Afghanistan
General Dunford has assumed command of ISAF. ISAF has begun to withdraw equipment from Afghanistan via Pakistan. Security forces killed 11 Taliban fighters in Helmand.
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Afghanistan
The Taliban killed six civilians in an IED attack in Helmand and a policeman in a bombing in Herat. Police killed five Taliban fighters in operations throughout the country. ISAF captured an IMU leader in Burkah.
Afghanistan
US Sets Stage for Exodus from Afghanistan
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Some Taliban prisoners released by Pakistan are back in battle, officials fear
Afghanistan
Local Powerbrokers Behind Illegal Mining: Afghan Govt
Afghanistan
Why Pakistan should not talk to the TTP
2 IMU leaders captured in northern Afghanistan
Additionally, ISAF captured a senior Taliban commander who worked with the Hizb-i-Islami Gulbuddin and who facilitated suicide attacks.
Afghanistan
Special operations forces killed a Taliban leader in Kunduz, and captured an Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan commander and nine insurgents in Takhar, Logar, and Kandahar. ISAF disputed a UN report that said hundreds of Afghan children were killed during raids last year.
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The Taliban killed a police chief and three bodyguards in Balkh and claimed that eight soldiers defected in Ghazni. An ISAF helicopter crashed in Kapisa; the Taliban claimed they shot it down.
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Ahmadzai Claims Spy Agencies Oppose Afghan Local Police
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For US Leader in Afghan War, Much Time Making Peace
India
Pakistani Militant, Price on Head, Lives in Open
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Taliban group dismiss tripartite summit outcome on Afghanistan
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Afghanistan As It Once Was
Prominent al Qaeda leader killed in drone strike in 2012
Abd el Kader Mahmoud Mohamed el Sayed was a close advisor to al Qaeda emir Ayman al Zawahiri and served as a military commander in Afghanistan before he was killed. El Sayed was involved in the Luxor massacre and, while living in Milan, was recorded by Italian intelligence discussing terror plots against the West.
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Pakistan ends blockage for 3,700 Afghan containers
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UK deploys toy-sized spy drones in Afghanistan
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Top Afghan commander: If UK leaves Afghanistan, Taliban will return to launch global jihad
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Eastern Afghanistan residents wary of US departure
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Only Afghan Govt Qualified for Direct Taliban Talks: MOFA
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Alleged terrorism ties foil some Afghan interpreters’ US visa hopes
Al Qaeda
Timbuktu Training Site Shows Terrorists’ Reach
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Eastern Afghanistan residents wary of US departure
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Logar, Wardak Insecurity Threatens Kabul: Officials
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Pakistan Fines Afghan Traders $50m for Stalled Containers
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Young Afghans Face Backlash Over Music
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Security forces killed seven Taliban fighters in Helmand. Two policemen were killed in a shooting at a university in Takhar.
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As NATO Prepares for Afghan Withdrawal, Uzbekistan Seeks War’s Leftovers
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Afghan police killed a Taliban district chief in Ghazni. Two tribal elders in Kunar were killed after being kidnapped days ago. The US State department warned that traveling in Afghanistan remains unsafe.
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NATO Secretary General’s Annual Report 2012