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.
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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.”
Afghanistan
China offers conditional support to Afghan-US security deal
Afghanistan
A Taliban suicide assault team killed two policemen in an attack on a police headquarters in Kabul province. Five civilians and a Taliban fighter were killed in clashes in Helmand. The US warned its citizens not to travel to Afghanistan.
Afghan Taliban suicide assault team strikes in Kabul province
The Taliban have launched two other suicide attacks in Kabul province over the past three days.
Afghanistan
A suicide bomber killed two civilians at a cultural center in Kabul. Yesterday, a suicide bomber targeted presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah. Pakistan claimed that the 23 Frontier Corps personnel who were executed by the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan were killed inside Afghanistan.
Afghanistan
Study Warns on Afghan Troop Cuts
Afghanistan
The Secret Battles Between US Forces and Chechen Terrorists
Afghanistan
Karzai Condemns Killing of Taliban Leader, Body Returned to Takhar
Afghanistan
Armed groups continue to haunt Afghan north
Afghanistan
US seeks prisoner swap with Taliban to free Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl
Jihadists create ‘no-go zones’ in northern Afghanistan
“There are already ‘no go’ zones under Taliban control in Faryab and Jawzjan provinces,” according to a report.
Afghanistan
Turkmenistan: The Achilles Heel Of Central Asian Security
Afghanistan
US seeks new bases for drones targeting Al Qaeda in Pakistan
Afghanistan
Afghan NSC welcomes Taliban’s Dubai meeting declaration
Afghanistan
Former Jihadi Leader Calls for Systemic Release of Bagram Prisoners
Afghanistan
Afghan Army’s Test Begins With Fight for Vital Highway
Afghanistan
The military said it killed 45 Taliban fighters in Nangarhar and nine more fighters in Kunar. A suicide bomber killed six people in Kunduz. The Taliban claimed it shot down a US helicopter in Kandahar.
Afghanistan
Pentagon: Insider threat in Afghanistan ‘as dangerous as it ever was’
Afghan High Peace Council spokesman says US ‘martyred’ bin Laden
“You [the US] martyred Osama and yet you are still here,” HPC spokesman Maulavi Shazada Shahid said as he lashed out against the US.
Afghanistan
65 “Innocent” – or “Dangerous”? – Detainees Released From Bagram: Secret documents and Afghan and US claims?
Afghanistan
Two men wearing Afghan military uniforms killed two ISAF soldiers in Kapisa. Security forces killed 19 Taliban fighters in Nangarhar. The Taliban have established training camps in southern Helmand. The US added the owner of a hawala to its list of terrorist kingpins for supporting the Taliban.
Green-on-blue attack in Kapisa kills 2 Coalition troops
In the reported first insider attack since Oct. 26, two Coalition troops were killed by two men in Afghan military uniforms, and several civilians were injured by crossfire.
Taliban establish training camps in southern Helmand
Dishu and Khanishan districts in Helmand province were turned over to Afghan control in early 2013. One year later, the Taliban have opened camps in the districts.
Treasury adds Afghan heroin trafficker to narcotics kingpin list
Lahore Jan, an Afghan national based in Jalalabad, uses his hawala to transfer funds for the Taliban.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan deploys its first satellite into orbit by February
Afghanistan
US Forces-Afghanistan condemned the Afghan government’s order to free 65 “dangerous individuals” from custody. “The primary weapon of choice for these individuals is the improvised explosive device,” the statement said. The Taliban killed four Afghan soldiers in IED attacks.
US military condemns Afghan government’s release of 65 ‘dangerous individuals’
US Forces-Afghanistan strongly objected to the release of “65 dangerous individuals” and said the move “is a major step backward for the rule of law in Afghanistan.”
Afghanistan
The Hizb-i-Islami Gulbuddin claimed its suicide bomber killed two ISAF contractors in an attack in Kabul. An ISAF soldier was killed in a gunfight in eastern Afghanistan. The Afghan military said it killed 17 Taliban fighters and detained 16 more during operations nationwide.
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed seven soldiers in an IED attack in Farah and wounded 11 people in a suicide bombing in Paktika. Control of the prison at Bagram has been transferred to Afghanistan’s Interior Ministry.