Afghanistan
Fazlur Rahman arrives in Kabul, meets Karzai
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Afghanistan
Afghanistan – On International Girl’s Day, Violence Against Women Trends Worry UN
US grabs Pakistani Taliban commander from Afghan intel
Latif Mehsud, a top deputy to Hakeemullah Mehsud, the emir of the al Qaeda-linked Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan, is said to have been captured by US forces while being escorted by the NDS after conducting a meeting to exchange Afghan prisoners for cash.
Afghanistan
UN extends NATO force in Afghanistan for last time
Afghanistan
The government claimed security forces killed 26 Taliban fighters while retaking a base in Daykundi; the Taliban denied the report. Six Taliban fighters were killed in Badghis; four more died in a premature detonation in Kunar. A suicide bomber killed four civilians in Khost.
Taliban denies Pakistan freed Mullah Baradar
The Afghan Taliban is deferential to Pakistan while noting Baradar remains in custody.
Afghanistan
Five Taliban fighters and seven civilians were killed during a series of clashes and IED attacks throughout the country. Security forces captured two suicide and IED attack facilitators during a raid in Takhar and two Taliban fighters in Kandahar.
Afghanistan
Karzai Raises Stakes in US-Afghan Talks by Calling Assembly
Afghanistan
President Obama claimed that the US would continue to support Afghanistan even if no security agreement was signed between the two countries. Afghan officials said that 11 Taliban fighters, including a commander, were killed and eight more were captured during operations in Logar and Badakhshan.
Taliban: US ‘forced’ to ‘accept the existence and presence of the Islamic Emirate’ of Afghanistan
The Taliban also said the US is “openly declaring that they are quitting Afghanistan and want to bring the conflict in Afghanistan to an end through talks.”
Afghan Taliban support Pakistani branch, spokesman claims
Shahidullah Shahid, the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan’s senior spokesman, also said that Mullah Fazlullah is operating from the northeastern Afghan province of Kunar.
Afghanistan
With little fanfare, Afghanistan War drags into 13th year
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed four US soldiers in a suicide bombing in Kandahar and a security official in an IED attack in Nuristan. Security forces killed 11 Taliban fighters in operations throughout the country. German troops transferred control of a main base in Kunduz to Afghan forces.
4 US soldiers killed in Taliban suicide attack
The Taliban claimed credit for a double suicide attack in Zhari district in Kandahar, the cradle of the movement.
Afghanistan
The police claimed to have killed 18 Taliban fighters during operations in Kandahar, Helmand, and Farah provinces. The Taliban killed two policemen and two civilians in an attack in Laghman. Afghan officials claimed that ISAF aircraft killed five civilians, including three children, in Nangarhar. An Afghan security guard killed an ISAF soldier in the east. […]
Afghanistan
The newly appointed chief of police for Wardak province quit just two days after taking the job, citing continuous fighting with the Taliban. The Taliban killed two policemen and a road worker in Faryab province; a woman was also beheaded in the province.
Afghanistan
Norway cuts Afghan aid in protest at graft
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed three policemen in an IED attack in Helmand. Abdul Rassoul Sayyaf, one of several Afghans who assisted Osama bin Laden with entering Afghanistan and who served as a mentor to Mohammed Atef, is running for president.
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Man Who Brought Al Qaeda to Afghanistan Now Runs for President
Photo of Mullah Sangeen in coffin published on jihadist forum
Haqqani Network commander Mullah Sangeen Zadran was killed in a US drone strike on Sept. 5 in Pakistan’s Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan.
Afghanistan
Commanders were warned of Camp Bastion weaknesses before Taliban attack
Afghanistan
Security forces killed 11 Taliban fighters during an operation in Helmand. The Taliban killed an “intelligence attorney” in an IED attack in Kunar.
Haqqani Network said to name successor to Mullah Sangeen
Bilal Zadran is said to have replaced Mullah Sangeen Zadran, who is thought to have been killed in a US drone strike in North Waziristan in early September.
Afghanistan
Two Marine Corps Generals Are Forced to Retire Over Fatal Security Breach
Afghanistan
The government claimed it retook a district in Badakhshan from the Taliban; the Taliban claimed they are still in control of the district. Police claimed to have killed 25 Taliban fighters in Helmand and 10 more in Helmand. The Taliban killed two policemen and three civilians in Herant, and a policeman in Balkh.
Afghanistan
The Taliban seized control of the Karan wa Munjan district center in Badakhshan; Afghan security forces claimed to have regained control of the district. A suicide bomber killed four people in an attack outside a security headquarters in Marja in Helmand. Security forces captured a Taliban commander in Herat and 73 fighters in Wardak.
Afghanistan
At American University of Kabul, a foreboding about the future as US pullout deadline nears
Afghanistan
Afghan Senators Claim Local Officials Submit Fudged Security Reports
Afghanistan
Afghan MoFA Unable to Contact Baradar Due to “Time Crunch”
US drones target Haqqani Network in North Waziristan strike
Three Haqqani network fighters were killed in the attack, which took place in the same town where Mullah Sangeen Zadran is rumored to have been killed in another drone strike earlier this month.