Afghanistan
Pakistan – Two NATO tankers reach Torkham
Pakistan – Two NATO tankers reach Torkham
As ‘insider attacks’ grow, so does US-Afghanistan divide
Thirty-six Taliban fighters and two policemen were killed during fighting throughout the country. Twelve missiles fired from Iran have landed in Nimroz. Energy and Water Minister Ismail Khan is distributing weapons to militias.
Afghanistan rules out peace deals with Haqqanis
Missiles Fired From Iran Into Afghanistan: Security Official
Afghanistan Jihadi Council Distributing Weapons to ‘Units’: Herat Spox
Pakistan already cracking down on Haqqani network: Pakistani government
The raid by ISAF and Afghan forces is the first reported against the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan in nearly a month.
Nine Taliban fighters and three Afghan soldiers have been killed during fighting throughout the country. Provincial officials in Herat said five districts are on the verge of falling to the Taliban. ISAF captured an IMU weapons trafficker in Kunduz. The government said it would not negotiate with the Haqqani Network.
The United Nations added the Haqqani Network to its list of designated terrorist groups. The UN said the Haqqani Network works with the Taliban to destabilize Afghanistan and has links to al Qaeda.
Kabul clerics oppose local police force
Afghanistan – Herat Provincial Council Claims Security is Failing
Saudi Arabia Positions Itself For Larger Afghan Role
Afghan corruption, and how the US facilitates it
Kabul Threatens to Expel Foreign Critics Over Report
Qari Zakir is the head of the Haqqani Network’s suicide operations in Afghanistan as well as the group’s operational commander in Kabul, Takhar, Kunduz, and Baghlan provinces. He is considered to be a close advisor to Siraj Haqqani, and also runs the network’s training program.
Afghan forces make tenuous gains in Helmand
Kandahar Ulema Council Chief Rejects Arrest Allegation
Afghan Local Police are Effective, Not Subversive: Sultani
The Taliban killed three US soldiers in an IED attack in Paktia on Nov. 3. Two Afghan and two Pakistani Taliban fighters were reportedly killed during infighting in Ghazni.
Mullah Sangeen Zadran, the Taliban’s shadow governor for Paktika, asks that Allah “accepts the martyrdom of the Turkish, Kurdish and other brothers who die for this cause” in Afghanistan.
A Taliban official responsible for insider, or green-on-blue, attacks in Afghanistan’s southern and western provinces claims that Taliban infiltration is behind the great majority of attacks this year, and details the operations of the committee sponsoring them.
US Air Force struggles with aging fleet
Italian Premier Makes Surprise Visit To Afghanistan
Hizb-e-Islami Will Participate in Election if Transparent, Adviser Says
Mujahedeen Army is Against Afghan Interests: Senators
The Taliban killed the chief of police for the Dand district in Kandahar province. A Taliban commander and 12 fighters reconciled with the government in Herat. President Obama said the Afghan war is ending.
Afghanistan – Weak Justice is the Root of Insecurity: Fahim
German quits ‘unhygienic, drug-using’ Taliban
US Finds Graft by Favored Afghan Leader