Afghanistan
Police Officers Are Targets in Wave of Afghan Violence
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Afghanistan
Efforts to Strengthen Afghan Law on Women May Backfire
Taliban
Angry Afghan MPs halt debate on women’s rights
ISAF targets al Qaeda facilitator in eastern Afghanistan
The International Security Assistance Force has balked at mentioning al Qaeda in press releases since the end of January.
Hizb-i-Islami Gulbuddin suicide bomber in Kabul kills 6 Americans, 9 Afghans
The Taliban’s spring offensive promised a renewed focus on suicide attacks targeting ISAF forces. Today’s suicide bombing in a residential area also injured 39 Afghan civilians.
Afghanistan
Taliban Keep Up Campaign to Win Public Support
IMU suicide bomber targeted top police commander in Quetta
The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan said yesterday’s attack, which killed eight people, was executed by a man whose daughter carried out a suicide bombing last year.
Afghanistan
Taliban Shuts 40 Schools In Southern Zabul Province: Officials
Afghanistan
Pakistan’s next premier an Islamist comeback kid
Panjwai district chief of police: ‘Pakistan has been trying to bring Afghanistan under its control’
District Chief of Police Lieutenant Colonel Sultan Mohammad discusses the roots of the insurgency, the Kandahar massacre, poppy eradication, and Panjwai’s improvement in security.
Pakistan
Pakistan – Terror threats: Taliban plotting major attacks, cabinet told
Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl
Taliban flex muscle in Karachi ahead of Pakistan vote
‘Iranian citizens’ reported killed in ISAF airstrike
The strike took place last week in the western province of Farah, which borders Iran. ISAF confirmed the strike took place but would not discuss the details.
ISAF launches multiple raids against IMU as fighting season heats up
Raids against the al Qaeda-linked Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan continue at an unprecedented pace. There have been five raids against the group in Afghanistan so far this month and 26 this year.
Afghanistan
New militant magazine appeals for help against drones
Taliban claim bombing at political rally, name new emir of Kurram
A politician from the pro-Taliban Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl party was targeted because he “handed over dozens of Arab mujahideen to America” after the battle of Tora Bora. Hafiz Dolat Khan is the Taliban’s new emir in Kurram.
Pakistan
Extremists Pursue Mainstream in Pakistan Election
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – Paktika residents seek ALP deployment
ISAF kills 2 ‘Arab’-linked commanders in Nuristan
One of those killed, Saleh Abd al Aziz Hamad al Luhayb, was wanted by Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of the Interior. The International Security Assistance Force will not describe him and others with links to “Arabs” as al Qaeda.
Afghan soldier kills 2 ISAF troops in latest green-on-blue attack
The two ISAF soldiers were killed in western Afghanistan. So far this year, there have been six such attacks, which account for 13 percent of ISAF’s deaths.
Afghanistan
Karzai urges Taliban to fight Afghan enemies after Pakistan clash
The continuing appeal of suicide attacks
Efforts to garner mainstream religious consensus in Afghanistan and Pakistan condemning the use of suicide attacks and other forms of violence against civilians seem doomed to fail.
Pakistani Taliban praise bin Laden by ‘waging jihad for the Caliphate’
“We dedicate all our activities for the next decade to Sheikh Osama bin Laden,” Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan spokesman Ihsanullah Ihsan said in a video praising the slain al Qaeda leader.
Afghanistan
Taliban ‘Slim-Fast diet’ allows French hostage to escape
ISAF targets ‘insurgent leader’ linked to Haqqanis, Pakistani Taliban, and ‘Arabs’
The insurgent leader runs a training camp somewhere along the Afghan-Pakistan border and commands more than 100 fighters, including suicide bombers.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan: UK’s best armoured vehicle overcome by Taliban for first time
Taliban assassinate member of Afghan High Peace Council
The Taliban have now assassinated three senior members of the peace council since the end of the summer of 2011. The attack was likely executed by the Mullah Dadullah Front.
Afghanistan
Police launch nighttime raids in Helmand
ISAF focusing efforts against IMU in Baghlan district
Raids against the al Qaeda-linked Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan in the Afghan north continue; one commander was killed and another captured during recent operations.
Afghanistan
Solidarity of Pakistani Taliban with Afghan Taliban Raises Concerns