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US head of Afghan aid oversight resigns
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Afghanistan
Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Logar, Sar-i-Pul, and Jawzjan. The Taliban killed two ISAF soldiers in the south. Three civilians and a policeman were killed in Zabul after police tried to halt a funeral to recover the bodies of suspected Taliban leaders.
Afghanistan
Taliban Hint at Interest in Negotiated Settlement
Afghanistan
Six months after pullback, US goes back in to contest Pech Valley
Afghanistan
US Doubles Down on Afghan Air War; 650 Strikes in July
Afghanistan
The Taliban assassinated the NDS chief for Kunduz district. The Taliban and an Afghan policeman killed two ISAF soldiers in the east. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Khost, Paktia, and Baghlan. Ambassador Crocker said there is no room for the Taliban at the Bonn conference.
ISAF detains senior Haqqani Network leader linked to the IMU
The Haqqani Network commander was the deputy operational leader in Paktia, and led more than 250 fighters, including Uzbeks.
Afghanistan
‘Pakistan Would Use its Role in Afghan Talks for its Own Benefit’
Howitzer recycling program comes to Afghanistan
NATO donates the first of 60 pieces of heavy artillery to the Afghan government under a “howitzer donation program.” The program seeks to bolster “the ANA’s ability to protect their nation and provide a safer and more secure future.”
Afghanistan
Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Zabul, Paktia, and Kunduz. The Taliban killed two ISAF soldiers in the east and banned the sale of frozen chickens in Ghazni.
Analysis: US military strategy in Afghanistan shifts as forces draw down
The reduction of Coalition troops in Afghanistan drives major changes to ISAF’s military strategy.
Afghanistan
Ex-Afghan spy chief details hunt for bin Laden, 10-year war
Afghan forces uncover clandestine ‘military uniform-making factory’
Police raided a clandestine workshop used by criminals to produce counterfeit Afghan security uniforms. The two suspects arrested might be linked to insurgent organizations.
United Kingdom
U.K. Cuts to Military Will Curb Influence
Afghanistan
Afghanistan Seeks to Disband Some Armed Militias
Suicide assault team strikes guesthouse in Kunduz
Four Afghan security guards were killed in an attack that was likely aided by the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan.
Al Qaeda fighter’s detention upheld by DC Circuit Court
The court’s ruling and a leaked threat assessment of Moath Hamza Ahmed al Alwi, who is held at Guantanamo, revealed that he was a member of al Qaeda’s elite 55th Arab Brigade. Al Alwi also allegedly received specialized training and was a bodyguard for Osama bin Laden.
US Predators strike in North Waziristan
Four “militants” were killed. The strike took place outside of Miramshah, a stronghold of the al Qaeda-linked Haqqani Network.
Afghanistan
A suicide assault team killed four people in an attack on a guesthouse in Kunduz. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in the east. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Paktia, Paktika, Nangarhar, Wardak, and Baghlan.
Afghanistan
Crisis Group Concerned Over Afghanistan Insecurity Beyond 2014
Senior al Qaeda leader attacks Pakistani state in bin Laden eulogy
The tape casts further doubt that Ilyas Kashmiri, a top al Qaeda leader, and Ustadh Ahmad Farooq, al Qaeda’s media emir and top ideologue in Pakistan, were killed in a Predator airstrike in early June.
Pakistan’s madrassas continue to serve as engines of jihad
Afghan children are indoctrinated in religious schools in Pakistan’s northwest.
Afghanistan
ISI May Have Hidden Mullah Omar: NDS
Afghanistan
Names of Suspects in Bank Fraud Sent to Afghan Courts
Afghanistan
Mullen focuses on Afghanistan-Pakistan border havens
Afghanistan
Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Zabul, Paktia, and Paktika. Afghan officials claimed ISAF killed four policemen in an airstrike in Kunar.
Afghanistan
Afghans Recall Sons From Extremist Madrassas
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed 10 policemen and a civilian in a suicide attack in Helmand and an ISAF soldier in the east. Police killed a Taliban leader in Jawzjan. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Khost, Paktia, Laghman, Faryab, and Takhar.
Afghanistan
US military chief cites progress against Haqqanis
Afghanistan
Mullen: Let’s See Whether Taliban Stop Attacks for Ramadan