Tag Archives: Afghanistan






Afghanistan

The Taliban killed a British soldier in Helmand. Security forces captured Taliban commanders and fighters in Helmand and Khost.



Afghanistan

The NDS detained three Pakistani Taliban fighters and two Afghans involved in a major plot to attack Kabul; 10,000 kilograms of explosives were also seized. Security forces targeted an IMU leader in Baghlan.





Al Qaeda

Pakistan – Intelligence leads: ‘TTP chief convenes meeting to plan revenge attacks’








Afghanistan

Afghanistan – Taliban shut schools in Ghazni after government bans motorbikes






Afghanistan

Security forces killed 25 Taliban fighters and detained four more in Kabul, Nangarhar, Baghlan, Kunduz, Balkh, Helmand, Zabul, Logar, Ghazni, and Farah. An ISAF helicopter crashed in the southwest; four US soldiers are thought to have died. NATO called on China and Russia to help fund Afghan security forces.





Afghanistan

Reprehensible that Pakistan’s ISI maintains ties with Haqqani network: Senator John McCain



Afghanistan

Twenty-three Taliban fighters were killed during operations in Nangarhar, Logar, and Zabul. Nighty-eight insurgents reconciled with the government in Ghor and Badakhshan.