Saudi al Qaeda commander confirmed killed in Kunar airstrike
ISAF confirmed that Hanzallah was killed in the July 1 airstrike in Watahpur. He is the third senior al Qaeda and Lashkar-e-Taiba leader killed in the district in the past five weeks.
Tag Archives: Afghanistan
Pakistan
Even as talks progress, US seeks funds for blockade work-around
Taliban
Afghans to respond Pakistan’s attacks: NDS
Guantanamo
High Peace Council Talks with Pakistan on Prisoner Transfer
United States
US says no to larger office for Afghan defense minister
Suicide bomber kills 7 Afghans at Kandahar university
The attack was likely carried out by the Mullah Dadullah Front.
Afghanistan
As US leaves, a struggle to train Afghan army
Afghanistan
A suicide bomber killed seven Afghans at a university in Kandahar. ISAF killed “numerous” insurgents in an airstrike that targeted an al Qaeda leader in Kunar. Forty-seven insurgents and five Afghan soldiers were killed in fighting throughout Afghanistan.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, Pakistan clash over border violence
ISAF targets al Qaeda leader in Kunar
ISAF has conducted three airstrikes against al Qaeda leaders in the Watahpur district in Kunar over the past five weeks. Two of the strikes killed al Qaeda’s second in command in Afghanistan, and Lashkar-e-Taiba’s senior leader in Kunar.
Afghanistan
Border tensions: Kabul threatens to move UN
New suspected school poison attacks rattle northern Afghanistan
Afghan officials reported two additional poison attacks in northern Afghanistan and one in central Bamyan province. Since the middle of April, at least 13 attacks have been made on 12 schools, and approximately 900 pupils have been sickened.
Afghan policeman kills 3 British soldiers
So far this year, green-on-blue attacks have resulted in the deaths of 27 ISAF soldiers.
Afghanistan
Security forces said 32 Taliban fighters were killed during fighting in Farah. The Taliban killed five civilians in an IED attack in Ghazni. An Afghan policeman killed three ISAF soldiers in the south.
US drones strike again in the Shawal Valley
Eight “militants,” including members of the Turkistan Islamic Party, were killed in the latest airstrike in a Taliban and al Qaeda hub in Pakistan’s tribal agency of North Waziristan.
Afghanistan
ISAF killed the Lashkar-e-Taiba’s leader in Kunar and several insurgents in an airstrike in the province. The Taliban killed four civilians and two policemen in bombings in Helmand and Paktia, and poisoned 53 schoolgirls in Sar-i-Pul.
Afghanistan
Afghan Phaseout of Security Firms Draws Concerns
US Treasury targets money exchanges, owners, for funding Taliban
The Haji Khairullah Haji Sattar Money Exchange and the Roshan Money Exchange (RMX), and the Pakistan-based co-owners of HKHS have been funneling cash to the Taliban.
Afghanistan
Russia Allows NATO to Use Airbase
Afghanistan
US targets informal banks for alleged aid to Taliban
Afghanistan
Pakistan bombing hints at free rein for radicals in Quetta
Afghanistan
An estimated 20 Taliban fighters, 15 policemen, and four civilians were killed after the Taliban attacked two villages in Nuristan province. Three policemen and three Taliban fighters were killed in Kunar. The Taliban killed a district police chief, his wife, and daughter in Jawzjan.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, Norway Agree on Partnership
Taliban raid Nuristan district
Twenty Taliban fighters, six policemen, and four civilians are reported to have been killed in Kamdesh district. The Taliban claimed that 15 policemen were killed.
Afghanistan
Troop immunity likely to be focus of US, Afghanistan deal
Afghanistan
Presence of Taliban sanctuaries in Afghanistan beyond explanation: Rehman
Afghanistan
Security forces killed 12 Taliban fighters in Uruzgan; the Taliban denied the report. The Taliban killed two ISAF soldiers in the east.
Afghanistan
Afghan MOD Dismisses Pakistan’s Insistence on Afghan-grown Insurgency
Afghanistan
Pakistan’s Fazlullah re-emerges as a security threat
Afghanistan
TTP admits to having safe haven in Afghanistan