Afghanistan
A US platoon awaits the end of Afghan war
Tag Archives: Afghanistan
Al Qaeda
The death of Osama bin Laden: how the US finally got its man
Taliban suicide bomber kills 4 NDS, 2 ISAF personnel in southern Afghanistan
Today’s suicide attack is the second in southern Afghanistan in six days that targeted the National Directorate of Security.
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UK – Defence chiefs draw up plans for faster withdrawal from Afghanistan
ISAF captures IMU ‘financial facilitator’ in Kunduz
Special operations forces have conducted at least 31 raids against the IMU in eight of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces so far this year; 13 of those raids have occurred in Kunduz.
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The Taliban killed four Afghan soldiers in Kunar and a policeman and five civilians in Faryab. ISAF killed 10 Taliban fighters and four civilians in an airstrike in Ghazni.
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Pakistan – Imran Khan Calls Fighting In Afghanistan ‘Jihad’
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Malala Yousafzai: Pakistan’s Taliban policy in spotlight
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The Taliban killed a district police chief in Balkh and an ISAF soldier in the south. ISAF killed a Haqqani Network leader in Paktia and captured an IMU leader in Kunduz.
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Interview with Vladimir Yakunin on Tensions Between Russia and West: ‘Russia and the West are drifting apart’
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ISAF leader Allen tapped to lead NATO, EUCOM
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Afghanistan – 400 Displaced Families Seeking Refuge in Balkh Capital
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Report: Safety systems for Afghan IEDs inadequate
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Over 30 ‘Pakistani clerics’ expelled from Afghanistan
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The Taliban killed seven members of the Afghan Local Police in Helmand. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters. The Kandahar provincial council accused the Quetta Shura of encouraging locals to grow poppy.
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Panetta calls on NATO to “fill the gap” in training Afghanistan’s national defense forces
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How the U.S. Quietly Lost the IED War in Afghanistan
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Obama, Romney: Ignore Afghanistan war at your own peril
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Three Afghan soldiers and seven Taliban fighters were killed during clashes throughout the country. The Taliban killed three civilians and a policeman in IED attacks in Helmand.
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Afghanistan – Nad Ali residents stage protest against NATO troops
Reports of al Qaeda, Taliban defeats are ‘a major lie,’ says CBS reporter
“The Taliban and al Qaeda have not been vanquished …. They’re coming back,” Lara Logan said.
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UN envoy says Afghanistan is not headed for collapse, international support will continue
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Afghanistan facing humanitarian crisis, warns Red Cross head
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A suicide bomber killed two members of the National Directorate of Security in an attack in Lashkar Gah in Helmand. Afghan Border Policemen killed five “insurgents” in an attack on a border checkpoint in Nangarhar.
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The big three who can help save Afghanistan
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Afghanistan’s government ‘could collapse’ after 2014 – report
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US winks again at Pakistani terror tactics
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Taliban mock US as Afghan war enters 12th year
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed a policeman’s two children in Ghazni. Policemen killed a suicide bomber in Helmand. Four Taliban fighters died in a premature detonation in Wardak. A cleric offered a $300,000 bounty for the murder of the producer of a film that insulted the Prophet Mohammed.
Muslim Brotherhood
After Arab Spring, Salafists are building influence — at polls and at gunpoint