Taliban suicide team kills 9 at Kabul hotel
Last night’s attack was the second Taliban suicide assault in Afghanistan in a day. The Taliban have prioritized attacks against hotels in Kabul.
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Taliban claim suicide assault on Jalalabad police HQ
The Taliban suicide assault team stormed a police headquarters and killed the district chief and nine policemen while fighting off Afghan forces for six hours.
Afghanistan
Taliban Splinter Groups Add To Election Fears In Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Last Line Of Defense Against The Taliban
Afghanistan
Concerns Raised Over Attacks on Afghan Presidential Campaigns
Afghanistan
Ex-Afghan intelligence chief Asadullah Khalid returns to Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Suicide attack on Indian consulate foiled in Kandahar province
Afghanistan
Taliban Issue Warning, Tell Afghans Not to Vote
Afghanistan
In Its Own War on Terror, Pakistan Piles Up Heavy Losses
Afghanistan
US, Afghan military try to get out the vote, prevent Taliban disruption of key election
Details emerge on Ahrar-ul-Hind’s emir
Maulana Umar Qasmi was a member of Jaish-e-Mohammed before becoming the emir of the Ahrar-ul-Hind, the Taliban splinter group that refuses to negotiate with the government.
Pakistan
Pakistan’s prime minister has breakfast with Taliban negotiators
Afghanistan
Poppies sown on large swathes of Helmand land
Pakistan
In former Taliban fiefdom, Pakistan’s first female council tackles abuses
Ahrar-ul-Hind suicide assault team attacks courthouse in Islamabad
The jihadist splinter group has vowed to continue attacks in Pakistan regardless of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan’s negotiations with the government.
Pakistani military to end airstrikes against Taliban
Pakistan’s interior minister announced the halt after the military killed five “militants” in airstrikes in Khyber.
Afghanistan
Pakistani army fuels anger in securing Swat from Taliban
Pakistani Taliban announce ceasefire with government
The announcement took place the same day that 11 tribal policemen and civilians were killed in attack that targeted a polio vaccination team in Pakistan’s northwest.
Afghanistan
Officials: Al Qaeda plots comeback in Afghanistan
Afghanistan
UK leaves its Helmand project – like its roads, clinics and bridges – unfinished
Afghanistan
US general: Grim Afghan future if no security pact
Senior Taliban commander gunned down in North Waziristan
Asmatullah Shaheen Bhittani, a senior leader who was appointed interim emir for the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan after Hakeemullah’s death, has been gunned down in the Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan.
Afghanistan
Taliban Say Talks Over US Soldier’s Release Suspended
Taliban kill 20 Afghan soldiers, capture 8 in Kunar
So much for the idea that the US withdrawal from Kunar will cause the insurgency to collapse.
Pakistani military launches more airstrikes in the northwest
Pakistani aircraft struck at jihadists in Khyber and Hangu over the weekend; military officials claimed that 44 “militants” were killed.
Al Qaeda
Taliban condemn violence in Central African Republic
Afghan Taliban denounces former senior official, denies involvement in peace talks
The Taliban again denied that Agha Jan Mutasim represents the group, and said his actions are “detrimental” to both the Taliban and “the goals of the sacred Jihad.”
Afghanistan
Study Warns on Afghan Troop Cuts
Pakistani Air Force strikes at ‘militants’ in North Waziristan, Khyber
Military officials claimed that more than 60 “militants,” including Uzbeks, Turkmen, and Tajiks, were killed in a series of airstrikes in the Taliban-controlled tribal agencies of North Waziristan and Khyber.
Afghanistan
The Secret Battles Between US Forces and Chechen Terrorists