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Afghanistan
Turkey in talks on Taliban office in Istanbul
Suicide bomber assassinates Kandahar police chief
Brigadier General Khan Mohammad Mujahid is the latest senior Afghan official murdered by the Taliban in its assassination campaign in the southern province.
Afghanistan
Clinton warns against hasty Afghan withdrawal
Afghanistan
Pakistan would back Taliban office in Turkey: official
Afghanistan
A suicide assault team killed three policemen in Paktia; four Afghans were wounded in suicide attacks in Kabul and Kandahar. Security forces killed and captured al Qaeda, Taliban, and Haqqani Network commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Zabul, Khost, Logar, Baghlan, Faryab, and Jawzjan.
Afghanistan
Ex-Afghan minister: Iran paid Karzai as early as 2003
Hizb-i-Islami
Afghan Taliban intelligence network embraces the new
Suicide assault team hits Afghan police training facility
The Taliban have carried out six suicide attacks in Afghanistan over the past two days.
Afghanistan
New CIA drone attack draws rebuke from Pakistan
ISAF captures al Qaeda, HIG commanders in east, kills Taliban commissioner in the north
The hit list also included the Kabul Attack Network, the Haqqani Network, the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, and other Taliban commanders.
Afghanistan
Al-Qaeda sees opportunity in peace
Haqqani Network/IMU facilitator targeted in Afghan east
The commander “assists the networks with the acquisition, movement and employment [of] foreign fighters, including Iranians.”
Afghanistan
Suicide bombers killed 10 Afghans, including a prominent tribal leader, in Kunar, and wounded 13 more in Kandahar and Kapisa. The Taliban killed five road workers in Nangarhar and a civilian in Logar. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban, Haqqani Network, IMU, and HIG commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Faryab, Khost, Nangarhar, Paktika, […]
Libya
Interview with NATO Head Rasmussen: ‘There is no military solution to the Libya conflict’
Suicide bomber kills pro-government tribal leader, 9 Afghans in Kunar
Haji Malik Zarin led Kunar’s High Peace Council. The Taliban denied it carried out the attack.
Afghanistan
Security forces killed and captured several Taliban, Haqqani Network, and HIG commanders and fighters in Helmand, Ghazni, Zabul, Khost, Wardak, Logar, Nangarhar, and Jawzjan. The Taliban killed a government official in Helmand and three children in Faryab. Thirty Taliban fighters surrendered to the government.
Afghanistan
Afghan peace council urges opening of Taliban office in Turkey
Special ops troops continue to hunt ‘mythical’ AQ/Taliban creatures in Afghanistan
The al Qaeda leader is an Afghan who works on both sides of the Durand Line.
Afghanistan
US troops await Taliban in south Afghan valley
Taliban occupy abandoned US outpost in Kunar
A commander said the Taliban will establish “a permanent base” there, swore allegiance to Mullah Omar, and said his forces will continue to attack US troops until they “reach the gates of America.”
Afghanistan
Anti-Western messages grow among Afghanistan’s imams
ISAF targets Taj Mir Jawad Network in Khost
Jawad co-leads the Kabul Attack Network, the jihadist syndicate that seeks to strike in and around the Afghan capital.
Afghanistan
Taliban try soft power
Pakistan
US, Pakistan intel chiefs aim to rebuild trust
Afghanistan
Security forces killed and captured several Taliban and Haqqani Network commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Laghman, Baghlan, Paktika, and Sar-i-Pul. A policeman and three Taliban fighters were killed in fighting in Nimroz. The Taliban killed a police officer in Sar-i-Pul and an ISAF soldier in the east. Fifty Taliban fighters renounced violence in Kandahar.
Afghanistan
Insurgents plant mines to prevent destruction of poppy fields
Aggressive Marine tactics thin enemy ranks, alter Taliban tactics
“Marines run toward our bullets,” complains Taliban fighter in violent district in Helmand.
Afghanistan
US envoy tries to patch up ties with Pakistan
The most wanted Taliban commanders in Afghanistan
A look at some of the Taliban leaders who are at the top of the special operations groups’ target list.