Afghanistan
The Taliban killed 10 members of the Afghan Local Police and seven civilians in Ghazni after poisoning them, and killed a civilian in a bombing at a market in Nangarhar. A suicide bomber wounded seven soldiers in an attack in Kabul.
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Afghanistan
Rockets fired at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Kunar Insecurity Hampers Polio Vaccination
ISAF: Oops, Afghan violence didn’t decrease in 2012
ISAF has corrected its earlier reporting on the level of violence in Afghanistan. ISAF had previously claimed that the number of enemy initiated attacks in Afghanistan had decreased by 7 percent in 2012, as compared to 2011. In reality, there was no change.
NATO
European Obstruction: NATO Reforms Moving at ‘Snail’s Pace’
Afghanistan
The military claimed that 35 Taliban fighters were killed during an operation in Herat. Ten Taliban fighters reconciled with the government.
Afghanistan
Kabul wants security guarantee; US says no
Afghanistan
AP Newsbreak: Drop in Taliban attacks incorrect
US adds Mullah Nazir Group, subcommander to terrorism list
After sheltering and supporting al Qaeda for nearly a decade, the South Waziristan-based Mullah Nazir Group and one it its deputy leaders, Commander Malang, have finally been added to the State Department’s terrorism list.
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed two policemen and four civilians in IED attacks in Helmand and Uruzgan province. ISAF said there is no evidence that US Special Forces are involved in war crimes in Wardak province.
Afghanistan
After The Afghan Pullout, The Dangers For Central Asia
Afghanistan
Afghan Government to Fund 90% of Development Budget by 2024
Afghanistan
President Karzai ordered US Special Forces to leave Wardak after accusing them of war crimes. The Taliban launched four suicide attacks against NDS and ANCOP installations in Kabul, Logar, and Nangarhar; four suicide bombers, two NDS officers, and two policemen were killed.
Taliban launch 4 suicide attacks in 3 provinces
Three of the suicide bombers targeted the National Directorate of Security in Kabul and Nangarhar; the other suicide bomber attacked a headquarters for the Afghan National Civil Order Police in Logar.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan to Probe Alleged Abuses By Afghan Troops in Helmand
Afghan president orders US Special Forces to leave Wardak province
Karzai’s directive comes during sensitive negotiations and draft proposals for a residual international force to remain in Afghanistan after 2014.
Multiple insurgents captured in raid targeting IMU leader
Six Afghan members of the al Qaeda-linked Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan were captured in Kunduz two days ago. The IMU in Afghanistan continues to take orders from its Pakistan-based leaders.
Afghanistan
Police killed 17 Taliban fighters in operations throughout the country. The Taliban killed a policeman in Laghman. An Afghan intelligence officer claimed that former Pakistani Taliban commander Faqir Mohammed planned to kill senior officials.
Afghanistan
NATO in Talks on Scale of Afghan Role After 2014 Deadline
Afghanistan
Talk of Peace With Pakistan Taliban Angers Victims
Afghanistan
Afghanistan refuses to hand over Maulvi Faqir
Afghanistan
Security forces killed two Taliban fighters and several Pakistani jihadists in Laghman. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in an IED attack in the south.
Afghanistan
Freed Afghan Taliban fighters return to insurgency
Afghanistan
Test for NATO: US Plans Mini-Force in Post-2014 Afghanistan
Afghanistan
UN notes a sharp increase in US drone strikes in Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Taliban dismiss UN report on civilian casualties in Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Security Transition Driving Troop Casualties Up: Afghan MoD
Afghanistan
Jirga to Decide on Kabul-Washington Security Pact
Former Taliban emir Faqir Mohammed reported captured by Afghan intel
Faqir, who led the Taliban in Bajaur, is said to have been captured in Nangarhar province.
Taliban insider attack facilitator killed in Kunar
A Taliban operative who was responsible for the death of an American soldier in May 2012 died along with an associate in a precision airstrike in Kunar’s Ghaziabad district. ISAF had claimed it killed the operative last September.