Afghanistan
‘Pakistan military support terrorists, smugglers’ – senior Afghan military, police
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Mined Afghan village liberated by British bomb disposal experts
Pakistan
A shooting in Pakistan reveals fraying alliance
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UN culture agency and Afghan government oppose reconstruction of giant Buddhas at this time
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President Karzai called for an end to NATO operations. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban, Haqqani Network, Hizb-i-Islami Khalis, and Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan commanders and fighters in Helmand, Nangarhar, Khost, and Baghlan. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in the east. Pakistani troops killed an Afghan civilian in a cross-border attack in the […]
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Afghanistan: Attack on civilians: new tactics of insurgents
Raid in Afghan east targets Hizb-i Islami Khalis leader
The Hizb-i Islami Khalis helped Osama bin Laden enter Afghanistan in 1996, and aided in his escape to Pakistan during the Battle of Tora Bora. ISAF has not mentioned HIK by name in its press releases prior to today.
ISAF targets another IMU commander in Baghlan
After a lull in raids against the al Qaeda-linked Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan in the Afghan north, ISAF has stepped up operations there over the past several days. ISAF and Afghan special operations forces launched another raid against the IMU, again in the Burkah district in Baghlan: Afghan and coalition security forces targeted an Islamic […]
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US Defense Secretary Gates castigated NATO allies for pushing a withdrawal schedule. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban, Haqqani Network, and Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan commanders and fighters in Helmand, Ghazni, Khost, Nangarhar, Samangan, and Balkh.
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NATO ministers endorse Afghan security plan
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Gates faults US allies on Afghan war
Why is Kunar being ignored in the Afghan handover?
Yesterday The Associated Press reported that the Afghan government will announce that its security forces will take over control of six areas: Lashkar Gah in Helmand province, Mazar-e-Sharif in Balkh province, Kabul province (with the exception of Surobi), and Herat, Bamiyan, and Panshir provinces: Afghan forces will soon replace NATO-led troops in charge of security […]
Yet another HIG commander captured in eastern Afghanistan
ISAF and Afghan forces captured another commander from the Hizb-i-Islami Gulbuddin, this time during a raid in the eastern province of Nangarhar on March 8. Note that the HIG commander works for both al Qaeda and the Taliban. [Also note: The original press release erroneously stated in the first sentence that it was a Haqqani […]
ISAF kills, captures IMU leaders in Afghan north
Two Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan commanders were killed in Samangan, and another was captured in Balkh.
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Taliban fighters moving back into former Afghanistan stronghold
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Report lists Afghan civilian deaths
Afghanistan
A Taliban suicide bomber killed Kunduz’s police chief and four bodyguards. ISAF troops accidentally killed President Karzai’s cousin during a night raid in Kandahar. The Taliban beheaded a father and son in Nimroz for spying and killed a British soldier in Helmand.
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UK soldier, loyal dog, make final journey together
Suicide bomber assassinates Kunduz police chief
General Abdul Rahman Sayedkhili and four of his bodyguards were killed in an attack at a bazaar. Just six weeks ago, Sayedkhili said Kunduz was cleared of the Taliban.
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Abdullah slams Karzai’s ambiguous comments
Afghanistan
Lack of Afghan political strategy worrisome as West prepares to relinquish security
Special operations forces target IMU-linked Taliban commander in Afghan north
The Taliban commander targeted in the raid leads “approximately 80 foreign fighters of Uzbek, Chechen and Tajik descent” and is linked to the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan.
Afghanistan
Eight weeks to face the Taliban
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In Afghanistan, US ‘civilian surge’ falls short in building local government
Afghanistan
Security forces killed and captured several Taliban and Haqqani Network commanders and fighters in Helmand, Khost, Nangarhar, and Baghlan. The Taliban killed two ISAF soldiers in separate attacks in the south. Fifteen Taliban fighters in Kunar renounced the insurgency.
Pakistan
Pakistan’s Islamist parties challenge weakening government
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Putting Afghan plan into action proves difficult
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Petraeus sees military progress in Afghanistan
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Afghanistan: 2010 bloodiest year for a decade, UN says
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Official: Iran shipped powerful rockets to Taliban