Afghanistan
Afghanistan – 453 militant leaders arrested or killed so far this year: ISAF
Afghanistan – 453 militant leaders arrested or killed so far this year: ISAF
Judging detainees’ risk, often with flawed evidence
Guantanamo documents name Pakistan ISI as al Qaeda associate
The Taliban claimed they spent five months digging a 350-meter tunnel to a cell underneath the Sarposa prison in Kandahar City. More than 100 Taliban commanders are said to be among the escapees.
400 inmates, some Taliban, escape Afghan prison
WikiLeaks discloses new details on whereabouts of al-Qaeda leaders on 9/11
In an Afghan village, living in fear of both sides
One of the commanders was the district leader and personally led assaults on US combat outposts in the area.
Afghan police seek to stop illicit trade in uniforms
Shootdowns by the Taliban in Afghanistan are a rare occurrence.
The attack took place the same day General Kayani claimed the terrorists’ “backbone has been broken” and one day after a large Taliban force killed 16 troops in Dir.
Pakistan army boss Kayani says militants’ back broken
Source: US departs Pakistan base
US ramps up airdrops to forces in Afghanistan
More than 300 Taliban fighters attacked an outpost in Dir from across the border in Kunar province. The Taliban reportedly beheaded five of the Pakistani troops.
The strike in the Mir Ali area is the first in more than a week, and took place just one day after Admiral Mullen completed a trip to patch up ties with Pakistan’s military.
The targeted compound is “associated with Pakistan-based al Qaeda leadership.”
Pakistani Pashtun tribe rises up against extremists
Ethnic militias fuel tensions in northern Afghanistan
Pakistan accuses US of ‘negative propaganda’
Taliban fan fears of infiltration in Afghan forces
The import and export of suicide bombers
The al Qaeda leader “commands and facilitates insurgents throughout the province and border region, directing weapons acquisition, movement, employment of fighters and equipment to Kunar for attacks against Afghan and Coalition forces.”
Mullen falls short of calling out Pakistan for actively supporting the Haqqani Network.
Not all suicide bombers are trained in North Waziristan.
The Italian government announced the deportation of a former Gitmo detainee to Tunisia. Adel Ben Mabrouk had been convicted of terrorism-related charges, but his sentence was commuted to time served because of his eight-year-long detention at Gitmo. Mabrouk went to Afghanistan to train and fight in early 2001 and was part of an al Qaeda cell that plotted to blow up Milan’s Gothic cathedral.
Imran Khan in Taliban peace spotlight
ISAF says militants weak to face forces
In reversal, poppy production expanding in Afghanistan, UN says
Talks on US presence in Afghanistan after pullout unnerve region