Afghan Local Police vital to General Petraeus’ strategy
The establishment of the local village forces is the third attempt by ISAF and the Afghan government to provide security in contested areas.
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Afghanistan
Security forces killed and captured several Taliban and Haqqani Network commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Khost, Paktika, Nangarhar, Logar, and Badghis. ISAF forces accidentally killed three civilians in an attack targeting a Taliban commander in Helmand. The Taliban killed two civilians in Zabul and an ISAF soldier in the south.
Afghanistan
President Karzai flies to Iran
Afghanistan
Afghans not treated as foreigners in Khyber Pahktunkhwa
Afghanistan
Taliban cut cellphone service in Helmand
Hizb-i-Islami
Bin Laden sets alarm bells ringing
Libyan opposition leader wasn’t held at Guantanamo
But Abdul Hakim al Hasadi has a jihadist pedigree.
Afghanistan
Security forces killed and captured several Taliban and HIG commanders and fighters in Helmand, Kandahar, Khost, and Baghlan. The Taliban killed an Afghan Local Police commander and a child in an attack at a mosque in Uruzgan. Twenty-two Taliban fighters in Baghlan reconciled with the government.
Pakistan
Pakistan – Spring thaw means the return of terror operations
Afghanistan
Defense task force on Afghanistan development unravels
ISAF again targets the IMU in Samangan
Attacks against the al Qaeda-linked terror group continue in the Afghan north.
Afghanistan
Thousands of Afghan Taliban laying down arms: US
Afghanistan
Cold water from the Taliban
Afghanistan
Security forces killed and captured several Taliban, Haqqani Network, and IMU leaders and fighters in Helmand, Ghazni, Kandahar, Ghazni, Khost, and Samangan. ISAF helicopter gunships accidentally killed two civilians while attacking Haqqani Network leaders in Khost. The Taliban forced cell phone providers to shut down their towers in Helmand.
Afghanistan
Security forces killed and captured several Taliban and Haqqani Network leaders and fighters in Helmand, Khost, Logar, and Baghlan. ISAF said an airstrike in Khost killed two Haqqani Network facilitators; Afghan officials said four civilians were killed. The Taliban killed a policeman in Uruzgan.
Afghanistan
Reconciliation to be based on Afghan Constitution
Afghanistan
Russia endorses NATO success in Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghan president urges Taliban not to burn schools but to join peace talks
ISAF captures IMU leader who ran terror camps in Afghan north
The unnamed IMU commander ran “multiple IMU training camps and was involved with the facilitation and movement of fighters in and out of Samangan training camps, including fighters’ movement to Pakistan.”
Afghanistan
Central Asia stands to gain as NATO shifts supply lines away from Pakistan
Afghanistan
President Karzai announced that Afghan forces will take control of the provinces of Kabul, Panjshir, and Bamyan, and the cities of Herat, Mazar-i-Sharif, Mehterlam, and Lashkar Gah. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban, Haqqani Network, and IMU commanders and fighters in Helmand, Kandahar, Uruzgan, Khost, Balkh, and Baghlan. The Taliban killed two ISAF soldiers […]
Afghanistan
UK defence secretary says conflict in Libya must not take focus off war in Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Fears for foreign aid after Afghan handover of control
Afghan al Qaeda/Taliban commander threatens to avenge Pakistan drone strike
Qari Zia Rahman said that al Qaeda and the Taliban have jointly decided to attack US and Afghan forces to retaliate for the March 17 Predator strike in Datta Khel.
Afghanistan
Taliban assassination campaign impedes governance
Afghanistan
Security forces killed and captured several Taliban, HIG, and IMU commanders and fighters in Helmand, Kandahar, and Baghlan. Spiegel published images of US soldiers displaying bodies of Afghans; the soldiers are on trial for murder.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan’s oppressed Hazaras dread Taliban return
Afghanistan
Security forces killed and captured several Taliban and IMU commanders and fighters in Helmand, Logar, and Baghlan. The Taliban killed two Afghan soldiers in Khost and an ISAF soldier in the south. Eleven Taliban fighters reconciled with the government in Herat.
ISAF strikes at 4 IMU commanders in ‘safe haven’ in Afghan north
The raid targeted four Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan commanders. ISAF has struck in the district of Burkah in Baghlan province four times this month.
Pakistan
Pak air force on alert after US drone hits