Afghanistan
Hizb-e-Islami Will Participate in Election if Transparent, Adviser Says
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
Taliban may return to power after NATO leaves: Indian diplomat
Poppy cultivation risks Helmand’s security: Officials
Five policemen in Helmand killed four of their colleagues and wounded six more before defecting to the Taliban. Security forces detained several Taliban commanders and fighters.
Five Afghan policemen killed four of their colleagues before defecting to the Taliban.
Mohammad Ismail Khan, Afghanistan’s current Minister of Energy and Water and former leader in the Northern Alliance, said NATO’s effort to secure the country has “failed.”
The Taliban beheaded two men in Ghazni and killed a US soldier in an IED attack in the south. ISAF captured a Taliban facilitator responsible for a green-on-blue attack that killed a US soldier. Energy and Water Minister Mohammad Ismail Khan said that militias are forming as NATO forces draw down.
The Taliban facilitator was responsible for an attack in August that killed a US soldier and wounded three others.
Missile strikes from Pakistan not a threat: Border police chief
Women and children killed in Helmand explosions
The Taliban killed eight civilians in an IED attack in Helmand. Two Taliban fighters in Baghlan died in a premature detonation while planting an IED. Security forces killed five Taliban fighters in Faryab. The head of the Independent Election Commission said the Taliban can run for president.
Taliban Hits Region Seen as ‘Safest’ for Afghans
An Afghan policeman killed two British soldiers in an insider attack in Helmand; the policeman escaped. The head of the provincial council for Uruzgan dodged an assassination attempt.
Germany Eager to See Taliban Leader Rahman Behind Bars
Not our mandate to defend Afghanistan from foreign attacks: ISAF
Afghan Senators Urge Tougher Line Against Taliban
No Sign Pakistan is Combating Insurgency: Afghan Interior Minister
There have been 40 green-on-blue attacks reported so far this year, resulting in the deaths of 59 ISAF military and civilian personnel.
Security forces killed five Taliban fighters and two civilians during operations in Ghazni. The Taliban killed two Afghan soldiers in an IED attack in Helmand. “Gunmen” kidnapped 13 people in Ghor.
Saudi Arabia to build major Islamic center in Afghanistan
Two Taliban fighters died in a premature detonation while they were planting bombs at a picnic area in Uruzgan. The NDS denied Pakistani claims that Swat Taliban leader Mullah Fazlullah is sheltering in Kunar.
Bomber Targets Afghan Province’s Leaders
Iran Uses Aid to Build Afghan Influence
The Taliban took five people off of a bus traveling on the Kabul-Kandahar highway and executed them. Security forces detained a suicide bomber who was planning to target senior security officials in Baghlan.
Psy-ops: Tuning the Afghans into radio