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Notes from Afghanistan
Afghanistan
UN Sanctions Unlikely To End Haqqani Safe Haven In Pakistan
Afghanistan
Afghan reconciliation: Kabul’s top negotiator seeks release of Taliban prisoners
Afghanistan
Pakistan urges all Afghan insurgents to pursue peace: Ambassador
Afghanistan
No breakthrough in Taliban talks expected before 2014: Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Pakistan terror toll fails to stir offensive
Afghanistan
North Waziristan operation is Pakistan’s internal matter: Olson
Haqqani Network
Pakistan already cracking down on Haqqani network: Pakistani government
US adds Haqqani Network suicide operations chief to list of global terrorists
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.
Senior Haqqani Network leader again calls on Turks, Kurds to wage jihad in Afghanistan
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.
Afghanistan
No Sign Pakistan is Combating Insurgency: Afghan Interior Minister
Jund al Khilafah emir killed in ‘treacherous raid’
Moezeddine Garsallaoui, a Swiss citizen, led the al Qaeda-linked group, and trained Mohamed Merah, the Toulouse shooter who killed seven people. He appears to have been killed in a drone strike.
Afghanistan
US pushes Afghans as security deteriorates
‘North Waziristan operation not on the cards’
Rehman Malik tells us what we already know: Pakistan has no intention of taking on terrorist groups in the Taliban-controlled tribal agency.
Afghanistan
A quiet waiver for Pakistan from the Obama administration
Afghanistan
US: Haqqani tie to Afghan insider attacks possible
Haqqani Network is part of the Taliban — Siraj Haqqani
The al Qaeda-linked leader of the Haqqani Network reiterated his allegiance to Mullah Omar. The Haqqanis and the Taliban have consistently stated that both groups are united.
Taliban suicide bomber kills 14, including 3 ISAF troops
The Taliban have targeted ISAF convoys in the east with a suicide bomber twice in the past five days, killing five NATO soldiers.
US drones kill 3 ‘militants’ in Datta Khel
The strike is the first in Pakistan in three weeks. Datta Khel is a known hub for al Qaeda as well as the Taliban and the Haqqani Network.
Afghanistan
Decrease of Nato Involvement was Afghan Decision: MOD
Haqqani Network
Pakistan – ‘North Waziristan operation to stay under wraps’
Taliban provide some details on Camp Bastion attack
The Taliban claimed the “Khalid ibn al Walid group” and the “Omar bin al Khattab group” were part of the attack, and said they used silencers.
6 Harrier jets destroyed, 2 damaged in Taliban assault on Camp Bastion
The loss of the strike aircraft will impact military operations in the south. The members of the suicide assault team wore US Army uniforms and “appeared to be well equipped, trained and rehearsed,” ISAF said.
Afghanistan
Pakistan slams US ‘pick and choose’ policy in Afghanistan
Al Qaeda ‘weapons expert’ killed in eastern Afghanistan
Taqwa, an Afghan national, directed attacks and funneled IEDs and weapons to insurgents in Paktika province. ISAF has conducted at least 19 raids against al Qaeda’s network in Afghanistan since the end of May.
Afghanistan
Pre-9/11, Haqqani group urged US ties: documents
Al Qaeda
Jailed doc who helped nail Bin Laden warns Pakistan sees US as ‘worst enemy’
Taliban call Haqqani Network a ‘conjured entity’
In a statement released on Voice of Jihad, the Taliban claimed the Haqqani Network was created by the US as part of “its satanic plot” to divide the group.
Afghanistan
Pakistan Intelligence Should Be Blacklisted Alongside Haqqani: Analyst