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Afghan Force Will Be Cut as NATO Ends Mission in 2014
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Afghans Demand Intervention After ‘Pakistani Taliban’ Attacks
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Suicide Bombers Strike in Afghanistan
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The Taliban killed 17 Afghans, including 17 policemen, in suicide assaults in Helmand and Herat. ISAF said it does not see evidence that that Taliban have organized a spring offensive. Security forces killed the head of the Taliban in Faryab and captured two facilitators in Helmand and Kandahar.
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Afghan Carpet Exports Decrease 95% in Five Years
Taliban suicide bombers kill 17 in attacks in south, west
The Taliban continue to target Afghan security forces, while ISAF’s spokesman said the Coalition hasn’t seen evidence of “cohesive action” by the Taliban.
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No sign of spring offensive by Taliban, NATO says
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Afghan security forces worry over fratricidal brothers-in-arms
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US Transfers Control of Special Operations to Afghans
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ISAF killed the IMU’s top leader in Afghanistan in Faryab and a Taliban leader in Badakhshan. Security forces killed 16 Taliban fighters. A British soldier wounded in February died from complications.
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Qatar to Establish Embassy in Kabul
Special operations forces kill newly appointed IMU leader for Afghanistan
Osmani Sahib led the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan’s operations for only 12 days before being killed during a combined Afghan and Coalition special operations raid in Faryab province. His predecessor, Makhdum Nusrat, was killed on March 26.
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Saudi Arabia’s Syrian jihad
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Status of Afghan women threatens Hillary Clinton’s legacy
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The US and Afghanistan signed an agreement with respect to night raids; Afghanistan has been given veto authority. Security forces killed and captured dozens of Taliban commanders and fighters during raids. The Taliban killed three civilians in an IED attack in Paktiya.
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Afghans, US sign deal on night raids
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No drone strikes in Pakistan after 2014, none at least launched from Afghanistan
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Communists protest NATO transit hub in Russia
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Pakistan – War in the north sparks refugee exodus
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Afghanistan – Herat security improved last year: police chief
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Taliban Have No Option But Negotiate With Afghan Govt: Patey
‘We do jihad,’ says Lashkar-e-Taiba emir Hafiz Saeed
Saeed’s sermon calling for jihad against the US was delivered the same day Pakistani officials claimed that Saeed was involved with “de-radicalization and rehabilitation of former jihadis” in Pakistan’s Punjab province.
ISAF captures IMU suicide attack facilitator, financier in raids in Afghan north
One raid took place in the remote province of Badakhshan, which has seen an uptick in activity by the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan. The other took place in Faryab, where the IMU’s top leader in Afghanistan was killed more than a week ago.
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Hafiz Saeed calls for jihad against America
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The Taliban killed the head of Kunar’s peace council in a suicide attack, four policemen in separate attacks in Helmand, and an ISAF soldier in the east. The foreign minister said US drone attacks would no longer be launched from Afghanistan after 2014.
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Q&A: Ahmed Rashid on Pakistan’s Many Challenges
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Brother of Ohio soldier: ‘We are a nation at war’
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Three Cups of Tea author must pay $1m to his charity
Suicide bomber kills chief of Kunar’s peace council
The Taliban have carried out three major suicide attacks in the past week in northern and western Afghanistan.
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Gunmen attacked an Afghan Local Police outpost in Farah, killing eight and capturing two more. In Badakhshan, a suicide bombing at a checkpoint killed an ALP commander and one other person; the blast outside a girls’ school also wounded 16 civilians. Intelligence operatives foiled an attempt to assassinate the governor of Parwan.