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Concerns Raised Over Attacks on Afghan Presidential Campaigns
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The Ministry of Defense said that four Afghan soldiers aided the Taliban in the Feb. 23 attack in Kunar that killed 21 soldiers. Security forces killed eight Taliban fighters during operations in Faryab, Ghor, Logar, and Zabul. In his last address to Parliament, President Karzai said that US troops should leave Afghanistan.
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Ex-Afghan intelligence chief Asadullah Khalid returns to Afghanistan
Review board rules against Guantanamo detainee
Earlier this month, a review board responsible for evaluating the status of Guantanamo detainees determined that a Yemeni held in Cuba since early 2002 should remain in custody. According to a leaked threat assessment, the detainee was slated to be a hijacker on 9/11 before al Qaeda canceled his part of the operation.
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Interactions of Bin Laden and Son-in-Law Detailed in an FBI Document
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Suicide attack on Indian consulate foiled in Kandahar province
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‘Absence of US presence post 2014 to boost Al Qaeda’: top NATO commander
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Existing Afghan deal would cover US post-2014
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Last Canadian troops leave Afghanistan
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Taliban Issue Warning, Tell Afghans Not to Vote
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In Its Own War on Terror, Pakistan Piles Up Heavy Losses
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Shoe-bomb plots disclosed at trial of bin Laden son-in-law
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The Taliban killed nine civilians in separate attacks in Helmand province. Security forces killed 19 Taliban fighters, including three local commanders, in Farah, and eight more in operations in Kunar, Kunduz, Kandahar, Helmand, and Zabul. Vice President Fahim died of natural causes.
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US, Afghan military try to get out the vote, prevent Taliban disruption of key election
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Abu Ghaith urged Qaeda recruits to ‘pledge’ to bin Laden: witness
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The US accidentally killed five Afghan soldiers during an airstrike in Logar province. The Taliban killed two people in a pressure-cooker IED attack in Faryab. Security forces killed two Taliban fighters and detained a “judge” in Sar-i-Pul.
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Poppies sown on large swathes of Helmand land
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Pakistani army fuels anger in securing Swat from Taliban
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Officials: Al Qaeda plots comeback in Afghanistan
American jihadist in Pakistan partially identified
Abdullah al Shami was born in the US but left the country at a young age. US officials would like to target the American, who targets US troops in Afghanistan with IEDs, in a drone strike.
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UK leaves its Helmand project – like its roads, clinics and bridges – unfinished
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The military claimed it killed 50 Taliban fighters in Nangarhar over the past five days. The Taliban killed three Turkmen border guards, and an Afghan intelligence officer in Helmand. NATO defense ministers said they are prepared to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2014.
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US general: Grim Afghan future if no security pact
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Eyeing Afghan exit, US intensifies campaign against Haqqani militants
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A Taliban suicide bomber killed 10 people in an attack on a hotel in Uruzgan. The Taliban also killed three Afghans in Helmand. President Obama warned Afghan president Hamid Karzai that the US is prepared to withdraw all troops at the end of 2014 if the Bilateral Security Agreement is not signed.
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The Taliban killed 20 Afghan soldiers and captured eight more after overrunning a military outpost in Kunar province. The attack may have been facilitated by Afghan soldiers sympathetic to the Taliban. The government denied that the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan executed 23 Pakistani Frontier Corps troops inside Afghanistan.
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Taliban Say Talks Over US Soldier’s Release Suspended
Taliban kill 20 Afghan soldiers, capture 8 in Kunar
So much for the idea that the US withdrawal from Kunar will cause the insurgency to collapse.
Afghan Taliban denounces former senior official, denies involvement in peace talks
The Taliban again denied that Agha Jan Mutasim represents the group, and said his actions are “detrimental” to both the Taliban and “the goals of the sacred Jihad.”
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China offers conditional support to Afghan-US security deal