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U.S. curtails drone strikes in Pakistan as officials there seek peace talks with Taliban
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Afghanistan
Old Tensions Resurface in Debate Over U.S. Role in Post-2014 Afghanistan
Karzai courts the Taliban
The Afghan president has attempted to negotiate with the Taliban over the past several months.
Afghanistan
Karzai Arranged Secret Contacts With the Taliban
Afghanistan
Kabul Police Official Links Insurgency to Corruption
Afghanistan
After billions in US investment, Afghan roads are falling apart
Pakistan
Pakistani Taliban Announces Delegation To Talks With Government
Pakistan
Pakistan PM Scotches Speculation of Taliban Offensive
Pakistan
Thousands flee North Waziristan fearing more air strikes
Afghanistan
Pakistan – JUI-S opposes operation against Taliban
Afghanistan
No ‘unilateral’ decision on Waziristan operation: Pakistan PM
Pakistan
Bhutto son urges Pakistan military action on Taliban
Pakistan
Malala book launch halted amid ‘political and police pressure’ in Pakistan
Afghanistan
False claims in Afghan accusations on US raid add to doubts on Karzai
Afghanistan
German Military Faces a Difficult Year in Africa and Afghanistan
Uzbeks, Germans reported killed in Pakistan airstrikes
Unconfirmed reports indicate that 33 Uzbeks and three Germans are among those killed in Pakistani airstrikes in North Waziristan.
Pakistan launches airstrikes in North Waziristan after Taliban suicide attacks
Adnan Rasheed, the emir of the Ansar al Aseer Khorasan, appears to have been one of the targets of the airstrikes in the Mir Ali and Datta Khel areas of North Waziristan. Tribesmen claimed the Pakistani Air Force launched indiscriminate attacks on villages.
Afghan Taliban suicide team kills ISAF soldier in assault on base
The suicide assault that targeted an Afghan and Coalition base in Kandahar’s Zhari district is the second such attack in Afghanistan in four days.
Taliban attack Pakistani military in Rawalpindi, Bannu
Thirty-three security personnel and five civilians were killed in the two suicide attacks. Meanwhile the Pakistani Taliban extend the olive branch.
Afghanistan
Kabul restaurant attack throws aid work into peril
Afghanistan
Afghan Officials Suggest Pakistani Link to Massacre
Afghanistan
The end of an era in Kabul: Taliban attack on cherished restaurant shatters illusion of oasis
Afghanistan
Afghan Senate Repeats Calls for BSA Signing
Afghan Taliban reject US call for peace talks
Zabihullah Mujahid rejected the US’ call for the group to “put down their arms and begin peace talks,” a request that was made just one day after a Taliban suicide assault team killed 21 people, including two Americans, at a restaurant in Kabul.
Taliban say Kabul suicide assault was response to ISAF raid in Parwan
The Jan. 15 raid in Parwan targeted Qari Nazar Gul, a senior Taliban leader who is involved in attacks in Kabul. The Taliban claim that the raid killed and wounded “mostly defenseless women and children.”
Afghanistan
Marine killed in Afghanistan is awarded Navy Cross
Taliban suicide assault team targets foreigners in Kabul
Fourteen people, including the International Monetary Fund’s representative to Afghanistan, are reported to have been killed in the attack on a restaurant in a secured area of the capital.
Afghan, US forces target Haqqani-linked Taliban leader in Parwan
Qari Nazar Gul, the deputy shadow governor for Parwan province, is linked to the Haqqani Network and “transports weapons, fighters and suicide bombers” into Parwan and Kabul. Ten Taliban fighters, a US Special Forces soldier, and two civilians were killed during the raid.
Afghanistan
Recalling Past Threats, Afghans in Tranquil Valley Work to Keep It That Way
Afghanistan
Afghan high peace council unaware of secret talks with Taliban