Afghanistan
As Afghanistan braces for the spring fighting season, the US hopes its preparation has paid off
Tag Archives: Taliban
Afghanistan
White House: Pakistan is failing to defeat militants
Afghanistan
White House assails Pakistan effort on militants
Afghanistan
Taliban exploit tensions seething in Afghan society
US troops defeat Taliban assault on base in Nangarhar
A Taliban force of 25 fighters attacked Forward Operating Base Fenty in Nangarhar province, but was routed by US troops guarding the base.
Afghanistan
Coalition forces in Helmand claim insurgents defeat
Haqqani Network
Why are peace deals so difficult to keep in Pakistan’s tribal areas?
Germany
UN to probe delay in Afghan response
Pakistan
Unrepentant: Teen suicide bomber vows attacks in Pakistan
Shocking! Sufi shrine suicide bombers from North Waziristan
The Pakistani military and intel services still don’t want to go into the tribal agency.
ISAF, Afghan forces kill Taliban suicide network leader in Kunduz
Shamsullah directed multiple suicide attacks in the Afghan north, including three large attacks since the end of February.
Al Qaeda
Evolution of militancy: Al Qaeda, Taliban grooming new leadership
Afghanistan
Taliban exploits Afghan riots over Koran burning
Afghanistan
Inside the massacre at Afghan compound
Suicide bomber kills 8 in northwestern Pakistan
The suicide bombing in Lower Dir is the fourth such attack in northwestern Pakistan since March 30.
Afghan border policeman kills two ISAF troops
The attack took place at a checkpoint in Faryab.
‘Reintegrated’ Taliban may be behind slaughter at UN compound in Mazar-i-Sharif
The UN blames the US pastor who burned the Koran, and not the mobs, for the deaths in Afghanistan.
Suicide bombers kill 41 at Sufi shrine in central Pakistan
The Taliban claimed the attack, which occurred during a religious festival at the Sakhi Sarwar shrine in the district of Dera Ghazi Khan in Punjab province.
Afghanistan
UN launches investigation into Afghanistan murders
20 killed in clash between Lashkar-e-Islam factions
Some details emerge on the infighting in Khyber.
US troops defeat Taliban suicide assault on Kabul base
Four Taliban suicide bombers were killed while attempting to storm Camp Phoenix in the Afghan capital. The attack takes place as violent protests occur in Kandahar and Mazar-i-Sharif.
Ex-Gitmo detainee training Libyan rebels in Derna
A former Guantanamo detainee named Sufyan Ben Qumu is training Derna’s rebels. Declassified memos prepared at Gitmo note that Qumu was a member of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group’s military committee, trained at Osama bin Laden’s camps, worked for al Qaeda front companies, and was a known “extremist” with “no qualms about committing terrorist acts.”
Pakistan
Pakistan attacks reveal widening split between religious parties and militants
Pakistan
Pakistan handles Islamic extremism with kid gloves
Pro-Taliban Islamist politician again targeted in Pakistan’s northwest
Twelve killed as Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s convoy hit by an IED.
Afghanistan
Signs of strain as Taliban gird for more fighting
Afghanistan
Karzai sacks official after women sing without headscarves
Suicide bomber strikes in Swabi, kills 10 Pakistanis
The leader of a pro-Taliban Islamist political party may have been the target.
Taliban
Karzai blasts US troops for gruesome Afghan deaths
Al Qaeda
Washington debates idea of arming Libyan rebels