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Taliban advance into Sangin threatens British military gains in Helmand
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Afghanistan
The military claimed it killed 130 Taliban fighters during a month-long offensive in Kunduz; the Taliban are still said to control the district that was the target of the operation. The Taliban created the “Department of Prevention of Civilian Casualties.” The Taliban kidnapped a district governor in Paktia.
Afghanistan
Beating Islamic State will be much harder than Iraq or Afghan wars, officials say
Afghanistan
The Afghan government claimed the US killed 11 civilians in an airstrike in Kunar. Security forces claimed to have killed 10 Taliban fighters in Kunduz; one security official was also killed. The Taliban killed five policemen in Laghman and another policeman in Kunar.
Afghanistan
Al Qaeda’s shadowy new ’emir’ in South Asia handed tough job
Afghanistan
Iran says Afghan, Pakistani Islamic State volunteers arrested
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed a district police chief and two police officers in a suicide attack in Kandahar and six soldiers in an IED attack in Badakhshan. The Interior Ministry claimed 35 Taliban fighters were killed during operations throughout the country.
Afghanistan
Tribes, ties and a movie: A German’s Afghan life
India
After Syria and Iraq, Islamic State makes inroads in South Asia
Afghanistan
The military claimed it killed 48 Taliban fighters in Balkh and 15 more in Zabul. Two border policemen and three Taliban fighters were killed in Faryab. The Taliban killed a policeman in a suicide attack in Kandahar.
The Islamic State’s global reach
A closer look at recent developments in a number of countries should dispel any illusions that the Islamic State’s aspirations and activities are only regional.
Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent incorporates regional jihadist groups
Usama Mahmoud, AQIS’s spokesman, openly stated that the group “was formed by the gathering of several jihadi groups that have a long history in jihad and fighting.”
Afghanistan
Fourteen security personnel and 19 heavily armed Taliban fighters were killed and another 154 people were wounded during a coordinated suicide assault on the NDS headquarters in Ghazni. The military claimed 81 Taliban fighters and seven security personnel were killed in a clearing operation in Helmand. The Taliban killed five soldiers in a suicide attack […]
Taliban suicide assault team targets NDS headquarters in Ghazni
Fourteen security personnel and 19 heavily armed Taliban fighters were killed and another 154 people were wounded during the coordinated attack.
Afghanistan
NATO coalition in Afghanistan shrinking
Afghanistan
A suicide bomber killed two policemen in Nangarhar. Ten Taliban fighters and a soldier were killed during clashes in Jawzjan. “Gunmen” assassinated a tribal leader in Herat.
Afghanistan
Afghan militants Hezb-e-Islami ‘may join Islamic State’
Afghanistan
The Afghan military claimed that two Taliban leaders were among 28 jihadists, including “foreign militants,” killed in an operation in Nuristan. A Taliban suicide assault team killed four members of the National Directorate of Security and two civilians in an assault on an NDS headquarters in Nangarhar. The Taliban also executed 11 civilians in Farah.
Taliban launch suicide assault against Afghan intelligence
The Taliban have launched three such attacks in the eastern province of Nangarhar so far this year.
Senior IMU leader captured by ISAF in 2011 now leads fight in northern Afghanistan
In 2011, ISAF captured Qari Bilal, who was serving as the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan’s top leader in Afghanistan. He was subsequently released by the Afghan government, and is now commanding more than 300 jihadist fighters in Kunduz.
Afghanistan
Afghans Laud, Rights Groups Concerned By ‘Take No Prisoners’ Orders
Afghanistan
Thirty-six Taliban fighters and nine policemen are reported to have been killed in fighting in Ghor. The military claimed it retook control of the Doab district in Nuristan. The Taliban killed three Afghan soldiers in IED attacks. The military said it captured 27 Pakistanis in Paktika.
Afghanistan
Report: Gunman in 2011 ‘green-on-blue’ attack did not commit suicide
Afghanistan
As Coalition troops disappear, Afghan educations could too
Afghanistan
US strikes in Syria against Islamic State would be hindered by intelligence gaps
Afghanistan
The military claimed that 37 Taliban fighters were killed during operations in Kunduz, Zabul, Logar, Ghazni, Paktika, and Ghor. The Taliban killed five policemen in Helmand. A suicide bomber wounded 16 people in Helmand.
Taliban ‘condemns’ US rewards for Haqqani Network leaders
“This act has proved that the Americans are now trying to hide their defeat through such propaganda wiles,” the Taliban said.
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed five policemen and a civilian in Herat. The Taliban’s offensive in Kunduz is led by a commander who was freed from prison by the Afghan government. The government expelled a New York Times reporter. The US doubled Siraj Haqqani’s bounty, raising it to $10 million, and offered $5 million rewards for four […]
Afghanistan
US Denounces Afghan Expulsion of New York Times Reporter
US adds Taliban hawala, owner, and commander to terrorist list
The Treasury designation added the Pakistan-based Basir Zarjmil Hawala and its owner Haji Abdul Basir, along with a Taliban commander known as Qari Rahmat to the US government’s list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists.