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Pakistan feudalism boosts Taliban cause
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Afghanistan
Kandahar operation to last until end of 2010
Afghanistan
Afghan leader admits his office gets cash from Iran
Pakistan
North Waziristan operation reports upset Taliban
Afghanistan
Taliban peace talks with Hamid Karzai are ‘mostly hype’
Pakistan
Pakistan’s Pashtuns feel more alone than ever
Afghanistan
‘Birthplace of the Taliban’ improves after latest US offensive
Al Qaeda
Pakistan border region becomes terror epicenter
Afghanistan
Raid, strike kill 15 insurgents in Afghanistan: NATO
5 killed in bombing at shrine in eastern Pakistan
A remotely triggered bomb was detonated this morning at a Sufi and Hindu shrine in the city of Pakpattan in Punjab province.
Afghanistan
Studio Kabul
Pakistan
Pakistani security officials seek larger role in negotiations with Taliban
United States
Pakistan resists US push to expand terror fight
Afghanistan
Suicide attack on UN begs the question: How safe is Herat, Afghanistan?
Al Qaeda
Afghan warlords prepare to rearm as Taliban arrive for peace talks in Kabul
Al Qaeda
Despite successful US attacks on Taliban leaders in Afghanistan’s northwest, insurgency remains in control
Al Qaeda
US seeks wider CIA role in Pakistan
Al Qaeda
Western media getting Afghanistan wrong
Pakistan
Pakistani Taliban leader’s former bodyguard nabbed, sources say
Suicide assault team storms UN compound in western Afghanistan
Afghan police and security guards defeated the attack after three members of the Taliban team were able to enter the compound.
Kohistan, Chitral are quiet terrorist havens in northwestern Pakistan
Spiegel has an interesting report on how the Taliban are sheltering in areas of Pakistan far removed from the tribal areas that have become the focus of discussion. Kohistan is one such area, as Spiegel notes, and the Pakistani Army isn’t viewed as a threat. In fact they are often “quite nice”: Rafiullah, 25, is […]
Afghanistan
Taliban leaders in talks lack ‘influence’
Al Qaeda
An Insurgent’s Road Trip from Pakistan to Afghanistan
Pakistan
Pakistan kept in the dark about Afghan peace contacts
Hizb-i-Islami
Afghan insurgents dismiss peace talks, NATO upbeat
Taliban bomb mosque in Peshawar, kill 5
The attack is the Taliban’s latest in a long string of attacks at religious institutions in Pakistan. The Taliban have also stepped up attacks against security forces, killing 17 soldiers and paramilitary troops over the past week.
Afghanistan
Afghan peace council to offer concessions to Taliban
Pakistan
ICRC urges Pakistan to grant access to detention centres
Afghanistan
Afghan peace council wants Saudi Arabia’s help
Al Qaeda
Taliban: ‘Britons are our main bankrollers’