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40 Percent of Insurgency In 10 Afghan Districts: ISAF
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Taliban promise suicide assaults, ‘insider attacks’ in this year’s spring offensive
The “Khalid bin Waleed spring operation” will include the use “special military tactics,” “collective martyrdom operations,” and “insider attacks,” against Coalition personnel.
Pakistan
Taliban, taboos bar millions of women from voting
Afghanistan
Taliban set conditions to release foreingers held in Logar
Afghanistan
Afghan Powerful Figures Facilitate Release of Arrested Kidnappers
Turkistan Islamic Party releases video of children in training
In the video, the children, some of whom appear to be no older than six, are shown firing handguns, AK-47 assault rifles, and a PKM machine-gun.
Pakistan
Taliban ‘little commandos’ in terror camp training video
Afghanistan
Civilian casualties increased by 30 percent in Afghanistan: UN
ISAF kills senior IMU leader in Afghan north
The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan leader “coordinated operations between IMU and Taliban networks” and directed suicide operations in Balkh province.
Afghanistan
Taliban’s Promotional Activities Rise in Kandahar
Al Qaeda intelligence chief reported killed in drone strike
Unconfirmed reports indicate that Abu Ubaydah Abdullah al Adam, a senior al Qaeda leader who serves as the intelligence chief for the terror group, was killed in a recent US drone strike in Pakistan’s tribal areas.
Afghanistan
Sharia court ruling: Taliban amputate thieves’ limbs in Herat
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – Reduced security blamed for Taliban attack
Pakistan
Pakistani Taliban Violently Reshape the Ballot
Female suicide bomber kills 4 outside Pakistani hospital
The Taliban have deployed female suicide bombers at least six times in Pakistan and three times in Afghanistan June 2010.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – MPs Call to Stop Releasing Taliban Prisoners
Navigating the minefields of Kandahar
As US forces draw down from southern Afghanistan, the evolving IED tactics race enters its final stages.
Pakistan
Pakistan – First 2013 polio drive: 1.3 million children go unvaccinated
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – Cross-border insurgent attacks increasing in east
IMU lauds another German killed in US drone strike
German Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan leaders Yassin and Mounir Chouka and other top IMU figures praised Samir Hatour, who was killed by the US in a strike in North Waziristan in March 2012.
Afghanistan
Taliban in Qatar see no early peace talks with US: sources
US drones kill 5 ‘militants’ in South Waziristan strike
The strike in Pakistan’s Taliban-controlled tribal agency of South Waziristan is the first since the beginning of January.
Afghanistan
A Question of Morality: Germany’s Afghan Staff Fear Reprisals
Afghanistan
Some Hopeful Signs out of the Afghan Army
Bangladesh
Islamist agitation fuels unrest in Bangladesh
Afghanistan
Afghan farmers return to opium as other markets fail
ISAF captures senior Lashkar-e-Taiba leader in Ghazni
Also, an “insurgent leader” who financed foreign fighters and coordinated attacks throughout Afghanistan was killed in Kunar province.
Pakistan
Deadly prelude: Taliban step up attacks on politicians
4 ‘militants’ killed in US drone strike in Pakistan
The strike is the first by the US in Pakistan in 23 days. The attack took place in the al Qaeda and Taliban haven of Datta Khel in North Waziristan.
Afghanistan
Afghan Interpreters for the US Are Left Stranded and at Risk