Afghanistan
Anger After a Raid Kills a Wealthy Afghan With a Murky Past
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Jaish-e-Mohammed
More power to Pakistan’s jihadis
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed two security guards in a suicide attack in Kandahar City and a local police chief in Marjah, and freed two Turkish engineers after eight months of captivity. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban fighters in Kandahar, Khost, Wardak, Kapisa, Baghlan, and Balkh.
Afghanistan
British Council’s work in Kabul continues after attack
Afghanistan
Taliban’s Presence in Bonn Depends on Peace Talks Progress
Afghanistan
At the edge of Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Pakistan urges Afghanistan to help free youths
How many al Qaeda fighters are in Afghanistan again?
ISAF said 40 al Qaeda operatives have been killed or captured this year, casting further doubt on the estimate of 50-100 terrorists in country.
Afghanistan
More Afghan soldiers deserting the army, NATO statistics show
Afghanistan
Soldier, Thinker, Hunter, Spy: Drawing a Bead on Al Qaeda
Afghanistan
Coalition forces killed a former Gitmo detainee and “al Qaeda associate” in Nangarhar. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban fighters in Helmand, Khost, Wardak, and Balkh. The Taliban killed two ISAF soldiers in the south.
Ex-Gitmo detainee killed in Afghanistan
A former Guantanamo detainee named Sabar Lal Melma was shot by security forces in Afghanistan. According to ISAF, Melma was a “key affiliate of the al Qaeda network.” Melma was once a senior Afghan official in charge of border security in Kunar province. Leaked files allege that he allowed al Qaeda members to escape Afghanistan.
Al Qaeda
Former jihadist at the heart of Libya’s revolution
Pakistani Taliban kidnap 25 boys in northwest
A Taliban spokesman confirmed that the boys were kidnapped two days ago by fighters from the Bajaur tribal agency.
United States
CIA shifts focus to killing targets
Afghanistan
NATO races to secure violent, porous Afghanistan-Pakistan border
Al Qaeda
In Libya, Former Enemy Is Recast in Role of Ally
Afghanistan
Mother of 9/11 ’20th hijacker’: I was blind to son’s extremism
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed four policemen in a rocket attack in Bamyan. Pakistani Taliban leader Faqir Mohammad is said to have kidnapped more than 30 boys who crossed from Bajaur into Kunar.
Afghanistan
Afghans anxious about exit of foreign troops, worry that country will plunge into civil war
AQAP releases biography for ex-Gitmo detainee turned ‘martyr’
AQAP has released a biography commemorating former Guantanamo detainee Hani Abdo Shaalan. In the video, AQAP claims that Shaalan was killed in an American airstrike in December 2009. Previously, the Yemeni government claimed that Shaalan was killed during a shootout with government forces.
Afghanistan
Petraeus Retires, With a Warning
Afghanistan
Kunar Taliban support education process
Afghanistan
Eight Taliban fighters were killed in a premature detonation in Kandahar. Security forces captured several Taliban fighters in Helmand and Baghlan. Forty Afghan Local Police quit in Kapisa.
Afghanistan
Afghan Aid Worker Not Blind To Taliban Threats
Germany
German Officials Alarmed by Ex-Rapper’s New Message: Jihad
Afghanistan
Pakistani fertilizer fuels Afghan bombs
Al Qaeda in Iraq
US counterterror chief: al-Qaida on ‘steady slide’
Afghanistan
Karzai May Have Met Taliban Envoy During Saudi Visit
Afghanistan
Security forces killed and captured several Taliban fighters in Helmand, Zabul, Khost, and Wardak. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in an IED attack in the east.