NATO troops killed an Afghan soldier during a failed green-on-blue attack. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Ghazni, and Logar. A USAID worker was killed in yesterday’s suicide attack in Kunar.
Afghanistan – Pakistani Insurgents Trying to Infiltrate Northern Borders
Special report: Hundreds of rebel fighters leave Aleppo after two nights of relentless shelling by regime forces
Ustad Ahmad Farooq, al Qaeda’s spokesman for Pakistan, said that jihadists must “pay special attention to targeting American and NATO supply lines” in order to help their “Afghan brothers.”
Pakistan – 20 NATO containers cross Chaman border
The Taliban killed three ISAF soldiers and a civilian in a suicide attack in Kunar, and five civilians in an IED attack in Farah. Ten Taliban fighters and a French soldier were killed in a clash in Kapisa. The UN said that targeted killings of government officials have risen by 53 percent.
5,000 Afghan ‘militants’ have surrendered – but are they real?
Afghanistan – Taliban forcing residents into staging protests
Afghanistan – Upheaval at Defense, Interior Ministries May Give Boost to Insurgents
A monthly cartoon that tackles the issues of the war. This month’s topic: NATO’s supply lines from Pakistan to Afghanistan.
The pair of suicide bombers hit Western soldiers as they were going to a meeting of the provincial council.
‘Sticky bombs,’ like those used in Iraq, now appearing in Afghanistan
Targeted killings in Afghanistan up 53%
Afghan reconciliation: Pakistan may release ‘former chief of Quetta Shura’
Exclusive: US sweetens Taliban prisoner proposal in bid to revive peace talks
Is terror not far away from Swat Valley in Pakistan? Taliban consolidating to recapture Swat
The Taliban killed eight civilians in an IED attack in Kabul, three civilians in a suicide attack in Logar, and two ISAF soldiers in attacks in the south and east. Two Afghan troops gunned down an ISAF soldier in the east. Defense Minister Wardak has resigned.
Afghan security forces have now killed 28 ISAF soldiers this year, and 90 total since May 2007.
Mansur al Harbi runs an al Qaeda training camp in Afghanistan, and helps foreign fighters enter the country. He has close ties to top al Qaeda leaders, including Saif al Adel.
Afghanistan – Pak Army officers accused of aiding Nuristan rebels
Afghan Commerce Minister Wary of Antagonizing Pakistan
The 7oz helicopter that could help beat the Taliban
The Taliban killed six Afghan soldiers in Musa Qala in Helmand; 11 policemen defected to the Taliban in Musa Qala. The Taliban killed a district police chief in Ghor and an ISAF soldier in the south. Police killed six Taliban fighters in Logar, Ghazni, and Herat.
World won’t abandon Afghanistan: ISAF
A Mafia in FATA: Haqqanis and Drones
ISAF killed al Qaeda’s emir and deputy emir for Kunar, and a facilitator in an airstrike on Aug. 3. Three Taliban commanders were killed during infighting in Balkh. President Karzai accepted parliament’s dismissal of the defense and interior ministers over cross-border attacks from pakistan.
Afghanistan: Eyeing the Exits
Afghanistan – Seminary torched in Taliban-controlled town
Taliban Launch Co-ordinated Attacks in Eastern Afghanistan
Pakistan accuses Afghanistan of backing Taliban enemy