France has ended its combat mission in Afghanistan. The Taliban attempted to assassinate the governor and security chief for Helmand. Two policemen and two Taliban fighters were killed during fighting in Helmand. The Taliban killed a policeman in an IED attack in Farah.
Opium cultivation rises in Afghanistan, prices remain high
Over $3 billion illegally transferred outside Afghanistan
Afghan National Army loses 830 soldiers in 7 months
President Karzai asked the US to free all Afghan prisoners currently being held at the Bagram detention facility. Security forces arrested a Taliban suicide attack facilitator in Kandahar.
Freed Taliban prisoners get Afghan passports
Most Afghans Will Have Internet Access in 2 Years: Officials
Afghan Senators Concerned Over Release of Taliban Prisoners
Herat, Freewheeling Afghan City, Fearful of US Pullout
Skyfall’s Daniel Craig drops in on British troops in Afghanistan
The Taliban killed eight Afghan soldiers and an ISAF soldier, and a civilian accused of spying. Security forces killed 20 Taliban fighters in Faryab. Security guards robbed the Central Bank branch in Nuristan.
Freed rebels won’t promote peace drive: Afghan National Coalition
Quetta Shura Reviews Afghan Peace Talks
The Taliban website has uploaded a 35-minute-long video depicting a series of attacks against Afghan security forces in the Kamdesh district in Nuristan province.
Security forces killed five Taliban fighters in Badakhshan and detained a Taliban commander in Kandahar. The Afghan High Peace Council wants immunity, and sanctions lifted for senior Taliban leaders.
Taliban group accidentally reveals their email list
Afghan Peace Council Seeks Immunity, Lift on Sanctions for Taliban
Pakistani Taliban Turn to Kidnapping to Finance Operations
Pakistan May Release More Taliban Prisoners
Anwar ul Haq Mujahid is the commander of the Tora Bora Military Front, a Taliban subgroup based in Nangarhar province that has been behind numerous attacks on Afghan and Coalition forces as well as civilians. His father was close to Osama bin Laden.
The Taliban killed 17 civilians in an IED attack in Farah, four policemen in an ambush in Badakhshan, and two ISAF soldiers in the east. The US added the Taliban shadow governor of Helmand to its narcotics kingpin list.
Mullah Naim Barich, the Taliban’s leader for the southern Afghan province, was added “for the significant role he plays in international narcotics trafficking,” Treasury stated.
US troops may remains in Afghanistan beyond 2014
‘Safe passage’ granted: Pakistan frees key Taliban commander, 13 others
Pakistan to consider releasing former Taliban No.2
Security forces killed eight Taliban fighters in Uruzgan and a Taliban commander in Ghazni. The Taliban is thought to have assassinated the former Hajj and Islamic Affairs director for Nimroz. Germany will withdraw more than 1,000 of its 4,800 soldiers out of the country in 2013.
Afghanistan – US relents on bases in 1st round of security talks.s
With little fanfare except in the Pakistani press, the NATO oil supply line to Afghanistan is expected to resume by the end of this month.
Pakistan – Crossing the border: NATO oil supply expected to resume by month’s end
A former Taliban-era cabinet official and current shadow district chief was reportedly assassinated in Quetta, Pakistan.