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US commander voices concern on impending Afghan drawdown
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The decline of counter-insurgency doctrine
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India to strengthen Afghan security forces
Afghanistan
Obama prepares for Afghan exit
Afghanistan
Petraeus vows to keep civilian deaths to minimum
Afghanistan
A poppy harvest in Helmand, undeterred
Afghanistan
Security forces captured an al Qaeda leader in Balkh and killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Ghazni, Khost, Logar, and Balkh. The Taliban killed a German soldier in Baghlan and an ISAF soldier in the south. Thirteen Taliban fighters reconciled with the government in Kunduz.
Al Qaeda leader and bin Laden associate captured in northern Afghanistan
The al Qaeda commander, who was captured in Balkh province, was “a Pakistan-based attack planner” and accompanied Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan in 2001.
Pakistani military denies report of NATO incursion into North Waziristan
The ISPR said “there was no violation by any NATO helicopters in North Waziristan Agency” as reported on May 30.
Al Qaeda
Bin Laden raid gets little credence in conspiracy-minded Pakistan
Hizb-i-Islami
US trolling for Taliban to open talks
Afghanistan
Afghan judge whips man for drinking alcohol
Special operations forces capture Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan commander involved in deadly Takhar attack
The IMU facilitator was involved in the May 28 attack that killed two senior police leaders in the north and wounded the governor of Takhar and ISAF’s top general for Regional Command North.
Afghanistan
Security forces killed and captured several Taliban and Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Khost, Paktika, and Takhar. The Taliban killed two tribal elders in Kandahar, an ISAF soldier in the east, and a civilian in Kabul, and destroyed four cell phone towers in Balkh and Ghazni.
Taliban launch attack on Pakistani police outpost from Afghanistan
More than 200 Taliban fighters attacked a police station in Dir from across the border in Kunar province. Twenty-three security forces personnel have been reported killed.
Afghanistan
Why are there no indigenous political parties in Pakistan’s tribal areas?
Pakistan
Pakistan is seen readying attack on Taliban militants
Afghanistan
Obama wraps up reshaping of national security team
Afghanistan
President Karzai said ISAF will become an “occupying force” if it does not end airstrikes. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Khost, Paktika, and Kunduz. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in the east.
ISAF targets Taliban leader of al Qaeda cell based in Quetta
The Taliban commander is associated with the Mullah Dadullah Front, a radical Taliban subgroup closely linked to al Qaeda.
Afghanistan
Nato risks becoming ‘occupying force’ in Afghanistan: Karzai
NATO will become ‘occupying force’ if airstrikes don’t end: Afghan president
“Afghan history is witness to how the Afghans deal with occupying forces,” Karzai said.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan withdrawal: no significant pull out, says senior British general
NATO
ISAF ‘really needs night raids’ despite Karzai opposition
Afghanistan
Nighttime raids in Afghanistan to continue: Gen. Blotz
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed five people in bombings and an assault on the PRT in Herat, and killed two ISAF soldiers in the east. An Afghan soldier killed an ISAF soldier in the south. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Khost, Paktika, Paktia, Nangarhar, Wardak, Kunduz, and Balkh. ISAF apologized for […]
Afghanistan
Stirring up the hornet’s nest in Pakistan’s northwest
Afghanistan
US medics brave fire to save lives in Afghan war
Taliban claim attacks in western Afghan city of Herat
The Taliban detonated a car bomb in the city while a suicide assault team attacked the Italian-manned Provincial Reconstruction Team base.
Afghanistan
Haqqani insurgent group proves resilient foe in Afghan war