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Afghan monthly casualties increase in June
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Pakistani army begins ground offensive against Taliban
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Taliban hold territory after Afghan offensive
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Taliban hold territory after Afghan offensive
Taliban battle to regain areas of key southern province
The Taliban have been fighting in Helmand’s Sangin district for the past week, and are said to be in control of many areas.
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Taliban Mount Major Assault in Afghanistan
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Sudden Taliban attack raises concerns about effectiveness of Afghan army
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US now wrestling with intelligence gaps in Iraq
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Nearly 1,000 Taliban fighters launched a coordinated attack on police checkpoints in the Sangin district in Helmand province. At least 35 civilians and 35 Afghan soldiers, as well as scores of Taliban fighters were killed. The fighting has spread to Kajaki, Musa Qala, and Now Zad. A US Marine was also killed in fighting in […]
Ex-Guantanamo detainee arrested in Spain tied to infamous al Qaeda cell
Lahcen Ikassrien, an ex-Guantanamo detainee, was arrested earlier this month in Spain. Leaked State Department cables and a threat assessment authored by Joint Task Force Guantanamo link Ikassrien to an al Qaeda cell run by one of Osama bin Laden’s most trusted operatives in pre-9/11 Europe.
LeT designation notes group’s recent attack in western Afghanistan
Lashkar-e-Taiba attacked the Indian Consulate in Herat in May 2014, according to the US State Department.
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A Christian Convert, on the Run in Afghanistan
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Morten Storm’s new book describes double life as jihadist/spy
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The military claimed it killed 55 Taliban fighters in operations throughout the country. A Taliban suicide bomber killed two policemen in Zabul. Two women were burned to death in a Taliban IED attack that targeted a fuel tanker in Laghman.
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The Taliban killed two poll workers and a policeman in an attack on a convoy that was transporting ballots in Helmand, and five members of a family in an IED attack in Kandahar. The United Nations said that al Qaeda and allied groups remain a major threat to Afghanistan and the wider region.
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham’s quiet war minister
Little is publicly known about the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham’s war minister. But he was appointed in April 2010 and the war ministry he leads has been in charge of planning the group’s operations in the past.
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My Search for the Taliban Five
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The defense minister claimed that 146 Taliban fighters, 39 civilians, and 18 soldiers were killed during election day violence. A Taliban suicide assault team killed three policemen in an attack in Kandahar; seven members of the Taliban team were killed in the attack. The Taliban killed 11 civilians in an IED attack in Samangan.
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Meet the Sixth Man the Taliban Wanted in the Bergdahl Swap
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Afghans ignore Taliban threats and vote again in final test
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Taliban Run Into Trouble on Battlefield, but Money Flows Just the Same
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Afghans tighten security as Taliban threaten vote
Taliban commander exchanged for Bergdahl coordinated with al Qaeda to attack Northern Alliance the day before 9/11
Mohammad Fazl, one of the five Taliban leaders exchanged for Bowe Bergdahl, played a key role in al Qaeda’s military preparations leading up to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
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A Taliban suicide bomber killed three Afghan Local Police officers in Ghazni. The Taliban killed seven civilians in an IED attack in Faryab. The US is secretly transferring some of the non-Afghan prisoners held at Bagram to their home countries.
Afghanistan
Bergdahl Briefing Fails to Allay Senators’ Doubts
IMU involved in suicide assault on Karachi airport
Both the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan and the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan have claimed the attack on Jinnah International Airport.
Afghanistan
Five US special operations soldiers and an Afghan soldier were killed during fighting in Zabul; they are thought to have been killed in an accidental airstrike by ISAF attack aircraft. ISAF killed 10 Taliban fighters, including Pakistanis, in an airstrike in Kunar. The Taliban killed eight de-miners in Logar and four civilians in an IED […]
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Afghan poppy crop threatening reconstruction
Afghanistan accuses Lashkar-e-Taiba, ‘foreign country,’ of suicide attack that targeted presidential candidate
President Karzai accused Lashkar-e-Taiba and the “intelligence agency of a foreign country” of the June 6 suicide attack that targeted Abdullah Abdullah.