Afghanistan
The Afghan military claimed 15 Taliban fighters were killed in infighting in Paktika, and said that four more were killed during operations in Ghazni. The Taliban killed five civilians in bombings in Nangarhar.
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Afghanistan
Safety of Aid Workers Is a Concern After Afghan Attacks
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US General Warns of Risks If Karzai Delays Deal
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‘Lawrence of Helmand’ marine awarded Afghan gallantry medal
Afghanistan
Twenty Taliban fighters and 10 policemen were killed during fighting in Nuristan. The Taliban killed six teachers in Faryab and six soldiers in IED attacks in Zabul, Logar, and Helmand.
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Just Ignore Karzai and Press On
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No ‘Magic Wand’ To Satisfy Conditions Overnight: Rice
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The US threatened to withdraw all forces after 2014 if President Karzai doesn’t sign the Bilateral Security Agreement. The government may reintroduce public stoning for adulterers.
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Taliban condemn Loya Jirga’s endorsement of Afghan-US security deal
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Taliban-Linked Provincial Candidates Worry Ghazni Officials
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Adulterers may be stoned under new Afghan law, official says
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Afghan elders want President Karzai to sign the Bilateral Security Agreement; Karzai insisted it wouldn’t be signed until after elections in April 2014. Police killed five Taliban fighters. Two people were killed in a bombing in Nangarhar. A border policemen killed two of his colleagues in Kandahar.
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America forgetting lessons of Iraq, Afghanistan, general says
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Mujadadi Claims He Will Leave Afghanistan if BSA Not Signed
Afghanistan
Seven Taliban fighters were killed in a premature detonation inside a mosque in Nangarhar. The Afghan government accused ISAF of killing two civilians in a night raid; ISAF said the two people killed were Taliban fighters. The Taliban killed an Afghan soldier in an IED attack in Khost.
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Afghanistan’s Loya Jirga delegates back US jurisdiction over troops
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Muzhda Confirms Talks With Taliban
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President Karzai rejected a US ultimatum to approve the Bilateral Security Agreement by the end of the year. Security forces killed 12 Taliban fighters during operations in Kabul, Balkh, Wardak, Logar, Nimroz, Kandahar, and Helmand. “Gunmen” kidnapped and then executed two health workers in Helmand.
Analysis: Targeted killing of Haqqani leaders a successful tactic that falls short of an effective strategy
The recent deaths of top Haqqani Network leaders Nasiruddin Haqqani and Ahmad Jan will hurt the organization, but without a comprehensive strategy to fight jihadist groups beyond the tactic of targeted killings, will not lead to its collapse.
Afghanistan
President Karzai wants to delay signing the Bilateral Security Agreement with the US until after elections in April 2014. Seven Taliban fighters were killed in an airstrike in Nuristan. The Taliban killed four people in a possible suicide attack in Kandahar. Police captured a teenaged suicide bomber in Khost.
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Saboteurs attempting to disrupt Afghanistan’s Loya Jirga held with explosives, arms
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Afghan political analyst with Taliban links has reportedly escaped
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Exclusive: US May Have Let ‘Dozens’ of Terrorists Into Country As Refugees
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Taliban rejects UN report regarding group’s casualties
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Islamic Association of Students Rallies Opposition to BSA
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The Taliban killed seven children in an IED attack in Paktika and four civilians in bombings in Zabul and Kandahar. Security forces killed 10 Taliban fighters. The Afghan government is reportedly still balking over the language of the Bilateral Security Agreement with the US.
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In Afghanistan, clinic funded by US military closes because of lack of government support
Afghanistan
The Taliban beheaded six construction workers in Kandahar, and killed two policemen in an IED attack in Kabul and an ISAF soldier in the south.
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Afghan-US BSA talks: rift over raids on civilian house persists
Taliban claim credit for Kabul suicide attack
Yesterday’s attack, which targeted the meeting site of the Loya Jirga that will vote on the Bilateral Security Agreement with the US, killed 13 Afghans.