Taliban suicide bomber assassinates mayor of Kandahar
Mayor Hamidi, the fourth senior official in the south to be assassinated this month, was killed in a hallway near his office. The suicide bomber hid the explosives in his turban.
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4 detained in narco-terror case abroad
Three men attempted to purchase $9.5 million in weapons for Hezbollah, while another man sold heroin to fund and arm the Taliban.
Afghanistan
Taliban Must Renounce Violence after Transition: Karzai
Afghanistan
Haqqani Network behind Majority of Insurgent Attacks: Afghan National Directorate of Security
Taliban shoot down US helicopter in Kunar
The Chinook was shot down just outside an Afghan base. No US soldiers were killed. The Taliban claimed two of its fighters were killed while shooting down the helo with RPGs.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan disputes US audit report on aid money
Afghanistan
Iran: Leaders clash on arming foreign militants, ‘trading drugs for arms’
Afghanistan
Afghan women opposed by former allies
Afghanistan
Tribes Watch and Wait After Karzai Brother’s Killing
Afghanistan
US trucking funds reach Taliban, military-led investigation concludes
Pakistan arrests Taliban intelligence officer near Islamabad
The Taliban intelligence official is identified by the initials QZR, but it is unclear if he is Qari Zia Rahman.
ISAF targets al Qaeda-linked Taliban operative in Afghan southeast
The Taliban facilitator has “direct ties to senior al Qaeda members and arranges escape routes for them to safe havens in Pakistan.” A senior Afghan official said that five “foreign fighters” were killed during the operation in Ghazni.
80 Haqqani Network, ‘foreign fighters’ killed in raid on Paktika camp
Afghan officials said that foreign fighters were among the Haqqani Network fighters killed during yesterday’s assault on an encampment in Paktika province.
Afghanistan
BOOK REVIEW The real AfPak deal Inside al-Qaeda and the Taliban: Beyond Bin Laden and 9/11 by Syed Saleem Shahzad
ISAF, Afghan troops strike Haqqani Network ‘encampment’ in east
ISAF said that more than 50 Haqqani Network fighters were killed during a daylong battle in Paktika province.
Afghanistan
CIA Trains Covert Units of Afghans to Fight the Taliban
Afghanistan
Little progress in Taliban talks as handover begins
Afghanistan
Audit Highlights Afghan Aid Woes
Afghanistan
In southern Afghanistan, a modest transition
Pakistan
In Pakistan’s Tribal Areas, Organized Sports Have All But Collapsed
Afghanistan
Helmand handover ‘will fail’ unless Pakistan border can be secured
Pakistan
ISI knew about Baitullah-Zawahiri meet
Afghanistan
Pakistan must act against Qaeda, Taliban in NWA, Balochistan: Petraeus
Taliban deny Mullah Omar is dead, say website, phones were hacked
A statement announcing Omar’s death was placed on Voice of Jihad, while texts were sent from the cell phones of spokesmen Mujahid and Yousuf.
Pakistan
Killer of Karzai’s aide received calls from Pakistan
Afghanistan
Fears and blessings at Kabul girls’ school in vanguard of progress
Afghanistan
Handover of key city tests Afghan forces amid rising violence
Taliban defensive about UNAMA report on civilian casualties
UNAMA said the Taliban account for 80 percent of the civilian casualties in Afghanistan.
Pakistan
Violence in Karachi exposes deep divides
Afghanistan
MPs blame ISI for death of Karzai’s advisor