Afghanistan
Afghanistan – Fate of ALP officials hangs in balance
Afghanistan – Fate of ALP officials hangs in balance
Afghan, Foreign Officials Meet to Review National Security
US Troop Pullout Affects India-Pakistan Rivalry
Security forces killed 17 Taliban fighters in Baghlan, six fighters in Kunduz, and five more in Herat, and detained 49 suspects in Wardak. The Taliban wounded 15 people in a suicide attack in Kandahar.
The Lasting Toll Of An Afghan Suicide Bombing
Mohammed Roozi, who wounded three Australian soldiers and two Afghan troops in an attack in Uruzgan, was killed in the northern province of Takhar.
Afghanistan – US general expects spike in violence before winter
Cameron Handed 70,000-Name Afghan Interpreters Petition
The Taliban offerred to free a female member of parliament and two other civilians who have recently been kidnapped in Ghazni in exchange for eight Taliban fighters currently in prison. Security forces killed a Taliban commander in Badakhshan province.
Ex-NATO Chief: 15,000 Troops Should Stay In Afghanistan After 2014
Afghanistan – Police officials involved in drug trade: Salangi
Afghanistan – Former IEC Chief Casts Doubt on Election Security
The Taliban kidnapped and then executed eight civilians in the Muqur district in Ghazni, and killed two civilians in Uruzgan, a government official in Kandahar, and a tribal leader in Jawzjan. The Interior Ministry said that 14 Taliban fighters were killed in operations across the country.
Afghan Taliban dismiss “illogical” Indian claim over Kashmir clash
Afghanistan objected for imposing exit tax on Australian military
Insurgent Activity on the Rise in Badghis
Pakistani Al-Qaeda and Haqqani Network Pose Threat to Afghanistan: Security Officials
AP Interview: US General Says Afghan Deal Vital
The IJU continues to operate in eastern Afghanistan. The group said that fighters from Russia, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan as well as Pashtuns participated in attacks on US bases, and that the fighters have deployed a mine designed to down a US Apache.
Sweden to keep women focus in Afghan aid
Taliban forcibly collect usher in Paktika
Karzai Appeals to Taliban for Ceasefire, Changes Tone Negotiations
The Taliban killed 14 women and children in a bombing at a graveyard in Nangarhar. President Karzai said the Taliban should open a political office in Afghanistan.
The Taliban killed four civilians in an IED attack in Kandahar. The NDS captured 52 Pakistanis in Afghanistan over the past four months. The Taliban denied that two senior commanders were killed during recent fighting in Nangarhar.
Reading Between The Red Lines Of US-Afghan Security Talks
Excerpts from Washington Post interview with Egyptian Gen. Abdel Fatah al-Sissi
In Afghanistan, a second Guantanamo
Five Taliban fighters and a policemen were killed in a clash in Farah. The Taliban killed a judge and three civilians in Kunduz and Bamyan. Security forces killed a suicide bomber in Uruzgan, captured seven suicide bombers and fighters in Kabul, and detained five Taliban fighters in Baghlan.
A suicide assault team killed nine children in a failed attack on the Indian consulate in Jalalabad in Nangarhar province. No group has claimed credit for the attack. The Haqqani Network, backed by Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate, has conducted attacks on Indian interests in the past.
Taliban Target MoE Officials to Stall Progress in Educational Sector