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Obama’s Afghan review: As the war drags on, a mere formality?
Obama’s Afghan review: As the war drags on, a mere formality?
Former US envoy in Afghanistan worried about insurgent havens in Pakistan
The attack took place in an area under the control of the Haqqani Network.
Pakistan teachers being killed, says Human Rights Watch
UK – John Major dubious about Afghanistan withdrawal date
Pakistan – Officials go after Pakistani who ferrets out corruption
Man on a mission: US defence secretary Robert Gates is still hungry for the fight in Afghanistan
The Taliban claimed the attack on a newly established combat outpost in Zhari district in Kandahar province. The Taliban have carried out three suicide attacks in Kandahar in two days.
Former Afghan spy chief slams Taliban talks
Jailed Afghan drug lord was informer on US payroll
No Taliban or Quetta Shura in Balochistan – Frontier Corps official
Afghanistan, Pakistan get bleak intelligence brief
Broadside fired at al-Qaeda leaders
Agreement reached on Afghan-Pakistan gas pipeline
Attacks kill Afghan civilians ahead of Obama review
Life among US enemies: Embedded with the Taliban
Evan Kohlmann is reporting, via Twitter, that a Yemeni al Qaeda commander has been killed somewhere along the Afghan-Pakistani border. Here is Kohlmann’s first Tweet: Slain Yemeni AQ commander Abu Abdelrahman al-Qahtani has been linked to Camp Chapman bomber Humam al-Balawi (aka Abu Dujanah al-Khorasani). Kohlmann followed that up with a quick description of Qahtani: […]
The strike is the second this month; both strikes have hit targets in Datta Khel, a haven for al Qaeda’s leadership cadre.
The Taliban and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi have carried out four suicide attacks over the past five days.
Gates says troop infusion is making a difference in Afghanistan
Insecurity and violence spreads to northern Afghanistan
Pakistan – Lashkars threaten to end govt support in war on terror
Kidnapped by the Taliban
Shell shocked
Pakistan loses credibility in Taliban battle – study
Afghan law has done little for women – UN report
Over the past six months, more than 600 Taliban and allied terrorist groups’ leaders have been killed or captured, 2,000 fighters have been killed, and another 4,100 have been captured.
Afghan Taliban leaders won’t negotiate-former Afghan VP
Petraeus casts doubt on 2014 Afghanistan timeline
US soldier Bowe Bergdahl appears in Taliban video