Afghanistan
Afghanistan Tops Most Corrupt Countries Index
Afghanistan Tops Most Corrupt Countries Index
Clinton says crucial countries meet Afghan funding pledges
Special operations forces killed an al Qaeda leader in Kunar and captured an Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan facilitator in Kunduz.
US Senate Approves Dunford as Commander for Afghanistan
Afghan Interior Minister Pledges Reforms to Security
Pakistan’s Hazara Shiites Under Siege
The Taliban killed five civilians in a bombing in Uruzgan and two ISAF soldiers in an IED attack in the south. Security forces killed eight Taliban fighters in Zabul and Faryab. Ismail Khan will remain the Minister of Energy and Water despite rebuilding his militia in the west.
Afghanistan to have strong air force by 2016: Azimi
Afghanistan – Ismail Khan Retains Position as Energy Minister
Shukrullah “was the senior IMU/Taliban leader in the Almar district of Faryab province” and the “other two individuals killed with him were known Taliban insurgents.”
Risk is at heart of debate on troop withdrawal
The quiet pain of insider shootings in Afghanistan
A Taliban suicide assault team killed three Afghan guards and four civilians in an attack on FOB Fenty in Nangarhar; nine Taliban fighters were also killed. The Taliban killed killed three civilians in a suicide attack in Uruzgan yesterday and an ISAF soldier in the south. Police claimed to have killed 27 Taliban fighters.
DIA to send hundreds more spies overseas
NATO aims to repair Russia ties despite Patriot row
Nine Taliban fighters, three Afghan security guards, and four civilians were killed as the Taliban attempted to storm Forward Operating Base Fenty in Nangarhar province.
Afghanistan – Students’ vacation extended for three months
Afghanistan – Ismail Khan Impeachment Expected Monday
Afghanistan presses Pakistan on Taliban releases
Israeli Success in Downing Hamas Rockets Has World’s Attention
Abubakar Shekau said he and his fighters support jihad in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kashmir, Chechnya, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Somalia, Algeria, Libya, and Mali.
Afghan Clerics Want Power To Issue Legally Binding Fatwas
The Taliban killed 10 civilians in a bus bombing in Uruzgan, four civilians in an IED attack in Ghazni, and one child in a bombing in Khost. Three Taliban fighters in Zabul reconciled with the government.
One million Afghan drug users worrying: Minister
Afghanistan – Baghlan Former Police Chiefs Will Be Captured: MOI
Pentagon readies options for troops in Afghanistan after 2014
The Taliban killed six civilians in Helmand and five more in Kunar, and also killed three Afghan soldiers in Badghis. Twelve Taliban fighters and two Afghan soldiers were killed during a clash in Laghman. A suicide bomber wounded seven people in Kandahar.
Afghan bank fraud siphoned out savers’ money, independent report says
Coalition forces killed senior Taliban commander Abdullah Kalta in an airstrike on Nov. 21. Abdullah was responsible for the deaths of four New Zealand soldiers in central Bamyan province over the past two years.
After 22 months in Af-Pak hot seat, Grossman to ‘return to private life’