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Afghan Police Undermine Fight Against Taliban
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Hiding in Iran, Raising Suspicions in Europe
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – Peace Talks Will Not Have Positive Result: Gen. Dostum
Afghanistan
Talking to the Enemy: How German Diplomats Opened Channel to Taliban
Afghanistan
Pakistan – ‘No proposal to link civil nuke technology with NATO supply’
US drones strike in North Waziristan, end 2-month pause
The attack killed four “militants” in the Haqqani Network bastion of Miramshah. Three “Arabs” are said to be among those killed. The strike ends a 55-day-long pause in the drone campaign.
35 Pakistanis killed in blast in Khyber market
Jamrud is one of three areas in Khyber where the Pakistani military has failed to dislodge the Taliban and the Lashkar-e-Islam.
Suicide assault team kills 7 Afghans in the east
The Taliban claimed credit for the attack. Mullah Sangeen Zadran, who is closely linked to al Qaeda, is likely responsible for the suicide assault.
Iran
Pentagon Tries to Counter Low-Cost but Potent Weapons
Omani jihadist killed during fighting along Afghan-Pakistani border
Abu Obedia al Omani fought “in several invasions against the American forces and their apostate agents” in the Khorasan, or Afghanistan.
Afghanistan
Afghan peace council to send mission to Qatar
Afghanistan
President Karzai’s spokesman said that the Taliban must agree to a ceasefire before peace talks can proceed. Karzai’s spokesman also said the government would not cede provinces to the Taliban. ISAF reportedly captured a senior Taliban commander for northern Helmand province.
Afghanistan
Afghan endgame: US ready for Haqqani talks
Pakistan
Pakistan – CIA likely to resume drone strikes
Afghanistan
No info about Taliban leaders’ release: US embassy
Afghanistan
Afghanistan Not to Hand Over Any Provinces to Taliban
Taliban appoint al Qaeda-linked commander to lead Peshawar shura
Sheikh Mohammed Aminullah, who in 2009 was placed on the United Nations Sanctions Committee’s list of “individuals and entities associated with al Qaeda,” is among three of four top Taliban leaders closely tied to al Qaeda.
Afghanistan
Karzai’s Ultimatum on Afghan Prison Complicates US Exit Strategy
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed four policemen in Herat and a child in a suicide attack in Khost. An Afghan soldier killed an ISAF soldier in the south. The chief of border police in the east resigned after receiving death threats.
Afghanistan
Pakistan – Security agencies want TTP to abandon Orakzai, Khyber
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – Border police chief stands down
Afghanistan
Terror on Trial | William Shawcross on Legal Proceedings Against Extremists
Afghanistan
Lull in US Drone Strikes Aids Pakistan Militants
Afghanistan
The Taliban executed a teenaged male accused of spying for the government in Paktika. An Afghan policeman in Ghor killed two colleagues and a civilian. The US deployed an unmanned cargo helicopter in Helmand.
Afghanistan
Thaw in Pak-Afghan ties: Bilateral Taliban negotiation strategy to be revived
Afghanistan
Taliban’s office in Qatar termed a new game
Afghanistan
Cargo drone makes debut in Afghanistan
Haqqanis part of Taliban: Mullah Sangeen
Sangeen is on the US’s list of designated terrorists for his close ties to al Qaeda.
Afghanistan
Despite Possible ‘Reset,’ Pakistan Keeps Afghan Border Closed To NATO
Afghanistan
Ghazni: The Center of Islamic Civilization