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After The Afghan Pullout, The Dangers For Central Asia
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Afghanistan
Eight policemen defected to the Taliban in Herat. A policeman gunned down his commander in Khost. A US Blackhawk pilot was one of five soldiers killed in a helicopter crash in Kandahar earlier this week. An ISAF soldier was killed yesterday in a helicopter crash in the south.
Afghanistan
Afghan Clerics Warn US on Karzai Demands
Afghanistan
Fareed helped in Afghanistan, but Denmark won’t help him
Al Qaeda propaganda arm confirms death of senior religious emir
The Al Fajr Media Center referred to Khalid bin Abdul Rahman al Husainan in terms used to describe dead leaders and fighters. Husainan was killed in a drone strike in late 2012.
Afghanistan
US refuse to transfer high-risk prisoners to Afghan control
Afghan forces thwart unprecedented terror plot in Kabul
NDS forces raided a Haqqani Network safe house in eastern Kabul, killing five militants, capturing two others, and seizing a 7,800-kg truck bomb wired for detonation. The bomb’s destructive capacity had a radius of nearly one mile, according to Afghan officials.
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Hundreds Protest Against US in Wardak
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13,000 girls deprived of education in Khost
Afghanistan
Karzai Will Bring on Govt Downfall: National Coalition
Afghanistan
US General Puts Troops on Security Alert After Karzai Remarks
IMU commander captured in Kunduz
ISAF has targeted the al Qaeda-linked Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan eight times so far this year. The captured IMU commander is from Uzbekistan.
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US spy agencies more pessimistic on Afghan war
Afghanistan
A suicide bomber killed 10 civilians, including the father and brother of the speaker of parliament, in an attack in Kunduz. Security forces killed five suicide bombers and captured two more in Kabul.
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Analysis: Afghan security vacuum feared along “gateway to Kabul”
Afghanistan
Ex-Spy Chief: Pakistan Sees Afghanistan As ‘Sub-Nation’
Afghanistan
Sweden – Riksdag ‘misled’ about Afghanistan mission
Afghanistan
Pakistan – A Few Words : Talking to the Taliban: consequences
Afghanistan
Russia’s Top Drug Cop Warns On Afghan Opiates
Afghanistan
An Afghan policeman killed two US Special Forces soldiers and two Afghan security personnel in an attack at a base in Wardak. The military said seven Taliban fighters were killed in a premature detonation in Helmand. Twenty Taliban fighters reconciled with the government in Kunduz.
Al Nusrah Front
Maghreb youth answer al-Qaeda call
Al Qaeda
Tough questions linger a year after Toulouse killings
2 US soldiers killed by Afghan policeman in attack at Special Forces base
An Afghan Local Policeman opened fire on a US Special Forces base in Wardak. The attack is the second of its kind in four days.
Why the Afghan ‘peace conference’ idea keeps bombing
An in-depth article by the Afghan Analysts Network shows why the Afghan government’s plan for a regional ulema ‘peace conference’ on suicide attacks is likely to fail.
Karzai statement highlights frayed US-Afghan relations
“The bombs that went off in Kabul and Khost yesterday were not a show of power to America, but were in service to America…” the Afghan president said.
Afghanistan
Karzai Says Taliban ‘in Service to America’
Afghanistan
Few Illusions as Afghan Exit Nears
Afghanistan
Pakistan supply routes open, but move gear slowly into Afghanistan
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed nine people in a suicide attack outside of the Defense Ministry in Kabul and nine more in another suicide attack in Khost. A prominent Afghan political leader in Herat escaped another assassination attempt. The transfer of the Parwan Detention Facility to Afghan control has been delayed yet again.
Taliban suicide bombers strike in Kabul, Khost
The suicide attacks took place as US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel was visiting the capital to discuss the handover of security to Afghan forces.