Afghanistan
President Karzai said ISAF aircraft killed several children in Kapisa. The Taliban killed two policemen in an IED attack in Helmand. Security forces captured two Taliban commanders in Helmand and Nangarhar.
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Afghanistan
Afghan Forces Will be Good Enough to Hold Security: US General
Afghanistan
US still lacks Guantanamo transfer safeguards: lawmakers
Afghanistan
Security forces captured four Taliban leaders and facilitators in Helmand and Khost, and three insurgents, including a Pakistani, in Kandahar. The government said it was willing to accept the transfer of Taliban detainees held at Guantanamo to Qatar.
Afghanistan
In Afghanistan, a new approach to teaching history: Leave out the wars
Al Qaeda
CIA digs in as Americans withdraw from Iraq, Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan Willing to Agree to Transfer of Taliban Prisoners to Qatar
Al Qaeda ‘still standing in Khorasan’ despite US drone strikes: jihadist
Al Qaeda operative Abu Zubaydah al Lubnani said that despite US airstrikes in Pakistan, “time is in our favor.”
Afghanistan
NATO, Afghan and Pakistan officials to hold border talks
Afghanistan
Afghanistan Wants to Become Main Transit Route in Central Asia
Al Qaeda
Osama, Zawahri and I had same teacher: Hafiz Saeed
Pakistan
Talks with the Taliban: US keeps Pakistan in the loop
Afghanistan
Pakistan – Resume NATO supply for better deal, says Defence Minister Ahmad Mukhtar
Al Qaeda
Mind Games in Afghanistan
Al Qaeda releases photos of slain Khorasan commanders
A jihadist media outlet has released previously unseen photographs of slain top al Qaeda leaders Abu Laith al Libi, Abdullah Said al Libi, and Abu Abdullah al Shami.
Afghan intelligence captures 3 members of northern assassination cell
The Taliban cell is led by a commander known as Qari Abdul Rahim, who is based in the Pakistani city of Peshawar. The group is linked to the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan.
Afghanistan
Pakistan Tries to Take Part in Afghan Negotiations: Afghan Senators
Afghanistan
US Sending General to Repair Ties With Pakistan
Afghanistan
ADF Interrogators deploy to Afghanistan
Abu Musab al Suri released from Syrian custody: report
A statement at a prominent jihadist forum claimed that al Qaeda strategist, military trainer, and ideologue Abu Musab al Suri has been freed from Syrian custody. The report has not been confirmed.
Al Qaeda
Taliban Considers Victory Inevitable Once ISAF Leaves: Leaked Report
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed a child in an IED attack in Uruzgan. An ISAF helicopter crashed in eastern Afghanistan; no casualties have been reported.
Afghanistan
Truth, lies and Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Army Colonel Challenges Pentagon’s Afghanistan Reports
Al Qaeda
US Drone Strikes Are Said to Target Rescuers
Afghanistan
US to elevate Special Operations forces’ role in Afghanistan
Europe
US Sees Europe as Not Pulling Its Weight Militarily
The Taliban on al Qaeda, 1996-97
In 1996, the Taliban denied that bin Laden was in areas under their control and said he’d never be given safe haven; in 1997, they admitted the “good mujahid” was a guest.
Afghanistan
Military comeback a distant dream for Afghan Taliban
Afghanistan
NATO – Security Transition Ends Next Year, Gass Says