Taliban deny Osama bin Laden’s death will impact Afghan war
The Taliban said the war would continue as long as Westerners “are bent on continuing their colonialist ambitions against the Islamic Ummah.”
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Afghanistan
Security forces killed and captured several Taliban and Haqqani Network commanders and fighters in Paktia, Paktika, Khost, Jawzjan, Kunduz, Kandahar, and Helmand. Afghans in Nangarhar claimed police killed four protesters. A Taliban suicide bomber wounded eight people in Khost.
Afghanistan
US to limit Afghan troop expansion
Afghanistan
Post-Osama, Pakistan warns US of supply line cut
Al Qaeda
Be a ‘real’ ally in war against terror, Kerry tells Pakistan
Pakistan
US imams arrested for alleged Pakistani Taliban links
The Gitmo Files: 2 of Afghanistan’s most wanted hid leadership roles while in US custody
Two of the Taliban’s most senior commanders successfully hid their leadership roles from interrogators and analysts at Guantanamo. Both were subsequently transferred to the custody of the Afghan government but were freed and rejoined the Taliban.
Why was key source on bin Laden’s courier freed?
The Pakistanis freed Hassan Ghul, a top al Qaeda operative who gave up vital intelligence on Osama bin Laden while in US custody.
Afghanistan
Afghan intelligence officials broke up a Pakistani plot to assassinate the Indian attache in Jalalabad. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Khost, Badghis, Baghlan, Uruzgan, and Paktika. The Taliban killed an ISAF solider in the south.
Al Qaeda
Taliban show resolve to fight on after bin Laden
Taliban suicide bomber kills 80 at Pakistani Frontier Corps training center
“This was the first revenge for Osama’s martyrdom. Wait for bigger attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan,” a Pakistani Taliban spokesman said.
US Predators strike again in North Waziristan
The US has stepped up its Predator campaign after a lull in strikes that lasted several months. Today’s strike is the fourth in seven days.
Al Qaeda
Former US ambassador charts new policy course for Pakistan
Afghanistan
Security forces accidentally killed a policeman and a woman during a raid in Nangarhar. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban and Haqqani Network commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Khost, Logar, Wardak, and Badghis. A policeman killed two ISAF soldiers in Helmand. India’s prime minister announced $500 million in aid to Afghanistan.
Taliban
Taliban join the Twitter revolution
Al Qaeda
Big love: bin Laden’s six wives
United Kingdom
British military warns it is stretched to capacity
Al Qaeda
Osama bin Laden’s wife: ‘I’ll stand with you’
Afghanistan
What does Bin Laden death mean for Afghan war?
US Predators strike in al Qaeda haven of Datta Khel
Several “foreigners” are said to have been killed in the North Waziristan strike. The US has launched three attacks in Pakistan’s tribal areas over the past week.
Al Qaeda
Taliban leaders aid hunt for al Qaeda, Afghans say
Afghan villagers beat back Taliban assault in the north
The Taliban continue their highly-touted spring offensive.
The Gitmo Files: (Shocker!) Mullah Omar meets with Pakistan’s ISI
At a meeting that included representatives of the Pakistani government and the ISI, Omar “told attendees that they should not cooperate with the new infidel government (in Afghanistan) and should keep attacking coalition forces.”
Afghanistan
Afghan Local Police repelled a Taliban attack in Jawzjan; 17 Taliban fighters and 1 policeman were killed. Three Taliban fghters and two policemen were killed in a clash in Paktika. Security forces captured several Taliban and Haqqani Network commanders and fighters in Kandahar.
The Gitmo Files: Recidivist who targets charity workers deemed ‘high risk’
Abdul Hafiz, a former Guantanamo detainee who quickly rejoined the Taliban after being transferred, had been deemed a “high risk” by US officials less than two years earlier. His insurgency group had been trained by Pakistani military officers to attack Westerners in Afghanistan and had killed an ICRC worker.
Voice of Jihad releases 3-year-old interview with Jalaluddin Haqqani
The Voice of Jihad did not answer queries as to why an old interview with the leader of the Haqqani Network was republished.
Al Qaeda
With bin Laden dead, some escalate push for new Afghan strategy
US designates Badruddin Haqqani as terrorist
Badruddin is “an operational commander” in the Haqqani Network, sits on the Miramshah Regional Military Shura, and aids al Qaeda fighters operating in Afghanistan.
Al Qaeda
Murky identities and ties hinder NATO’s hunt for Afghan insurgents, report says
Al Qaeda
Bin Laden sons say US broke international law