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Pakistan – Religious extremism rears its head in Sindh
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Taliban attack Afghan army bases in Kabul, Kunduz
The Taliban claimed the two attacks, which targeted army recruitment centers. Thirteen soldiers and policemen were killed in the assaults.
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Taliban respond extensively to Obama administration’s war strategy review
Quetta Shura ‘inspector’ killed in the Afghan north
Map of Afghanistan’s provinces. Click map to view larger image. Special operations forces took out a senior Taliban “inspector” in an airstrike in northern Afghan province of Badghis. From the ISAF press release: Coalition forces conducted a precision air strike in Bala Murghab district in Badghis province, killing a senior Taliban leader Dec. 17. Mullah […]
Taliban leader linked to Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Islam captured in Afghan east
ISAF mentioned the Lashkar-e-Islam for the first time, just one day after US Predators pounded the group’s strongholds across the border in Pakistan’s Khyber agency.
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Why we must stick with Obama’s Afghan strategy
Afghanistan
The Americans are in our house. What will the Taliban think?
Afghanistan
A formerly persecuted minority gains clout in Afghanistan
Al Qaeda
Pakistani role is suspected in revealing US spy’s name
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – Taliban accused of forcing farmers to grow opium poppy instead of saffron
Afghanistan
Mullen: Taliban hideouts can be shut down
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US sharpens criticism of Afghan corruption
Afghanistan
Petraeus: All strategy aspects contribute to progress
Afghanistan
‘Ratlines’ threaten White House Afghan war plans
US Predators launch 3 more strikes in Khyber, killing 54 ‘terrorists’
The last four strikes have taken place in Khyber, signaling a possible shift in targeting from North Waziristan, where attacks have been focused.
Afghanistan
Pakistan – 67% want military operation in North Waziristan: poll
Afghanistan
US revises rules for raids touted in review
Al Qaeda
US struggles to root out militants in Pakistani madrassa
Al Qaeda
Report shows how Pakistan still bedevils Obama
Afghanistan
The state of Afghanistan
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ISI blows cover of CIA man in Islamabad
US Predators kill 7 Taliban fighters in Khyber
The strike in Khyber is just the second in the vital tribal agency this year.
Al Qaeda
Obama war review: Taliban, al-Qaida diminished
Afghanistan
NATO push deals Taliban a setback in Kandahar
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Afghanistan – Taliban extend reach to north, where armed groups reign
Al Qaeda
Commander describes nature of eastern Afghanistan fight
Afghanistan
US, NATO predict heavier fighting this winter
ISAF targets Taliban’s shadow government in Nangarhar
Special operations forces captured the shadow governor of Sherzad, a Taliban and al Qaeda haven in the Afghan east.