Afghanistan
The Taliban killed 12 Afghans in an IED attack Helmand and four more in a suicide attack in Laghman. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban fighters in Helmand, Khost, Logar, Nangarhar, and Sar-i-Pul.
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Afghanistan
Special forces commando took on Taliban single-handedly
‘Germany-based Moroccan al Qaeda foreign fighter facilitator’ captured in southeastern Afghanistan
The al Qaeda operative is providing intelligence on the Qaeda network that funnels terrorists into Afghanistan. Before he reached Afghanistan, he traveled through Iran, where a recruiter attempted to convince him to become a suicide bomber.
Afghanistan
A slice of Afghanistan well secured by Afghans
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed four ISAF soldiers in an IED attack in the east and another in an attack in the south. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban fighters in Helmand, Khost, Wardak, Paktia, and Kunduz.
ISAF spokesman bungles Haqqani Network’s relationship with the Taliban
Brigadier General Josef Blotz claims the Haqqani Network is not part of the Taliban.
Iraq
The hot-money cowboys of Baghdad
US Predators strike again in Mir Ali
Seven “foreigners” were reported killed in the terrorist haven of North Waziristan.
Afghanistan
Germany helps mediate US talks with Taliban: report
Afghanistan
Six Afghans and four Taliban fighters were killed after the Taliban assaulted a polcie headquarters in Khost. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in the east. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban fighters in Helmand, Zabul, Ghazni, Khost, Paktika, Logar, Nangarhar, and Baghlan.
Afghanistan
Insurgent infiltration into Afghan police
Afghanistan
Why the Taliban won’t negotiate
Afghanistan
German soldiers fired deliberately at protesters
Al Qaeda
US ‘would repeat Bin Laden raid’
Suicide assault team attacks police compound in Afghan east
Four suicide bombers and six Afghans, including five security personnel, were killed during a 10-hour-long clash at a police headquarters in Khost.
Afghanistan
A Taliban suicide bomber killed six people in an attack at a hospital in Kabul. Five terrorists were killed in a premature detonation in Nuristan. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban and Haqqani Network commanders and fighters in Helmand, Khost, Paktika, Baghlan, and Baghlan.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – Defence minister voices concern over security threats
Al Qaeda
OBL: a martyr of Islam?
Afghanistan
Petraeus warns of increased attacks on coalition forces
Suicide bomber kills 6 in attack on Kabul hospital
A suicide bomber detonated in a cafeteria as medical students were eating lunch. The hospital is frequented by Afghan military personnel and is in a high-security zone.
Afghanistan
With Al Qaeda weakened, US warns about other Pakistani terror groups
Afghanistan
Security forces killed and captured several Taliban and Haqqani Network commanders and fighters in Helmand, Farah, Ghazni, Zabul, Khost, Logar, and Badghis. The Taliban killed a child in an IED attack in Badghis.
Afghanistan
Who controls Faryab province, the police or the Taliban?
Afghanistan
Afghan police were ‘rotten to the core’
Special operations forces target al Qaeda-linked Taliban commander in the southeast
The Taliban leader organized al Qaeda fighters in the Pakistani city of Quetta. The raid is the second that targeted al Qaeda in Zabul in the past two weeks.
US Predators kill 6 ‘militants’ in North Waziristan strike
The strike took place in the town of Tappi near Miramshah, the stronghold of the al Qaeda-linked Haqqani Network.
Pakistan
3 in 4 Americans say stop, yet aid to Pak will flow
Afghanistan
Troop morale in Afghanistan plummets, report says
Afghanistan
The Taliban after bin Laden
Afghanistan
Karzai advisor Spanta terms Taliban ‘terrorist’