Afghanistan
Afghan insurgency: A lethal legion
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Afghanistan
Taliban Hit Shows Grim Skill
Afghanistan
Pakistan dismisses BBC claims on supporting Taliban
Afghanistan
Haqqani Network Sends Message With Kabul Attacks
Afghanistan
Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Nimroz, Zabul, Khost, Paktia, and Nangarhar. The Taliban killed an Afghan intelligence officer in Ghazni, an Afghan soldier in Laghman, and an ISAF soldier in the south.
IMU claims Panjshir attack carried out ‘in cooperation’ with the Taliban
One Uzbek and four Afghans were part of the group that attacked the Provincial Reconstruction Team base on Oct. 15.
Afghanistan
Yak’s milk hospitality in the remote Pamir mountains
Afghanistan
NATO should act against terrorists in Afghanistan: Gen Malik
Afghanistan
A suicide bomber killed eight civilian trainers, four US troops, a Canadian soldier, three Afghan civilians, and a policeman in an attack on an armored bus in Kabul. An Afghan soldier killed three Australian soldiers and an interpreter in Kandahar. A female suicide bomber wounded five Afghan intelligence officials in Kunar.
Afghanistan
Pakistani wolf to guard Afghan henhouse
Afghanistan
US troops to begin leaving Kandahar
Suicide bomber kills 17 in Kabul, including 5 ISAF troops
A suicide bomber flipped an up-armored Rhino in the capital; the Taliban claimed credit for the attack. Three Australian soldiers were killed in Kandahar, and a female suicide bomber attacked Afghan intelligence officials in Kunar.
‘Safe havens in Pakistan remain the insurgency’s greatest enabler’: DoD report
The DoD seeks to work with Pakistan while that country continues to support the Haqqani Network; al Qaeda remains connected to the Taliban, but the IMU doesn’t get a mention.
Afghanistan
Security forces killed 30 Taliban fighters in Nangarhar and detained several Taliban commanders and fighters in Ghazni, Khost, Logar, and Nangarhar. The Taliban killed four civilians in a bombing in Nangarhar. Four Taliban fighters and an Afghan solider were killed during yesterday’s fighting at the Kandahar PRT.
Afghanistan
Clinton urges Congress: Don’t ‘undercut’ US progress in Afghanistan and Pakistan
NATO
Afghans face greater test with second handovers
US Predator strike kills 13 Pakistani Taliban fighters in South Waziristan
Taj Gul Mehsud, a deputy of Hakeemullah Mehsud, may have been killed in a previously unreported strike on Oct. 26 in South Waziristan.
Afghanistan
Pakistan allows insurgent fire on US troops: general
Taliban praise dead Pakistani political leader
Maulana Abdul Ghani and his political party, the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl, have openly supported the Taliban for years.
Afghanistan
Clinton wants Mulla Omar in peace talks
Afghanistan
Security forces captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Helmand, Uruzgan, Kandahar, Nimroz, Zabul, Paktia, Logar, and Wardak. The Taliban attacked a PRT in Kandahar.
Afghanistan
ISI may act if Afghanistan gets too close to India: Musharraf
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – Scholars declare poppy cultivation un-Islamic
Afghanistan
Twitter war with the Taliban
Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Pakistan accused of backing Taliban
Afghanistan
Mao’s Rockets and the Eastern Afghan Border War, Part I
Afghanistan
Karzai Invites McChrystal Back to Afghanistan for Visit
Al Qaeda
Pakistan military denies BBC report on Taliban links
US Predators kill 5 Taliban commanders in South Waziristan strike
Hazrat Omar, the brother of “good Taliban” leader Mullah Nazir, was one of those killed. Omar was Nazir’s operational commander for Afghanistan.
Soldiers of the Caliphate threaten to attack Kazakhstan
A battalion of the Brigade of the Soldiers of the Caliphate, which carries out attacks in eastern Afghanistan, wants Kazakhstan to retract the ban on the veil and apologize.