Afghanistan
Leaving Corruptistan: Washington Favors Exit over Fight with Karzai
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Afghanistan
Afghanistan calls Pak-Afghan strategic pact ‘meaningless’
Al Qaeda
Al-Qaida Leader Urges Muslims to Unite in Struggle
Afghanistan
A Taliban suicide bomber killed three US soldiers, a State Department official, and a Department of Defense representative in an attack on the governor’s convoy in Zabul. The Afghan military claimed it killed 100 Taliban fighters in Badakhshan and 18 more in Jawzjan.
Afghanistan
Pakistan may use LeT for proxy war in Kashmir: US report
Afghanistan
Afghans Jail US Man in Business Dispute
Taliban suicide bomber kills 5 ISAF personnel in southeastern Afghanistan
Three ISAF soldiers and two civilians who worked at the Provincial Reconstruction Team in Qalat were killed in the suicide attack in the provincial capital of Zabul.
Afghanistan
Quetta council in Pakistan blamed for deadly attack in Farah
Afghanistan
A US fighter pilot died when his F-16 crashed 10 miles south of the Bagram Field runway last night in eastern Afghanistan. A Taliban commander and four fighters were killed in the Dangam district of Kunar province. Officials claimed that a NATO airstrike in Ghazni killed a civilian and four Afghan police.
The anatomy of green-on-blue tensions in Panjwai
An examination of the factors that lead to insider attacks and tensions in the volatile district and across Afghanistan.
Burma
What is behind Burma’s wave of religious violence?
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed 10 policemen and 34 civilians in an attack on a courthouse in Farah; nin members of the Taliban suicide assault team were also killed. Four Afghan soldiers were killed while defusing an IED in Kunar. An Afghan Local Police commander and three policemen were killed in an IED attack in Paktika.
Taliban suicide assault team strikes courtroom in western Afghanistan
Ten policemen and 34 Afghan civilians are reported to have been killed as the Taliban attempted to free prisoners being transported to a court for trial in Farah City.
Afghanistan
Kabul city to witness increased attacks this year: officials
Afghanistan
Protests erupt against Nangarhar police
Afghanistan
Afghan Spy Chief Returns Home
Pakistan
Pakistani youth ‘favour Sharia law over democracy’
Afghanistan
President Karzai said Taliban emir Mullah Omar can run for president. The Taliban killed three policemen in Paktia and another in Herat.
Pakistan
Taliban in Karachi: the real story
Syria
Secularists fear an Islamist takeover in Tunisia
Afghanistan
Afghans Failing Security Test In Badakhshan
Afghanistan
Karzai Orders Jailed Mullahs to be Investigated
Afghanistan
The US killed nine insurgents, including “Iranian and Arab” fighters, in an airstrike in Farah. An Afghan teenager stabbed and killed a US soldier in Nangarhar. A policeman gunned down a police chief in in Faryab.
Afghanistan
Karzai Softens on Taliban Ahead of Doha Office Opening
Afghanistan
At least nine Taliban fighters and a child were killed in an ISAF airstrike in Ghazni. US Special Forces have withdrawn from the Nirkh district in Wardak province.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan deny shelling Pakistan bordering regions
Afghanistan
Afghan Govt Repeats Claim of Pakistan’s ‘Unacceptable’ Demands
Afghanistan
US commandos hand over troubled area to Afghans
‘The Taliban are worried about the uprising happening here’: an interview with the Panjwai district governor
The DG of Panjwai district in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province outlines the nature of the insurgency and the local uprising against the Taliban, his desire for continued international assistance, and the limited resources provided by the national and provincial Afghan governments.
Pakistan
Taliban Terrorize Karachi as the New Gang in Town