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Pakistani minister gunned down
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Afghanistan
Afghanistan campaign needs political follow-up, say MPs
Afghanistan
Ex-Pentagon adviser says US should cut Afghan aid
Punjabi Taliban, al Qaeda assassinate Pakistan’s Christian minorities minister
Shahbaz Bhatti was gunned down after leaving his mother’s home in Islamabad. He was killed for opposing Pakistan’s repressive blasphemy laws.
Afghanistan
In rural Afghan village, local security takes root
Afghanistan
UK faults Coalition’s Afghan effort
Afghanistan
US repositions troops in eastern Afghanistan
Taliban execute 4 tribesmen ‘spying for America’ in North Waziristan
“We killed them because they were spying for America, anyone who acts like this will face the same fate,” the Taliban statement read. The men were shot in the face multiple times.
ISAF statement on the withdrawal from Pech Valley
US Army Sergeant David M. Pooler, of 1st Platoon, Able Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, scans the area across the Kunar River as he provides security in the Noorgal district of Kunar province, Afghanistan, May 1, 2010 as part of a community development council meeting. US Army photo by […]
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – ISAF plans ‘better targeting’ of insurgents in border regions
Afghanistan
‘Increasing Taliban violence mirrors government weakness’ – Afghan opposition leader
Afghanistan
The CIA and Pakistan’s ISI: on the high ground
Afghanistan
Afghan government peace program would increase the risks of civil war, Afghan justice group warns
Afghanistan
Defying the Taliban to preserve Afghanistan’s treasures
Afghan intel links Jalalabad bank attack, other suicide attacks to Pakistan
The Taliban fighters involved in the Jalalabad bank attack spoke to their handlers over the phone during the operation.The NDS linked that and other suicide attacks to the Taliban in Pakistan.
Afghanistan
Low pay, big risks for fuel haulers in Afghan war
Afghanistan
Afghan defence minister sees better Pakistan cooperation
Afghanistan
Taliban bet on fear over brawn as tactic
Taliban torch NATO tankers, kill 4 drivers in Peshawar
More than 20 Taliban fighters attacked a convoy carrying fuel for NATO forces in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan
With eye on strike missions, US plans to realign troops in remote Afghan valley
Hizb-i-Islami
US pulling back in Afghan valley it called vital to war
Afghanistan
Music and mafia: life under Afghanistan’s neo-Taliban
US Predators kill 6 ‘militants’ in North Waziristan strike
The strike hit a car and a compound in the Datta Khel area, a known haven for al Qaeda and allied terrorist groups.
Pakistan
Pakistan’s intelligence ready to split with CIA
Judge finds Gitmo detainee was no ‘Gucci jihadist’
In an opinion released on Feb. 18, a DC district judge denied the habeas corpus petition of Guantanamo detainee Mashour Abdullah Muqbel al Sabri; the decision contradicts earlier district court rulings in important ways. Al Sabri’s career demonstrates that there was extensive overlap between Taliban and al Qaeda operations prior to Sept. 11, 2001.
Pakistan
CIA drones may be avoiding Pakistani civilians
Afghanistan
Pakistan – What next?
Afghanistan
Midlevel Taliban admit to a rift with top leaders
Afghanistan
Petraeus’s comments on coalition attack reportedly offend Karzai government
Al Qaeda
Pakistan: Colonel Imam was killed last month for spying