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Afghanistan to Receive 20 Warplanes When US Troops Leave
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Rogers: Taliban ‘stronger’ than it was two years ago
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CERN Scientist Sentenced to 5 Years in Terrorism Case
Bin Laden docs: Al Qaeda asserts authority in letter to Pakistani Taliban leader
The letter shows a confident al Qaeda leadership working to maintain order and consistent behavior within the ranks of its affiliates in Pakistan.
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Panetta warns US troops to avoid scandals
US drones kill 10 in North Waziristan
The strike took place in the Shawal Valley in North Waziristan. Al Qaeda and the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan have sheltered in the area in the past.
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US doesn’t expect Pakistan to reopen Afghan war supply routes soon
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Security forces killed 13 Taliban fighters in Helmand and Laghman, and detained several commanders and fighters in Khost, Ghazni, and Kunduz. The Taliban killed two British soldiers in Helmand.
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Afghanistan – NATO Troop Withdrawal Impacting Foreign Direct Investment: AISA
Taliban suicide bomber kills 20 in Pakistan’s northwest
The movement of the Taliban claimed credit for the suicide bombing in Pakistan’s contested tribal agency of Bajaur.
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Two Taliban fighters and a soldier were killed in fighting in Kunar. Six Taliban fighters died in a premature detonation in a mosque in Paktia. Security forces foiled a suicide attack in Kabul and captured an IMU leader in Kunduz.
Bin Laden advised relocation of some leaders to Afghanistan due to drone strikes in Waziristan
In late 2010, the al Qaeda emir said some of the group’s leaders and operatives should relocate from North and South Waziristan to the eastern Afghan provinces of Kunar, Nuristan, Ghazni, and Zabul.
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The US Army in a Time of Transition
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Odierno Reshaping Training and Deployment
ISAF captures IMU leader in Kunduz
Special operations forces have targeted two different IMU leaders in the Imam Sahib district over the past three days.
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Army procurement switch puts boot into Afghan dream
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Pentagon signals ‘acute’ problems in Afghanistan, even as US cuts forces
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NATO supply routes closure causing massive equipment backlog: US DoD
Afghanistan
A Taliban suicide assault team attacked a civilian compound in Kabul, killing five people just hours after President Obama left the country. The Taliban announced the beginning of its 2012 spring offensive, and killed two ISAF soldiers in the east. Security forces killed 25 Taliban fighters.
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Crocker assuages regional concerns
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Crocker: Kabul “pretty secure city”
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Obama’s Afghanistan speech: a small view of the war sparked by 9/11
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Electioneering President sees end of war in Afghanistan
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US-Afghan pact leaves door open for drone strikes
Taliban announce start of Al Farooq spring offensive
The “Al Farooq Jihadi spring operation” offensive will begin on May 3, and will target foreign and Afghan security forces, Afghan political and government officials, the Afghan High Peace Council, and anti-Taliban militias.
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Afghanistan – Intelligence Chief Calls on Tribal Elders to Discourage Insurgency
Taliban launch suicide assault in Kabul following Obama’s departure
Five Taliban fighters and five civilians were killed in the assault on a civilian compound in the Afghan capital. The attack took place just hours after President Obama reiterated that the US seeks a negotiated settlement with the Taliban to end the war.
Afghan intel confirms death of senior Afghan Taliban leader, possibly 25 others
The NDS chief confirmed that the Taliban executed Maluvi Mohammad Ismail, the former Deputy Military Council Chairman for the Quetta Shura. Twenty-five other senior Afghan Taliban leaders may also have been executed in Quetta, Pakistan for defying orders not to engage in talks with the Afghan government.
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President Obama is in Afghanistan to sign a security pact with President Karzai. Security forces killed 19 Taliban fighters. Insurgents killed three policemen and two security guards in an attack on a NATO convoy in Farah.
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Pentagon report paints mixed picture of war in Afghanistan