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Pakistan backs Afghan move to bring in Taliban
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Afghanistan
In Shift, Pakistanis Fleeing War Flow Into Beleaguered Afghanistan
United Arab Emirates
UAE lists over 80 Muslim ‘terrorist’ groups
Afghanistan
Opium harvest in Afghanistan reaches record levels after troop withdrawal
Afghanistan
Afghanistan Militants Attack Coalition Convoy
Taliban splinter group releases photos of suicide bomber who attacked Pakistani border crossing
Jamaat-ul-Ahrar announced that a fighter known as Hanifullah executed the deadly suicide attack on Nov. 2 at the Wagah border crossing.
Al Qaeda
The school that says Osama Bin Laden was a hero
‘Foreign militants’ reported killed in latest US drone strike in Pakistan
Eight of the 18 US drone strikes in Pakistan since June 11 have occurred in the Datta Khel area of North Waziristan, which is a known hub for al Qaeda.
Afghanistan
Powerful Afghan Police Chief Puts Fear in Taliban and Their Enemies
Afghanistan
Port Authority Officer Kept Sources With Ties to Iran Attacks
Pakistan objects to Pentagon report that mentions jihadist sanctuaries, use of terrorist proxies
Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs objected to a DoD report that notes the country remains a sanctuary for jihadist groups, some which are used as “proxy forces” against India and Afghanistan. But the report was soft on Pakistan.
Afghanistan
Afghan Interior Ministry denies reports of Afghan Local Police selling weapons to Taliban
India
Pakistan border attack shows Islamists′ strength
India
Spy agencies averted more deaths in Pakistan-India border bomb: sources
Suicide bomber strikes in Pakistan at border crossing with India
Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, a recently formed splinter group of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan, and Jundallah both claimed credit for the suicide attack in Wagah that killed more than 50 people.
Afghanistan
Taliban return to Afghan town that rose up and drove out its leaders
Pakistan condemns drone strike that targeted ‘good Taliban’
If the “good Taliban” is targeted, you can be sure the Pakistani government will denounce the US.
Arab, Haqqani Network commanders reported killed in latest drone strike in South Waziristan
Reports surfaced that an al Qaeda commander known as “Adil” was killed in the eighth recorded drone strike in Pakistan this year.
Afghanistan
Britain ends combat role in Afghanistan, last US Marines hand over base
Afghanistan
US watchdog: Afghanistan poppy production at record levels despite counternarcotics efforts
Afghanistan
Taliban Are Rising Again in Afghanistan’s North
Canada
Canada prime minister calls shootings at Parliament, war memorial terrorism
Taliban controls 3 districts in Afghan provinces of Wardak and Kunduz
One of the districts was the location of the shoot down of a US helicopter that resulted in the deaths of 31 special operations personnel, including 17 US Navy SEALs, in 2011.
US State Department adds Pakistani Taliban leader to list of global terrorists
Khan Said, who is also known as Sajna Mehsud, “stated his continued commitment to terrorist activity” after parting with the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan earlier this year, the State Department said.
Taliban claims captured Haqqani leaders visited ex-Gitmo detainees in Qatar
The Taliban claims that two recently captured Haqqani operatives had recently met with members of the “Taliban Five” in Qatar. The Taliban Five is a group of senior Taliban leaders who were exchanged for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl earlier this year.
TTP denies its spokesman defected to Islamic State
The group said “Shahidullah Shahid” is a nom de guerre used by all spokesmen and that former spokesman Shaykh Maqbool was not a member of the group when he defected.
Senior al Qaeda leader reported killed in US airstrike in eastern Afghanistan
Abu Bara al Kuwaiti is a member of al Qaeda’s General Command and was mentored by Atiyah Allah. The US killed Abu Bara in Nangarhar province, yet another indicator that al Qaeda is not confined to Kunar and Nuristan.
Taliban routs Afghan military convoy in ambush
The Taliban killed 22 policemen and soldiers and captured eight more, and also destroyed and seized several military vehicles and weapons during the ambush in Sar-i-Pul.
AQIS leader, ‘good’ Taliban commander killed in 2 US drone strikes in Pakistan’s tribal areas
Sheikh Imran Ali Siddiqi, a senior al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent leader, and Muhammad Mustafa, a Taliban commander loyal to Hafiz Gul Bahadar, were reported killed in the strikes in Khyber and North Waziristan.
US drones strike al Qaeda hub in Pakistan’s tribal areas
The US has launched five strikes in Pakistan’s tribal areas in five days, indicating that the hunt is on for a senior al Qaeda or allied jihadist leader or operative.