The Taliban killed two Afghan soldiers in Helmand and an ISAF soldier in the south. Security forces captured a Haqqani Network facilitator in Khost and nine Taliban fighters in Kapisa. Twenty-five Taliban fighters surrendered in Samagan and 11 more surrendered in Farah.
Afghan minister calls for Kabul Bank graft probe
Afghan officials said that training camps for the Taliban and al Qaeda are located in the Iranian cities of Zahedan, Birjan, Maibod, and in the Shamsabad area near Tehran.
US general sees success even if Pakistan doesn’t act
Security forces killed and captured several Taliban and Haqqani Network commanders and fighters in Helmand, Khost, Logar, Laghman, and Herat. A senior US general predicted the Taliban will rely on “assassination teams” for their coming spring offensive.
An Italian court convicted a former Guantanamo detainee named Mohamed Ben Riadh Nasri of terrorsm-related charges on Monday. At Gitmo, Nasri was identified as “one of the most dangerous Tunisian operatives,” as well as the emir of the Tunisian Combat Group, a known al Qaeda affiliate.
2010 deadliest year for Afghan civilians: watchdog
Young Afghans need to be put to work – not to the sword
Taliban gun lockers: the rifles of rural Ghazni province
An al Qaeda commander kidnapped 21 tribal leaders in Kunar. The Taliban killed a militia commander in Parwan and an ISAF soldier in the east. Police are searching for 15 female Chechen terrorists in Kunduz. Special operations forces detained a Taliban commander and a fighter in Jalalabad.
According to DPA, Afghan police in Kunduz are looking for 15 Chechen women in the northern Afghan province who are aiding the Taliban. The women are either serving as nurses or “are experts in making roadside bombs and suicide vests.” The information comes from a captured Afghan Taliban commander and other fighters in custody. Keep […]
Qari Zia Rahman, the dual-hatted al Qaeda and Taliban commander, said the tribal leaders would not be free unless their family members quit the Afghan government and security forces.
Afghan officials shielded bank from scrutiny
ISAF and Afghan forces continue to target the al Qaeda and Qods Force-linked cells in Farah and Nimroz provinces. Special operations forces captured another Taliban commander in the Afghan west associated with “foreign fighters,” or al Qaeda. From the ISAF press release: Afghan and coalition forces detained a Taliban leader along with two suspected insurgents […]
New estimates put Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal at more than 100
Coalition and Afghan forces captured a Taliban commander linked to “foreign fighters” in Farah, and a Haqqani Network facilitator in Khost. The Afghan government signed a pact with the UN to prevent the recruitment of children into the armed forces.
Afghan musician returns to keep a tradition alive
In Pakistan, even anti-violence Islamic sect lauds assassination of liberal governor
The Taliban killed the deputy governor of Kandahar in a suicide attack, four security guards in an IED attack in Helmand, and two ISAF soldiers in an IED attack in the south.
Kidnapping crisis in Afghan province
Afghan blast targets Westerners
A Taliban suicide bomber driving a motorcycle picked out Deputy Governor Abdul Latif’s car in a convoy traveling in Kandahar city.
The Taliban killed eight civilians, including three foreigners, in a suicide attack in Kabul; three civilians in Khost; and a policeman in Helmand. Coalition and Afghan forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Nimroz, Zabul, Helmand, Kunar, and Khost.
Stan McChrystal recounts US roadblocks to Taliban manhunt
Pakistan seeks US security for gas pipeline
What they’re reading: different accounts of the Afghan war
Pakistan gets role in Afghan peace talks
Afghanistan war won’t end like Vietnam: NATO
Coalition and Afghan forces killed and captured several Taliban and IMU commanders and fighters in Helmand, Kandahar, Uruzgan, Zabul, Ghazni, Khost, Nangarhar, Wardak, Kunduz, and Takhar. The Taliban killed three policemen in an IED attack in Helmand.
Afghan police pledge justice for Taliban stoning