Afghanistan
Drone Strike Lawsuit Raises Concerns on Intelligence Sharing
Drone Strike Lawsuit Raises Concerns on Intelligence Sharing
Iran fuel may be part of U.S.-funded Afghan supply deals: report
General Seeks Sustained Afghan Role
Afghanistan, Macedonia Big Movers In Press-Freedom Index
Abdullah slams Karzai’s remarks on peace talks
AP Interview: Top US general confident in Afghans
The weapons facilitator and assassinations director is the third Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan commander killed or captured in the Afghan north so far this year.
“Gunmen” assassinated a district governor in Kapisa province. Twenty-eight insurgents reconciled with the government in Baghlan. Denmark will withdraw all of its troops from the country at the end of 2014.
Foreigners struggling to weaken Afghanistan: Karzai
School Support Grows Even Under Specter of a Taliban Return
ISAF willing to help provide election security
Iran boosts electricity export in western Afghanistan
The Taliban killed eight policemen and three prisoners in an IED attack in Kandahar. Security forces killed 12 Taliban fighters in Helmand. ISAF killed an al Qaeda facilitator in Kunar.
Pakistan still global jihad hub
Afghan Interior Ministry Concerned by Increase in Police Casualties
A suicide bomber killed 10 policemen, including the chief of counterterrorism for Kunduz City, in an attack in the northern city. A second suicide bomber killed a policeman and a civilian in an attack in Ghazni.
Ten policemen were killed in the attack in Kunduz, while a policemen and a civilian were killed Ghazni.
Algeria attack mastermind targets Maghreb
The Taliban killed five civilians in a suicide attack on an ISAF convoy in Kapisa and two policemen in Helmand. ISAF killed an al Qaeda-linked Taliban commander in Kunar. More than 1,100 Afghan soldiers have died in combat over the past six months.
Afghan MOI Downplays Security Forces Joining Insurgents
Today’s suicide attack is the third in Afghanistan in 10 days; all three have taken place in central Afghanistan.
In 2012 there were 16 reported raids against al Qaeda operatives and affiliates in Kunar province. Yesterday’s raid was the first such operation in the province this year.
Ahmed Abdullah Saleh al Khazmari al Zahrani, who is better known as Abu Maryam al Zahrani, is thought to be based in Pakistan and has been spotted in Iran.
The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in the east, a policeman in Herat, and a doctor in Helmand. Five policemen were arrested after beating shopkeepers in Parwan.
Civil Society Activists Fear Afghan Exodus
Map: The countries most at risk for a coup in 2013
New Threat Seen in Afghan Pullout
Omar Khadr’s lawyers step down
Pakistani forces set posts on Afghan soil
Algeria Attack Shows Reach of Militants