Afghanistan
Karzai Family Moves to Protect Its Privilege
Karzai Family Moves to Protect Its Privilege
Mullah Abdul Salam Zakir, the brother of the former Guantanamo Bay detainee who quickly assumed command of the Afghan Taliban’s military branch, is said to have been killed during a raid in northern Helmand province. ISAF has not confirmed Salam’s death.
NATO supply routes: Pakistan, US to push for a deal this week
The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan facilitator was targeted in the remote northeastern province of Badakhshan.
The Taliban killed three civilians in Uruzgan, a policeman in Nangarhar, and an ISAF soldier in the south. Thirty schoolgirls were poisoned in Takhar. The top ISAF general in the north said the Taliban have been defeated there.
China steps up Afghan role as Western pullout nears
The drones targeted a group of Taliban and “foreigners” who gathered to note the death of one of Mullah Nazir’s commanders, who was killed in yesterday’s drone strike.
The Taliban killed two policemen in Uruzgan and a British soldier in Helmand. Coalition and Afghan forces rescued two foreign and two Afghan aid workers in Badakhshan and killed four Taliban commanders in Badghis. Ninety-seven school girls were poisoned in Takhar.
Kabul spurns NYT story on detainees as flawed
Rahmanullah, “a key commander” for Mullah Nazir, was reported killed in today’s strike. Nazir considers himself an al Qaeda leader.
NATO forces rescue four aid workers in north Afghanistan
EU Freezes Cash for UN’s Afghan Police Fund
US and Afghan troops killed 14 Taliban fighters who assaulted FOB Salerno in Khost. A suicide bomber killed five policemen in Kandahar. The Taliban killed two policemen in Nangarhar.
“Some insurgents were able to get inside the perimeter” of Forward Operating Base Salerno, “but they were neutralized,” a US military spokesman told LWJ.
Afghan Air Force needs modern equipment: Karimi
US Liaisons Restored To Outpost In Pakistan
Hamid Karzai: America could have done better in Afghanistan
A suicide bomber killed five policemen in Nangarhar. Eight policemen and six Taliban fighters were killed in Badakhshan, eight Taliban fighters were killed in Kandahar and six more were killed in Faryab, two Afghan soldiers were killed in Herat, two policemen were killed in Nangarhar, and two ISAF soldiers were killed in the south. The […]
General restricts war-zone photography
Commander Abbos Mansoor was named the military emir of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan just days before he was killed in a drone strike, while Abdul Aziz served as a combat cameraman and producer for Jundallah Studio.
Australia takes lead in Afghanistan’s Uruzgan
6 Million Afghan Children Facing Major Threats
Afghanistan – Rebel sympathisers exist in Zabul civil depts: police
Pakistani Taliban vows to kill bin Laden doctor
As Bagram Detainees Are Transferred, US Keeps Its Grip
US military trainers trickle back into Pakistan
System Tests Afghan Graduates’ Resistance To Radicalism
The Taliban killed two ISAF soldiers in separate attacks in the south. The Taliban also denied rumors that Jalaluddin Haqqani died of kidney failure.
Taliban Establishing North Afghanistan Bases to Fight Beyond 2014: Dostum
A Maze of Complication in the Afghan Poppy Fields