Pakistan
Taliban Defend New Perch in Northern Pakistan, Gaining Sway as Election Nears
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Afghanistan
The Taliban killed four policemen in Nimroz, three civilians in Helmand, and an NDS agent in Kunduz. An Afghan soldier fired an RPG at Lithuanian soldiers in Ghor, wounding two. The governor of Balkh province said the West has failed Afghanistan.
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed five civilians in an IED attack in Helmand and two policemen in Nuristan. Two ISAF soldiers were killed in a helicopter crash in Nangarhar. Two French citizens who were kidnapped months ago have been freed.
ISAF kills, captures 2 IMU facilitators in Takhar
The IMU clear remains entrenched in northern Afghanistan despite years of operations against the terror group.
Afghanistan
Joint Afghan and Coalition forces in Takhar arrested a facilitator “with ties to multiple terrorist organizations,” including the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, and killed another IMU facilitator; and detained a known insurgent in Wardak. An insurgent roadside bomb in Wardak detonated under a busload of civilians, killing nine and injuring another 28.
Afghanistan
Afghan attacks raise fears over Taliban strength
Afghanistan
Leaving Corruptistan: Washington Favors Exit over Fight with Karzai
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