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Police Officers Are Targets in Wave of Afghan Violence
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Efforts to Strengthen Afghan Law on Women May Backfire
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed nine people and wounded dozens more in a secured upscale neighborhood in Kandahar, and killed two more Afghans in bombings in Khost and Paktika. The Taliban assassinated a district police chief in Farah.
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Angry Afghan MPs halt debate on women’s rights
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Security forces killed nine Taliban fighters in an airstrike in Paktika province and seven more in Ghazni. Russia is considering deploying troops to the Afghan-Tajik border, citing a “general destabilization of the situation” in northern Afghanistan.
ISAF targets al Qaeda facilitator in eastern Afghanistan
The International Security Assistance Force has balked at mentioning al Qaeda in press releases since the end of January.
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A Hizb-i-Islami Gulbuddin suicide bomber killed 6 Americans and nine Afghans in an attack in Kabul. Special operations forces targeted an al Qaeda-linked Taliban commander in Kunar province.
Hizb-i-Islami Gulbuddin suicide bomber in Kabul kills 6 Americans, 9 Afghans
The Taliban’s spring offensive promised a renewed focus on suicide attacks targeting ISAF forces. Today’s suicide bombing in a residential area also injured 39 Afghan civilians.
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Afghanistan imposes $1b illegitimate taxes on US-funded projects
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Afghanistan – Zahir Qadir Must Provide Capital Legitimizing Documents: Analysts
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US Special Operations Step Up in Afghanistan
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The Taliban killed four US soldiers in Kandahar and three Georgian soldiers and three civilians in Helmand in IED attacks over the past 24 hours. The Taliban forced 40 schools in Zabul to shut down. More than 150 schoolgirls and five teachers were poisoned in Herat.
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Taliban Keep Up Campaign to Win Public Support
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Tensions Rise Between Kabul and Berlin Ahead of Withdrawal
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Afghanistan – TAPI pipeline to spur regional uplift: US
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Taliban Shuts 40 Schools In Southern Zabul Province: Officials
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Pakistan’s next premier an Islamist comeback kid
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Afghan Forces Lack Equipments to Defend Borders
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US and Afghans Negotiate Future
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Poppy Cultivation Rises in Badakhshan
Panjwai district chief of police: ‘Pakistan has been trying to bring Afghanistan under its control’
District Chief of Police Lieutenant Colonel Sultan Mohammad discusses the roots of the insurgency, the Kandahar massacre, poppy eradication, and Panjwai’s improvement in security.
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A suicide bomber killed three people in Kapisa. Fifteen Taliban fighters and a police commander were killed in fighting in Laghman. Police killed four Taliban fighters in Ghazni. The Taliban kidnapped 11 deminers in Nangarhar.
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Afghan senate urge US to remove Pakistan military from Goshta
‘Iranian citizens’ reported killed in ISAF airstrike
The strike took place last week in the western province of Farah, which borders Iran. ISAF confirmed the strike took place but would not discuss the details.
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President Karzai said the US wants to maintain nine military bases in Afghanistan following the end of NATO combat operations in 2014. He said the US is requesting bases in Kabul, Bagram, Mazar-e-Sharif, Jalalabad, Gardez, Kandahar, Helmand, Shindand, and Herat, but Afghanistan must first be granted security guarantees.
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US funds worth $50 million stolen from Afghan bank: SIGAR
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Afghanistan – Senate Speaker Lashes Out at Foreign Troops Over Border Posts
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Police killed eight protesters, who are said to have been infiltrated by “militants,” at an anti-Pakistani demonstration. Militants killed three truck drivers during the protest. The Taliban killed five Afghan soldiers and a policeman in Farah, and three civilians in an IED attack in Helmand.
ISAF launches multiple raids against IMU as fighting season heats up
Raids against the al Qaeda-linked Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan continue at an unprecedented pace. There have been five raids against the group in Afghanistan so far this month and 26 this year.
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The Taliban killed a police officer and wounded three more in an IED attack in Kunduz. President Karzai said the international community has failed to secure Afghanistan. Unemployment in Afghanistan rose by 500,000 over the past year.