Afghanistan
Afghanistan – 453 militant leaders arrested or killed so far this year: ISAF
Tag Archives: Taliban
Al Qaeda
Judging detainees’ risk, often with flawed evidence
Al Qaeda
Guantanamo documents name Pakistan ISI as al Qaeda associate
More than 450 Taliban leaders, fighters escape from Kandahar jail
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.
Afghanistan
400 inmates, some Taliban, escape Afghan prison
Al Qaeda
WikiLeaks discloses new details on whereabouts of al-Qaeda leaders on 9/11
Afghanistan
In an Afghan village, living in fear of both sides
Special operations forces kill 3 Haqqani commanders in Khost
One of the commanders was the district leader and personally led assaults on US combat outposts in the area.
Afghanistan
Afghan police seek to stop illicit trade in uniforms
HIG claims it shot down ISAF helo in Kapisa
Shootdowns by the Taliban in Afghanistan are a rare occurrence.
Suicide bomber kills tribal leader, Pakistani troops in northwest
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.
Al Qaeda
Pakistan army boss Kayani says militants’ back broken
Afghanistan
Source: US departs Pakistan base
Afghanistan
US ramps up airdrops to forces in Afghanistan
Taliban overrun security outpost, kill 16 Pakistani troops
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.
US Predators kill 25 in North Waziristan strike
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.
ISAF targets al Qaeda safehouse in Khost
The targeted compound is “associated with Pakistan-based al Qaeda leadership.”
Pakistan
Pakistani Pashtun tribe rises up against extremists
Afghanistan
Ethnic militias fuel tensions in northern Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Pakistan accuses US of ‘negative propaganda’
Afghanistan
Taliban fan fears of infiltration in Afghan forces
Afghanistan
The import and export of suicide bombers
17 Taliban, ‘foreign fighters’ killed during hunt for al Qaeda commander in Kunar
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.”
Pakistan’s ISI has a ‘relationship’ with the Haqqani Network: Admiral Mullen
Mullen falls short of calling out Pakistan for actively supporting the Haqqani Network.
Suicide bombers captured in Afghan border town trained in Quetta
Not all suicide bombers are trained in North Waziristan.
Ex-Gitmo detainee deported from Italy to Tunisia
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.
Afghanistan
Imran Khan in Taliban peace spotlight
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ISAF says militants weak to face forces
Afghanistan
In reversal, poppy production expanding in Afghanistan, UN says
Afghanistan
Talks on US presence in Afghanistan after pullout unnerve region