Afghanistan
US says no deal yet for Taliban Qatar office
US says no deal yet for Taliban Qatar office
Afghan Police Undermine Fight Against Taliban
US aided Pakistan group which supported extremists
Afghanistan – Peace Talks Will Not Have Positive Result: Gen. Dostum
Talking to the Enemy: How German Diplomats Opened Channel to Taliban
The attack killed four “militants” in the Haqqani Network bastion of Miramshah. Three “Arabs” are said to be among those killed. The strike ends a 55-day-long pause in the drone campaign.
Jamrud is one of three areas in Khyber where the Pakistani military has failed to dislodge the Taliban and the Lashkar-e-Islam.
The Taliban claimed credit for the attack. Mullah Sangeen Zadran, who is closely linked to al Qaeda, is likely responsible for the suicide assault.
Abu Obedia al Omani fought “in several invasions against the American forces and their apostate agents” in the Khorasan, or Afghanistan.
Afghan peace council to send mission to Qatar
No info about Taliban leaders’ release: US embassy
Afghanistan Not to Hand Over Any Provinces to Taliban
The Taliban have executed 25 Pakistani paramilitary troops in the northwest over the past week.
Sheikh Mohammed Aminullah, who in 2009 was placed on the United Nations Sanctions Committee’s list of “individuals and entities associated with al Qaeda,” is among three of four top Taliban leaders closely tied to al Qaeda.
Pakistan – Security agencies want TTP to abandon Orakzai, Khyber
Afghanistan – Border police chief stands down
Lull in US Drone Strikes Aids Pakistan Militants
Thaw in Pak-Afghan ties: Bilateral Taliban negotiation strategy to be revived
Taliban’s office in Qatar termed a new game
Cargo drone makes debut in Afghanistan
Sangeen is on the US’s list of designated terrorists for his close ties to al Qaeda.
Ghazni: The Center of Islamic Civilization
No comment on Mullah Omar’s claim: US
Karachi’s new terrorist groups
Afghan Govt Stresses on Afghan-led Peace Talks
Pakistan’s Slow-Motion Coup
Taliban prisoner release: a premature, dangerously naive move
Afghan Leader, Karzai, Warily Accepts US-Taliban Talks
The 15 troops were captured on Dec. 22 after the Taliban overran a fort in Tank. The execution was carried out to avenge the death of a senior Taliban leader who was killed in Khyber last weekend.
The White House denied a report that said the US had agreed to release five Guantanamo detainees as part of a quid pro quo deal with the Taliban. The denial does not rule out the possibility that the five Taliban commanders will be freed in the future.