Afghanistan
White House: Pakistan is failing to defeat militants
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Afghanistan
White House assails Pakistan effort on militants
Afghanistan
Taliban exploit tensions seething in Afghan society
ISAF captures al Qaeda’s top Kunar commander
Abu Ikhlas al Masri served as al Qaeda’s Kunar operations commander before he was captured in a special operations raid in Kunar in December 2010. Kunar remains an al Qaeda haven.
US troops defeat Taliban assault on base in Nangarhar
A Taliban force of 25 fighters attacked Forward Operating Base Fenty in Nangarhar province, but was routed by US troops guarding the base.
Afghanistan
Norwegian aid organization: ‘No Afghan pullout, just changes’
Afghanistan
Security forces killed and captured several Taliban, HIG, and Haqqani Network commanders and fighters in Helmand, Kandahar, Ghazni, Khost, Paktia, Logar, Nangarhar, Baghlan, and Sar-i-Pul. The Taliban killed four policemen in Farah and allowed cell phone companies to turn on the service in Helmand.
Afghanistan
Coalition forces in Helmand claim insurgents defeat
Afghanistan
Probe: No ‘causal relation’ between Army commander, Afghan killings
Germany
UN to probe delay in Afghan response
Afghanistan
Afghan religious clerics slam attack on UN office
Afghanistan
A border policeman killed two US soldiers in Faryab. The Taliban killed a civilian in a sucide attack in Helmand and an ISAF soldier in the east. Security forces killed and captured dozens of Taliban and Haqqani Network commanders and fighters in Helmand, Kandahar, Zabul, Khost, Paktika, Logar, and Kunar.
Afghanistan
Karzai’s role in Koran burning protests again reveals divide with US
ISAF, Afghan forces kill Taliban suicide network leader in Kunduz
Shamsullah directed multiple suicide attacks in the Afghan north, including three large attacks since the end of February.
Al Qaeda
Evolution of militancy: Al Qaeda, Taliban grooming new leadership
Afghanistan
Taliban exploits Afghan riots over Koran burning
Afghanistan
Inside the massacre at Afghan compound
Afghan border policeman kills two ISAF troops
The attack took place at a checkpoint in Faryab.
Afghanistan
Two policemen were killed in Koran-burning protests in Kandahar. The Taliban killed four Afghan soldiers in Wardak and Khost. Security forces killed and captured dozens of Taliban and Haqqani Network commanders and fighters in Helmand, Zabul, Khost, Paktia, Baghlan, Kunduz, Kunar, and Uruzgan.
Afghanistan
UN blames Florida pastor for violence in Mazar-e-Sharif
Afghanistan
US pastor unbowed, vows new anti-Islam protest
Afghanistan
Afghans continue to denounce Koran burning
‘Reintegrated’ Taliban may be behind slaughter at UN compound in Mazar-i-Sharif
The UN blames the US pastor who burned the Koran, and not the mobs, for the deaths in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Obama condemns killings of UN staff
Afghanistan
UN launches investigation into Afghanistan murders
Afghanistan
Ex-mujahedeen help lead Libyan rebels
Afghanistan
Ten Afghans in Kandahar were killed in violent protests over a Koran burning in the US. US troops killed four Taliban suicide bombers in Kabul. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban, HIG, and Haqqani Network commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Zabul, Khost, Logar, Kunduz, Jawzjan, and Kunar.
US troops defeat Taliban suicide assault on Kabul base
Four Taliban suicide bombers were killed while attempting to storm Camp Phoenix in the Afghan capital. The attack takes place as violent protests occur in Kandahar and Mazar-i-Sharif.
Ex-Gitmo detainee training Libyan rebels in Derna
A former Guantanamo detainee named Sufyan Ben Qumu is training Derna’s rebels. Declassified memos prepared at Gitmo note that Qumu was a member of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group’s military committee, trained at Osama bin Laden’s camps, worked for al Qaeda front companies, and was a known “extremist” with “no qualms about committing terrorist acts.”
Afghanistan
Five Nepalese security guards and three UN workers were killed after a mob overran a UN compound during a protest against the burning of a Koran in the US. Twenty-five Taliban fighters and six US soldiers were killed in heavy fighting in Kunar. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban and Haqqani Network commanders and […]