Afghanistan
NATO wants relations with Pakistan back on track
NATO wants relations with Pakistan back on track
Taliban Unaware of Qatar Office, Spokesman says
Afghan Forces Unable to Conduct Night Raids on Own, MoD Says
In Afghanistan, a Troubling Resurgence of the Poppy Crop
Threat to cut electricity to Afghanistan’s central jail
Afghan Insurgents Recruit Child Suicide Bombers
Afghan travellers use Taliban disguise to stay safe
More than 380 insurgents, including 19 commanders, reconciled with the government in Badghis province. Security forces detained two Taliban facilitators and several fighters in Helmand and Paktia provinces.
Raining drones?
Seven Taliban Leaders Take Families to Qatar
Qatar to Support Taliban Families in Doha
US troop deaths in Afghanistan war fell in 2011
Civilian contractors playing key roles in US drone operations
Defender of Orphans Contends With Afghan Corruption
Afghan forces take control in former Taliban hotspots
AP Exclusive: US sets up new grassroots counter-extremism unit in Pakistan
National Front Accuses Afghan Govt of Supporting Taliban
President Karzai welcomed US Vice President Biden’s statement that the Taliban are not the enemy. The Taliban killed a British soldier in Helmand. Security forces captured two Taliban commanders and several fighters in Kandahar and Paktia.
The Taliban killed four civilians in Uruzgan and two ISAF soldiers in the south. Security forces killed three Taliban leaders and detained 11 fighters.
Afghanistan cracks down on private security firms
Abu al Bara’a Abdul Aziz bin Attash was killed in a clash with Ethiopian forces. Bin Attash was a member of a particularly notorious al Qaeda family that has served the Taliban, al Qaeda, Shabaab, and other allied terrorist organizations.
US changes anti-terrorist strategy
US mulls transfer of Taliban prisoner in perilous peace bid
US forces completely evacuated their bases in northern Panjshir province. An Afghan soldier shot and killed two French troops in Kapisa. Ten Afghan Local Police were killed in a roadside bombing in the Nad-e-Ali district of Helmand. US forces seized 12,000 pounds of homemade explosives in Kandahar.
Pakistan – No more bumpy ride for motorists on Torkham road
Afghanistan – US PRT withdraws from Panjsher
US Pulls Advisers from Afghan Government Media Center
Rabbani murder probe: Kabul may withdraw from joint commission
Airstrikes Report: Pakistan, US far from same page
A district council chief and his son were shot dead in Helmand’s Musa Qala district. Coalition forces killed Mullah Abdul Rahim, a top Taliban commander in Helmand’s Nowzad district. Afghanistan signed its first major oil extraction contract with China.