Afghanistan
The Taliban killed nine policemen in separate attacks in Uruzgan and Helmand. A Taliban suicide bomber killed seven people in Helmand. “Gunmen” killed the executive director for Sayyedabad district in Wardak province.
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Iran buries 7 Afghan fighters killed in Syria
Iran buries 7 Afghan fighters killed in Syria
Haqqani Network, Taliban Quetta Shura must for talks’ success: Pakistan
Haqqani Network, Taliban Quetta Shura must for talks’ success: Pakistan.
Mapping the emergence of the Islamic State in Afghanistan
The Islamic State claims it operates in multiple Afghan provinces, and runs a training camp in Farah.
Osama Bin Laden’s Files: ‘Very strong military activity in Afghanistan’
Correspondence between senior al Qaeda leaders indicates that the group maintains a larger foothold in Afghanistan than is widely recognized.
Taliban poised to make gains in Afghanistan
Taliban poised to make gains in Afghanistan.
Taliban suicide bomber strikes NATO diplomatic convoy in Kabul
A Turkish soldier and an Afghan civilian were killed in the blast. The attack on NATO’s envoy to Afghanistan takes place as rumors of peace talks between the Taliban, the Afghan government, and the US persist.
Fear of the Islamic State spawns a renegade Afghan militia
Fear of the Islamic State spawns a renegade Afghan militia
US Army to send headquarters group to Kandahar in first sign of revision to Afghan withdrawal plan
US Army to send headquarters group to Kandahar in first sign of revision to Afghan withdrawal plan
Two men sentenced to 25 years in plot to attack Americans in Afghanistan
Two men sentenced to 25 years in plot to attack Americans in Afghanistan
Turkistan Islamic Party captures Humvee in Afghanistan
The al Qaeda-affiliated Turkistan Islamic Party has released images showing its fighters capturing an American-made Humvee in Afghanistan.
White House denies US scheduled to meet with Taliban on peace deal | Reuters
White House denies US scheduled to meet with Taliban on peace deal
Afghan Taliban deny reports of peace talks: spokesman – Pakistan – DAWN.COM
Afghan Taliban deny reports of peace talks: spokesman
Afghanistan
US agencies adjust to shifting landscape in Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Data from seized computer fuels a surge in US raids on al Qaeda
Afghanistan
White House weighs adjusting Afghan exit plan to slow withdrawal of troops
Afghanistan
China ready to support Kabul-Taliban reconciliation
US military confirms it killed Islamic State, Shabaab leaders in airstrikes
Mullah Khadim was the Islamic State’s deputy emir for Khorasan province while Yusu Dheeq was the head of Shabaab’s Amniyat. The US continues to rely on airstrikes as the core of its effort to defeat jihadist groups worldwide.
Pentagon spokesman portrays Guantanamo recidivism as a good thing
The death of Mullah Khadim, who was released from Guantanamo eight years ago, is “another great example” of jihadists who “return to the battlefield and to the fight at their own peril,” according to Admiral Kirby.
US kills Islamic State’s deputy emir for ‘Khorasan province’ in airstrike: report
Mullah Abdul Rauf Khadim was a senior Taliban leader before joining the Islamic State and being appointed the deputy emir of Khorasan province.
Afghanistan
Afghan troops fight insurgents near Pakistan border, 18 killed
Afghanistan
Insider attack targets Afghan police officers
Analysis: DIA head warns al Qaeda in Syria may gain ground in 2015
Lieutenant General Vincent R. Stewart, the director of the DIA, testified before the House Armed Services Committee yesterday. Stewart warned that al Qaeda in Syria may gain ground in 2015, the Islamic State remains capable of launching offensive operations despite the coalition’s air campaign, and the Taliban-led insurgency has fought its opposition to a stalemate in Afghanistan.
Pakistani Taliban emir for Bajaur joins Islamic State
Maulana Abu Bakr, the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan’s emir for Bajaur, swore allegiance to Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, the “caliph” of the Islamic State.
Afghanistan
White House declines to call Afghan Taliban ‘terrorists’
Taliban claim insider attack at Kabul Airport that killed 3 US contractors
The commander of police at the airport confirmed that a guard killed the three contractors. The green-on-blue or insider attack is the first of its kind recorded so far this year.
Afghanistan
1 of the Taliban 5 back in the game
Afghanistan
Officials: Detainee swapped for Bergdahl suspected of militant activities
Islamic State appoints leaders of ‘Khorasan province,’ issues veiled threat to Afghan Taliban
The governor is a former leader in the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan and his deputy is a former detainee at Guantanamo Bay and Taliban commander in Afghanistan.
Pakistan falsely claims it takes ‘immediate action’ against terror groups listed by the UN
Although numerous news outlets have reported that the Haqqani Network and Jamaat-ud-Dawa have been banned in Pakistan, no official announcement of the group’s status from the government or Ministry of Interior has been released.