Tag Archives: Afghanistan








Afghanistan

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.









Pakistan

AP Exclusive: US sets up new grassroots counter-extremism unit in Pakistan



Afghanistan

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.


Afghanistan

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

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.







Afghanistan

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.