAF deaths.
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US, Pakistan must “divorce” as allies, ex-Pakistan envoy says
Afghanistan
Mullah Omar’s Eid message was read in many mosques in Nangarhar. The Taliban killed a police commander and three civilians in Kunduz and bombed the Ring Road in three locations in Kandahar. The government blamed foreign countries for instigating green-on-blue attacks.
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Afghanistan – Taliban destroy Panjwai ring road in Kandahar
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Afghanistan – Kandahar District to Receive Another 400 Police Amid Security Concerns
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Afghanistan – Mullah Omar’s Eid Message Read in Nangarhar Mosques: MP
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‘No one really cares’: US deaths in Afghanistan hit 2,000 in ‘forgotten’ war
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Why Afghans are pushing for democratic elections soon
Afghanistan
The US killed an al Qaeda-linked Taliban commander in Kunar and captured another in Ghazni. Fifteen inmates, include several Taliban fighters, escaped from a prison near Kabul. A Taliban rocket team hit General Dempsey’s C-17 on the tarmac at Bagram Air Base.
Al Qaeda releases biography of slain senior leader
Al Qaeda has released a biography of Atiyah Abd al Rahman, a senior al Qaeda operative who served as Osama bin Laden’s chief-of-staff. Rahman “engineered” the December 2009 terrorist attack on Combat Outpost Chapman that killed seven CIA officials and a Jordanian intelligence officer.