Afghanistan
Afghan rights groups shift focus to Taliban
Afghan rights groups shift focus to Taliban
Said Jan ‘Abd al Salam, an Afghan, ran an al Qaeda training camp in Pakistan. Khalil al Rahman Haqqani is a key fundraiser who has traveled to the UAE and aided al Qaeda military operations.
Afghanistan – Petraeus anticipates bloody spring this year
Anwar ul Haq Mujahid, who had formerly been detained and released by Pakistan, spoke at Awar Gul’s funeral in Nangarhar province. An official Taliban statement was read, praising Gul as “the renowned commander.” In addition, Afghan President Hamid Karzai called for the release of a top Taliban official from Guantanamo.
Afghan, NATO forces brace for spring offensive
The Afghan High Peace Council has requested the release of Khairullah Khairkhwa, a top Taliban official, from Guantanamo. Khairkhwa, who was detained in early 2002, was the governor of Herat province during the Taliban’s reign. He was also allegedly involved in drug trafficking, had ties to senior al Qaeda leaders, and admittedly set up security for meetings between the Taliban and Iran.
Afghans working with UK troops ‘regularly smoke opium’
In Ghazni province, stacks of Taliban records and photographs
In eastern Afghanistan, at war with the Taliban’s shadowy rule
Hundreds of Afghan fighters to lay down arms: NATO
US initiative to arm Afghan villagers carries some risks
Security threats decrease in northern Afghanistan
New British troops aim to beat Taliban on trust
In a piece last week, I noted that a former Taliban commander, Awal Gul, died of an apparent heart attack at Guantanamo on Tuesday, Feb. 1. The Taliban have now released a statement online concerning Gul’s death, calling him “the prominent Jihadi commander of Nangarhar province” and lamenting the “martyrdom of the eminent commander.” Much […]
The Taliban accused the four men of “spying for Indian and Jewish intelligence agencies.” The murders took place in Karak.
In the Taliban’s heartland, US and Afghan forces dig in
Powell on drone strikes in Pakistan
US said to reduce civilian deaths after increasing CIA Pakistan strikes
Awal Gul, a former Taliban commander, died of an apparent heart attack at Guantanamo on Tuesday. According to the US military’s declassified files, Osama bin Laden allegedly gave Gul $100,000 to help al Qaeda members escape Afghanistan after 9/11.
In a pluralistic part of India, fears of rising Islamic extremism
Many in Pakistan fear unrest at home
Militants use mosques to plot attacks – senior Afghan security official
Afghan officials said that training camps for the Taliban and al Qaeda are located in the Iranian cities of Zahedan, Birjan, Maibod, and in the Shamsabad area near Tehran.
Three children and a woman were among those killed in the latest bombing in the northwestern provincial capital.
US general sees success even if Pakistan doesn’t act
2010 deadliest year for Afghan civilians: watchdog
Young Afghans need to be put to work – not to the sword
Just in case you weren’t sure who really runs the show in Pakistan’s tribal agency of North Waziristan, Taliban supremo Hafiz Gul Bahadar sent the locals there a reminder: He is. Bahadar issued pamphlets notifying the locals that the Taliban are the law, and will “punish” kidnappers and car thieves, and even burn down their […]
Taliban gun lockers: the rifles of rural Ghazni province
Qari Zia Rahman, the dual-hatted al Qaeda and Taliban commander, said the tribal leaders would not be free unless their family members quit the Afghan government and security forces.