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Pakistan condemns drone attacks in Waziristan
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The Afghan government released 250 Taliban fighters from prison as part of a reconciliation effort. The US indicated that it will deploy less than 10,000 troops to Afghanistan after 2014.
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Afghan peace process and the transitional justice
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Insider Attacks in Afghanistan Shape the Late Stages of a War
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American missiles kill senior Taliban militant in Pakistan who fought US troops in Afghanistan
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High level Afghan intelligence officials visits Pakistan
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Afghanistan – Illegal armed groups a security threat: DIAG chief
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Afghan War Commander Gives Options for After ’14
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Twenty Taliban fighters were released from Bagram prison as part of “peace” efforts. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in an IED attack in the south. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters.
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Afghanistan Faces Uncertain Future
‘Good Taliban’ leader Mullah Nazir killed in US drone strike
Nazir, who has professed his alligiance to al Qaeda, was killed along with several deputies in one of three strikes in North and South Waziristan over the past 24 hours. A separate strike killed Faisal Khan, a Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan commander, and two Uzbeks.
Pakistan
Pakistan – New doctrine: Army identifies ‘homegrown militancy’ as biggest threat
Afghanistan
Obama’s pivot to Asia? Middle East will still demand attention in 2013
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Afghanistan Sets Preconditions for Accepting Taliban’s Qatar Office
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Taliban and al Qaeda ally Gulbuddin Hekmatyar said that Britain’s Prince Harry is in Afghanistan “to kill innocent Afghans while he is drunk,” and said he hid when the Taliban assaulted Camp Bastion last summer. ISAF captured several Taliban commanders and fighters.
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US War in Afghanistan Has Echoes of Soviet Experience
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The military claimed that 22 Taliban fighters, including 10 Pakistanis, were killed in a 10-day-long operation in Ghazni. Four Afghans were killed after missiles fired from Pakistan struck in Kunar. Two Afghan soldiers attacked Spanish soldiers in Herat; no one was hurt.
Afghanistan
ISAF Congratulates Afghan Government on Transition of Security
Afghan troops attack Spanish soldiers on New Year’s Eve
Two Afghan soldiers opened fire on Spanish troops; no one was hurt in the attack. There were 44 reported insider, or green-on-blue, attacks in 2012.
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Out With The Troops, In With The Afghan Investment?
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Afghan-US Pact Ensures Future Security: Sediqi
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Afghan Army Deaths on the Rise
Al Qaeda
In Nigeria, trapped between Islamist radicals and security forces
Al Qaeda
AP IMPACT: Al-Qaida carves out own country in Mali
ISAF kills ‘several’ al Qaeda-linked fighters in Kunar raid
The northeastern Afghan province remains a stronghold for al Qaeda despite the surge in US forces. The US conducted 67 raids against al Qaeda and allied groups in Afghanistan in 2012.
Afghanistan
The body of a Georgian soldier who has been missing since Dec. 18 has been found; he appears to have been tortured. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in an IED attack in the south, and killed one person and destroyed 11 NATO oil tankers in Nangarhar.
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A fight for Afghanistan’s most famous artifact
Body of missing Georgian soldier found in southern Afghanistan
The body of Sergeant Giorgi Kikadze, a Georgian soldier who was serving in Helmand province for ISAF, was found dumped in a vacant compound in Musa Qala in Helmand province on Saturday. Afghan security officials noted that the body bore signs of torture.
Daily Times op-ed hits the mark on Pakistani Taliban
“Now having been offered this incontrovertible proof of the Taliban on both sides of the western border and al Qaeda being one and the same thing, one hopes the foolishness about ‘good’ and ‘bad’ Taliban can be relegated where it belongs: in the dustbin,” Daily Times writes.
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Pakistan – EDITORIAL : Taliban diktat