US officials fear that one of the Haqqani Network’s complex suicide assaults will eventually succeed in killing a number of Americans, and then Pakistan and the Haqqanis would need to be dealt with.
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In a clumsy propaganda attempt, a report that was published at The Long War Journal on June 10 was made to look like a similar Washington Post report that ran six days later.
The video, released on Voice of Jihad, shows the suicide bombing at the outer wall, and Haqqani Network fighters entering the base.
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While the Obama administration has hailed the reopening of NATO’s supply lines into Afghanistan as a major success, the prevailing dynamic of the deal is Pakistan’s continuing duality in supporting the US’s enemies while taking its money to fight them.
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Taliban fighters executed a fellow commander in Parwan province following accusations he had an “illicit relationship” with a local woman. In Nangarhar province, suspected insurgents detonated a music CD stall in Jalalabad City.
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The Taliban took control of an upscale hotel at a lake on the outskirts of Kabul for 12 hours before Afghan commandos killed the members of the suicide assault team.
Gunmen seize control of lakeside hotel in Afghanistan
A suicide bomber targeted a US military convoy in a bazaar in Khost City.
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The strike is the second in 24 hours. The US has attacked targets in Miramshah’s bazaar four times since the beginning of March 2010; two top-level al Qaeda leaders were killed in those strikes.
The strike took place near Miramshah, a stronghold of the al Qaeda-linked Haqqani Network.
Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta chastised Pakistan last week for its ongoing support for the Haqqani Network.
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Seven civilians were killed inside the wire, while the blast caved in the base’s dining facility and PX.
War against terrorism; Pakistan to follow its own timeline: FO