Afghanistan
New militant magazine appeals for help against drones
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Afghanistan
ISAF killed a wanted Saudi terrorist and an Afghan commander in Nuristan last week; both men have been linked to “Arab” elements of the insurgency. The Taliban killed four civilians in an IED attack in Farah.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – Paktika residents seek ALP deployment
Afghanistan
Troops Casualties Will Not Affect Campaign in Afghanistan: ISAF
ISAF kills 2 ‘Arab’-linked commanders in Nuristan
One of those killed, Saleh Abd al Aziz Hamad al Luhayb, was wanted by Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of the Interior. The International Security Assistance Force will not describe him and others with links to “Arabs” as al Qaeda.
Afghanistan
An Afghan soldier killed two ISAF troops in the west. The Taliban killed five ISAF soldiers in Kandahar and another ISAF soldier in the north, and captured seven Afghan Local Policemen in Faryab.
Afghan soldier kills 2 ISAF troops in latest green-on-blue attack
The two ISAF soldiers were killed in western Afghanistan. So far this year, there have been six such attacks, which account for 13 percent of ISAF’s deaths.
Afghanistan
US Names New Envoy to Afghanistan, Pakistan
Afghanistan
Pakistan Building Up Military Check-Posts in Kunar: Governor
Afghanistan
Karzai urges Taliban to fight Afghan enemies after Pakistan clash
Pakistan
Benazir assassination case: FIA prosecutor gunned down
The continuing appeal of suicide attacks
Efforts to garner mainstream religious consensus in Afghanistan and Pakistan condemning the use of suicide attacks and other forms of violence against civilians seem doomed to fail.
Pakistani Taliban praise bin Laden by ‘waging jihad for the Caliphate’
“We dedicate all our activities for the next decade to Sheikh Osama bin Laden,” Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan spokesman Ihsanullah Ihsan said in a video praising the slain al Qaeda leader.
Afghanistan
Young German Jihadists Fight on Side of Rebels in Syrian War
Afghanistan
Taliban ‘Slim-Fast diet’ allows French hostage to escape
ISAF targets ‘insurgent leader’ linked to Haqqanis, Pakistani Taliban, and ‘Arabs’
The insurgent leader runs a training camp somewhere along the Afghan-Pakistan border and commands more than 100 fighters, including suicide bombers.
Afghanistan
Afghan Forces Will Lead All Military Operations in Two Months: MoD
Afghanistan
The Taliban assassinated a member of the High Peace Council in Helmand and captured 28 policemen in Faryab. Security forces killed six Taliban fighters in Ghazni. Pakistani and Afghan troops clashed in Nangarhar.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan: UK’s best armoured vehicle overcome by Taliban for first time
Taliban assassinate member of Afghan High Peace Council
The Taliban have now assassinated three senior members of the peace council since the end of the summer of 2011. The attack was likely executed by the Mullah Dadullah Front.
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed three ISAF soldiers and nine Afghan civilians in bombings in the south and north, and freed 10 Afghan soldiers who were captured in Badakhshan. Video of yesterday’s plane crash at Bagram has emerged on the Internet.
Afghanistan
Police launch nighttime raids in Helmand
ISAF focusing efforts against IMU in Baghlan district
Raids against the al Qaeda-linked Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan in the Afghan north continue; one commander was killed and another captured during recent operations.
Afghanistan
A civilian cargo plane crashed shortly after takeoff at Bagram Field, killing all seven people on board. Joint security forces arrested a Haqqani Network leader in Khost, a Taliban leader and Taliban facilitator in Kandahar, and confirmed the death of an Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan leader in Baghlan on April 9.
Afghanistan
Solidarity of Pakistani Taliban with Afghan Taliban Raises Concerns
Haqqani Network’s Taj Mir Jawad subgroup targeted in raid
Taj Mir Jawad is a co-leader of the Kabul Attack Network, and is a senior commander in the al Qaeda-linked Haqqani Network.
Afghanistan
CIA Delivers Cash to Afghan Leader’s Office
Afghanistan
Four ISAF soldiers were killed when an aircraft crashed in Zabul. A policeman killed two of his colleagues in Paktia. The Taliban announced the start of the Khalid bin Waleed spring offensive. The departing French ambassador had harsh words about the situation in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan
Public uprising against Pakistani and Afghan Taliban in Kunar
Afghanistan
40 Percent of Insurgency In 10 Afghan Districts: ISAF