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Taliban suicide assault team attacks police headquarters in Kabul
Three policemen and all five members of the suicide assault team were killed during an eight-hour-long firefight. The Taliban claimed credit for the attack.
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Afghanistan
Two suicide bombers in Herat killed only themselves in a premature detonation. Special operations forces killed or captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Khost, and Nangarhar. Afghan troops suffered a 124% increase in casualties due to IEDs, while the number of Coalition casualties has dropped by half.
Afghanistan
The Taliban denied that they participated in peace talks with the Afghan government in Dubai. Pakistan said it would free all Afghan Taliban prisoners, including Mullah Baradar, who attempted to negotiate with the government in 2010.
Afghanistan
Karzai government accused of Taliban’s return to power
Afghanistan
Taliban stay away from Dubai peace talks
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Afghanistan
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New Taliban leader in South Waziristan vows to continue mission of emir killed in drone strike
A pamphlet released by the Mullah Nazir group announced that it would continue to follow in the footsteps of its slain emir, and named the top leaders of the group. Nazir has supported al Qaeda and waged jihad in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan
Joint Afghan and Coalition forces killed two insurgents during a clash in the Narang district in Kunar, and detained one insurgent in Logar and two more in Paktika. A local policeman in Kandahar’s Panjwai district poisoned his colleagues and then shot his commander. The US military suspended the transfer of prisoners to Afghan detention facilities […]
Afghanistan
US general says Britain risks ‘special relationship’ if it cuts military
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Only 3 percent Afghans have proper access to internet
Afghanistan
A Taliban suicide assault team attacked the NDS headquarters in Kabul; six Taliban fighters and a security guard died during the attack. The Taliban killed three NDS officers in an IED attack in Uruzgan, and killed an ISAF soldier in the west. A British soldier died of wounds sustained during combat on Jan. 14.
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Taliban suicide assault team attacks Afghan intelligence headquarters in Kabul
National Directorate of Security personnel repelled the suicide assault team after it detonated a bomb at the main gate and entered the compound.
Afghanistan
Al Qaeda is back in business
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed four members of a family in an IED attack in Kandahar. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters during raids in Nangarhar, Logar, Wardak, and Kandahar.
Pakistan
Central Government Takes Over Pakistan Province
Afghanistan
Afghan officials claimed ISAF killed seven civilians and four Taliban fighters during airstrikes in Wardak; ISAF denied it launched airstrikes or killed civilians but said it conducted a ground raid with Afghan forces. The Taliban executed a female activist in Wardak.
Afghanistan
Success in former Taliban stronghold was hard-won; the next challenge is making it last
Afghanistan
Taliban out to defame local police: Azizi
Afghanistan
US Confident of Troop Immunity in Afghanistan: Ambassador
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Judge okays group prayers for Muslim inmates in Indiana
Afghanistan
America’s go-to man in Afghanistan’s Oruzgan province
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Taliban Targets Tourists, but Some Still Visit Afghanistan
Hakeemullah Mehsud orders Taliban to end attacks on Pakistani military in North Waziristan: report
The emir of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan also said his forces would focus on fighting NATO in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan
President Obama said US forces would switch to a support role this spring and that the goals in Afghanistan have largely been met. The Taliban killed four policemen in Badghis and an ISAF soldier in the west.