A Taliban suicide bomber killed two security guards in an attack at a hotel in Kabul. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in the south. ISAF troops detained several Taliban fighters in Kandahar while targeting a commander linked to al Qaeda. Two British troops died in a shooting on a base in Helmand.
The al-Qaida supergrass and the 7/7 questions that remain unanswered
Ballot disputes cast shadows over Afghan parliament
Two security guards were killed in an attack at the Safi Landmark hotel in the second suicide attack in the capital in three weeks.
Pakistan delays implementation of Afghan transit pact
Former senior Taliban member visits Britain
Afghan troops detained eight Taliban fighters in Kandahar, Zabul, Helmand, and Khost. The US suspended a trilateral meeting on regional security in Washington with Afghanistan and Pakistan.
A Taliban suicide assault team killed 16 police officers and three civilians in an attack on a police headquarters in Kandahar. The Taliban kidnapped two policemen in Kunar. Security forces killed two Taliban fighters in Badghis, and detained 20 Taliban fighters in Kandahar and five more in Farah. Helmand’s governor accused Iran and Pakistan of […]
Afghan security officials repelled the assault on the provincial police headquarters in Kandahar. The Taliban also launched other small-scale attacks against police in the provincial capital.
US intelligence chief says al-Qaida still greatest threat
The Taliban killed two policemen and three civilians in attacks in Uruzgan and Zabul. Security forces captured several Haqqani Network fighters in Khost. For three years, a Taliban leader was directing attacks in Kabul from Pul-e-Charkhi prison.
Commander says rule of law needed to stop Taliban
Afghan government says prisoner directed attacks
The failure of Pakistan’s ‘clear and hold’ strategy
NATO Afghan civilian representative to be replaced
A recently released videotape glorifies IMU fighters from Europe, North Africa, and Central Asia; lauds a Pakistani Taliban commander; and shows footage of IMU operations in South Waziristan.
The IJG facilitator “is responsible for coordinating the movement of foreign fighters from Iran and Pakistan into Afghanistan,” ISAF stated.
Afghan proposal would clamp down on women’s shelters
A suicide bomber killed seven people, including the district governor of Chardara, in Kunduz. Security forces killed 15 Taliban fighters in Kunar and a weapons facilitator in Wardak, and detained several Haqqani Network, Islamic Jihad Union, and Taliban fighters in Balkh, Ghazni, Khost, Nangarhar, and Kabul.
Click the image to watch. Earlier today I linked a video shot by a Guardian reporter covering soldiers with the 173rd Airborne as they attempt counterinsurgency in a difficult area of Afghanistan. The reporter’s narration is a bit overwrought, as are the snippets of Hopalong Cassidy background music littering the edit. But the video ably […]
A former Gitmo detainee convicted of terrorism-related charges was freed from an Italian jail on Monday. Adel Ben Mabrouk, a Tunisian who lived in Italy for much of the 1990s, was a member of a known al Qaeda network in Italy prior to his detention at Guantanamo. Mabrouk was captured after fleeing the Tora Bora Mountains in late 2001.
Berkeley considers inviting Guantanamo detainees
Afghan rights groups shift focus to Taliban
Jundallah propaganda video: Jihadis answer call to arms
The Ministry of Defense estimates there are up to 35,000 Taliban in Afghanistan. General Petraeus said fighting will intensify in 2011. The Taliban killed two ISAF soldiers in Helmand, a US customs inspector in Kandahar, and a police investigator in Balkh.
US permanent bases vital to Afghanistan: experts
Said Jan ‘Abd al Salam, an Afghan, ran an al Qaeda training camp in Pakistan. Khalil al Rahman Haqqani is a key fundraiser who has traveled to the UAE and aided al Qaeda military operations.
Afghanistan – Petraeus anticipates bloody spring this year
Brigade commanders provide north Afghanistan update
Taliban commander Anwar ul Haq Mujahid spoke at the funeral of Awar Gul, a Guantanamo Bay detainee. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in the south. ISAF accidentally killed two civilians during a firefight with the Taliban in Helmand.