Wanted Taliban commander in Kunar reported killed in US drone strike
Qari Dawat has been targeted by the US for years. He has expressed his support for al Qaeda and kidnapped a Western journalist. His death has not been confirmed.
Tag Archives: Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – Kajran in danger of falling into Taliban’s hands
Afghanistan
Afghanistan’s ‘Sandhurst in the Sand’ opens its doors
Afghanistan
NATO optimistic about US security agreement with Afghanistan
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed eight Afghan soldiers in Parwan and Farah. Three members of the Afghan Local Police in Kandahar were killed by two colleagues, who escaped. Security forces killed 11 Taliban fighters in Kandahar.
Afghanistan
Clash Between Taliban and Afghan Forces Consumes Ghorband
Afghanistan
Terrorist hideouts outside Afghanistan must be eliminated: Sediqi
Afghanistan
Afghan officials claimed that security forces killed 22 Taliban fighters and captured 16 more. ISAF killed nine “militants” in airstrikes in Kunar. The Taliban killed three policemen in Farah and an ISAF soldier in the south. An Afghan special forces commander in Kunar defected to the Taliban.
Afghanistan
With US withdrawal from Afghanistan, American military gear sold as scrap
IMU claims suicide attack against US forces in Afghanistan
The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan remains active against Coalition forces in northern Afghanistan.
Afghanistan
A suicide bomber killed two civilians in an attack on a compound that houses foreigners in Kabul. Another suicide bomber killed only himself in an attack on a US convoy near Bagram. ISAF killed 11 Taliban fighters in an airstrike in Kandahar.
Afghanistan
Pentagon shifting Afghan logistics hub to Romania from Kyrgyzstan
Afghanistan
Warlords Seen As A Losing Ticket In Afghan Election
Afghanistan
In Afghanistan, army struggles to wage war with damaged equipment, poor logistics
Afghanistan
In Afghanistan, army struggles to wage war with damaged equipment, poor logistics
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – Ulema Council Denounces Jamal Assassination as ‘Un-Islamic’
Afghanistan
Pakistan releases seven low-ranking Afghan Taliban prisoners
Afghanistan
The National Directorate of Security said that the bomb that killed the governor of Logar was planted in a Koran. Police gunned down a suicide bomber in Uruzgan before he could detonate his vest.
Afghanistan
How Afghanistan Has Changed the Bundeswehr German Military
Afghanistan
Pakistan – Experts Say Baradar Released, But Under Supervision
Taliban address al Qaeda in Afghanistan
At Voice of Jihad, the Taliban mentioned al Qaeda while rebutting President Obama’s claim that the terrorist group has been defeated in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan
The governor of Logar province was assassinated as he spoke in a mosque. The Taliban killed a British soldier as he was on patrol in Helmand. Afghan officials claimed that ISAF airstrikes killed seven “militants.”
Jihadists assassinate governor in key Afghan province
The attack is similar to other assassinations, such as those that killed Ahmed Shah Massoud and Burhanuddin Rabbani, that were carried out by al Qaeda and the Taliban.
Afghanistan
Votes sell for about $5 in Afghanistan as presidential race begins.
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed a border police commander, three policemen, and a cleric in Kandahar. A suicide bomber killed himself as he was being treated in a hospital in Paktia. A pro-Taliban cleric from Pakistan claimed the Afghan government would free Pakistanis in custody.
Afghanistan
A suicide bomber killed two policemen and a civilian in Nangarhar. A member of the Afghan security forces killed an ISAF solider in Paktika. The Taliban killed two children in Kunar for spying for the government.
Afghanistan
Govt to probe training to Syrian rebels: Karzai
ISAF soldier killed in latest insider attack in eastern Afghanistan
The attack took place in Paktika province, a stronghold of the Haqqani Network. There have been four such attacks against ISAF personnel in less than a month.
Afghanistan
Dispute on immunity for US troops blocks Afghan-US security pact
Al Qaeda
The Inevitable Rise Of Al-Qaeda in Libya