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Russia Threatens To Cut Off NATO Afghanistan Transit
Transfer of security responsibility will test Afghan National Security Forces
President Karzai announced the second phase of the transfer of security responsibility from ISAF to the Afghan National Security Forces. This will be a more difficult test for the ANSF than the first phase.
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Security forces killed and captured several al Qaeda and Taliban operatives in Kandahar, Ghazni, Khost, Paktika, Nangarhar, and Wardak. The Taliban killed an Afghan soldier in Baghlan. President Karzai urged Pakistan to attend the Bonn conference.
ISAF captures al Qaeda ‘facilitator’ in Afghan east
ISAF appears to have been hunting the al Qaeda operative for seven months. The operative “served as a courier between Afghanistan and Pakistan and delivered supplies to insurgents.”
Death squads and underresourced COIN in Khost
Insurgent intimidation remains strong in eastern Afghanistan.
US, Pakistan differ on events leading to Mohmand strike
US officials claimed the Taliban may have provoked the incident, but Pakistan has shown no interest in getting to the bottom of what happened.
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Afghanistan – IDLG chief opposes forced poppy eradication
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40,000 Troops to Leave Afghanistan by End of 2012
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Pakistan boycotts Afghanistan conference
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US suspects NATO forces lured into deadly raid
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Haqqani Militants Use Death Squads in Afghanistan
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US official: Pakistan was called before NATO fired
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Pakistan border fire provoked NATO raid: Reports
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NATO Ceding More of Afghanistan to Government Control
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Fire from Pakistan Prompted Nato Attack, Afghan Officials Say
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Pakistan permanently closes borders to NATO after air strike
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Pakistan’s prime minister issues a warning to US
Pakistan says ISAF attack in Mohmand may have been ‘deliberate’
Major General Athar Abbas also called the attack “unprovoked.”
Taliban, artillery, and lies in Mohmand Agency
Pakistan’s unprecedented response to the attack in Mohmand is curious, especially given the countless reports over the past six months of Pakistani military forts shelling Afghan territory. US and Afghan officials have claimed the airstrike on Nov. 26 was in self-defense.
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Turkish FM expresses solidarity with Pakistan
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NATO braces for reprisals after deadly air strike on Pakistan border post
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Afghanistan Worries After Attacks in Pakistan
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Afghan and NATO officials said Pakistan fired first, prompting the deadly airstrike in Mohmand. The second wave of transition from NATO to Afghan forces will include six provinces, seven cities, and dozens of districts. Germany called for the Taliban to be included in Afghanistan peace talks.
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Afghan soldiers called in deadly NATO airstrike
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Afghanistan – Taliban paid £100 a month to stop fighting
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10 Pakistani militants killed in Kunar offensive
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Afghan Parliament Approves Central Bank Governor, Spy Chief
Pakistan orders closure of key US airbase after ISAF troops conduct cross-border attack
The Pakistani government said the Shamsi Airbase in Baluchistan should be vacated within 15 days, and ordered the closure of NATO’s supply lines to Afghanistan after US helicopters killed 28 Pakistani troops in the Mohmand tribal agency.
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At least 13 insurgents were killed and 17 suspects detained by Afghan police in the last 24 hours. US Marines turned over responsibility of a base in Helmand to the Afghan National Army. Separately, US and Afghan forces captured a wanted Taliban leader in Garmsir district.