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Pakistan says US seeking to expand drone strikes
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NATO and US differ over Afghan combat exit in 2014
Pakistan squashes US bid to expand Predator campaign
The Washington Post reported today that Pakistan is resisting US efforts to expand the US Predator campaign beyond the tribal areas and into Baluchistan. The U.S. appeal has focused on the area surrounding the Pakistani city of Quetta, where the Afghan Taliban leadership is thought to be based. But the request also seeks to expand […]
Haqqani Network leaders detained in Afghan east and north
Among those captured were a facilitator who aided al Qaeda, Taliban, and Haqqani Network suicide operations in Nangarhar, and another leader who served as a key link with the Taliban in the Afghan north.
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US wants to widen area in Pakistan where it can operate drones
Afghanistan
Can Afghan forces bring security when Nato leaves?
Taliban
Afghan town’s despair as Nato eyes endgame
Al Qaeda operatives detained in Karachi
Map of the Kandahar-Chaman-Quetta region. Click to view larger map Earlier this week, Geo News reported that two al Qaeda operatives were detained in Karachi: The law enforcement agencies have arrested two important Al Qaeda figures from Karachi’s Sohrab Goth area and shifted them to Islamabad for investigation, Geo News reported Tuesday. Umar Misri, and […]
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After major South Waziristan offensive, Pakistan still faces serious obstacles
Afghanistan
US deploying heavily armored battle tanks for first time in Afghan war
Afghanistan
2014 is ‘aspirational goal’ for security turnover to Afghans
Afghanistan
Afghan timeline seen fraying under military pressure
49 Taliban fighters, 6 US troops killed during Kunar operation
A US platoon clearing the eastern part of the Pech River Valley engaged in a prolonged firefight with Taliban fighters on Sunday, killing scores and recovering significant weapons caches, while incurring several casualties.
Afghanistan
Taliban-placed IEDs threaten lives and stability in Kandahar, Afghanistan
Afghanistan
US appears ready to acknowledge a long haul in Afghanistan
Afghanistan
In Afghanistan, US turns ‘malignant actor’ into ally
Afghanistan
Afghan handover could run past 2015 in areas: NATO
Pakistan
Dispute over religious holiday leads to Pakistan mosque shoot-out
Afghanistan
AfPak strategy at ‘critical point’
Afghanistan
NATO is razing booby-trapped Afghan homes
Afghanistan
US courts Afghans through television
Afghanistan
Rare Medal of Honor to living recipient
Afghanistan
Despite gains, night raids split US and Karzai
US Predators hit a Taliban camp in North Waziristan
The strike is the second in the Ghulam Khan area in five days. Twenty “militants,” including al Qaeda fighters, were reported killed.
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Afghanistan wants more Taliban off blacklist
Al Qaeda
Clinton defends US military strikes in Afghanistan
Pakistan
Volatile mix of politics and crime plagues Karachi
Full text of Mullah Omar’s statement
Mullah Mohammed Omar, the Amir al Mumineen (“the commander of the faithful”) of the Afghan and Pakistani Taliban. Below is the full text of Taliban leader Mullah Omar’s statement. The Voice of Jihad website often switches URLs after being hacked or taken offline, so the statement is republished below for when this eventually happens. To […]
Afghanistan
NATO sees no alternative to Afghan operations
Afghanistan
Exclusive: Afghanistan – behind enemy lines