Afghanistan
Report on Afghan Deaths Shows Shift in Conflict
Report on Afghan Deaths Shows Shift in Conflict
US to focus on drugs, rule of law beyond 2014 in Afghanistan
At Pakistan’s ‘Taliban U,’ jihadists major in anti-Americanism
Three Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force officers and one facilitator who are involved in the “use of terrorism and intelligence operations as tools of influence against the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan” were added to the US’ list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists.
US won’t seize Taliban ally’s cash
Malik Ishaq leads the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, an al Qaeda-linked group that has conducted numerous suicide attacks in Pakistan and has targeted Americans.
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid sent LWJ the group’s response to the US’ designation of three senior Haqqani Network commanders.
Security forces killed a senior Taliban commander in Ghazni and three fighters in operations throughout the country. The National Directorate of Security captured two would-be Haqqani Network suicide bombers who were planning to attack presidential candidates in Kabul.
Two of the Haqqani Network leaders have close ties to al Qaeda; one of them has traveled to Saudi Arabia to fundraise as recently as late 2013. The other is a member of the Miramshah Shura and coordinates operations with the Taliban.
Old Tensions Resurface in Debate Over U.S. Role in Post-2014 Afghanistan
The Afghan president has attempted to negotiate with the Taliban over the past several months.
Karzai Arranged Secret Contacts With the Taliban
Role of US Contractors Grows as Iraq Fights Insurgents
The Taliban killed four policemen in Kandahar and four more in Farah, and two aides of presidential candidate Abdullah in Herat. President Karzai said that the US “worked against me” and that he has not talked to President Obama in seven months.
Hamid Karzai: ‘I saw no good’ with America’s presence in Afghanistan
Kabul Police Official Links Insurgency to Corruption
After billions in US investment, Afghan roads are falling apart
US, Turkey realize al Qaeda threat in Syria
US Aid to Afghans Flows On Despite Warnings of Misuse
Security forces killed 10 Taliban fighters in Helmand province. Two Taliban fighters and two policemen were killed in a pair of suicide attacks in Nangarhar. The US has halted funding for polling of the presidential election after the government accused the US of manipulating the results.
The Dec. 13 airstrike in Nangarhar killed two al Qaeda commanders who were associated with slain al Qaeda leader Ilyas Kashmiri.
A suicide bomber killed two policemen and two soldiers in an attack in Ghazni. Government officials claimed 21 Taliban fighters were killed in Ghazni. The Taliban killed two soldiers in an IED attack in Helmand. The NDS said 15 members of a suicide attack cell were captured in Kandahar.
Pakistan – JUI-S opposes operation against Taliban
No ‘unilateral’ decision on Waziristan operation: Pakistan PM
Security forces killed 17 Taliban fighters during raids throughout the country. The Taliban killed two soldiers in IED attacks in Helmand and Farah. Three civilians were wounded in two failed suicide attacks in Helmand.
Lack of bilateral agreement would be blow to Afghan army, NATO chief says
An Afghan Border Police officer killed five of his colleagues in an insider attack in Herat; the attacker joined the Taliban. The US military protested a release order for 37 prisoners to be freed from Bagram; the prisoners are directly involved in killing Coalition and Afghan security personnel.
A suicide bomber killed two soldiers and two civilians, including a journalist, and wounded 22 more Afghans in an attack on a bus in Kabul. Teh Taliban claimed credit for the attack. The Taliban also killed six civilians in an IED attack in Helmand and two policemen in another bombing in Khost.
Afghanistan Exit Is Seen as Peril to Drone Mission
False claims in Afghan accusations on US raid add to doubts on Karzai