Afghanistan
Karzai Softens on Taliban Ahead of Doha Office Opening
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Afghanistan
US commandos hand over troubled area to Afghans
‘The Taliban are worried about the uprising happening here’: an interview with the Panjwai district governor
The DG of Panjwai district in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province outlines the nature of the insurgency and the local uprising against the Taliban, his desire for continued international assistance, and the limited resources provided by the national and provincial Afghan governments.
Taliban suicide bomber kills 12 in Peshawar
Meanwhile, the Pakistani government continues to claim it has “broken [the] Taliban’s back.”
Pakistan
Taliban Terrorize Karachi as the New Gang in Town
Pakistan
Campaigning in the shadow of the Taliban
Initial security impressions: Panjwai
Long War Journal correspondent Bill Ardolino is currently embedded with US soldiers from the 4-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team in Panjwai, Afghanistan.
Latest IMU capture indicates resiliency of terror group in Afghanistan
Raids against the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan and al Qaeda have taken place consistently for years. Can Afghan forces maintain the tempo as NATO takes a backseat in Afghanistan?
Taliban suicide assault team strikes police HQ in eastern Afghanistan
Five policemen and eight Taliban fighters were killed after the suicide assault team penetrated security at the Quick Reaction Force headquarters in Jalalabad.
Afghanistan
Stalemate to continue: Taliban rule out talks with Karzai during Qatar visit
Pakistan
50,000 families have fled Tirrah Valley
Pakistani Taliban threaten former President Musharraf with ‘death squad’
Adnan Rasheed, who escaped from a Pakistani prison during a Taliban jailbreak one year ago, is shown with his “death squad,” which is split up in groups of “fedayeen, sniper team, special assault team, and close combat team.”
Afghanistan
US Cedes Control, Almost, on Afghan Prisoners
Suicide bomber kills 17 Pakistani troops in North Waziristan
The suicide bomber rammed a water truck packed with explosives into a camp run by the Pakistani military’s Frontier Works Organization.
Afghanistan
Doubts Over Bagram Handover Ahead of Deadline
Afghanistan
A War of Attrition in Farah Province
Afghanistan
Afghan Villagers Take On Taliban in Their Heartland
US drones kill 4 ‘militants’ in Pakistan
The strike took place in the terrorist hub of Datta Khel in North Waziristan, where some of al Qaeda’s top leaders have been killed in the past.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan’s Nuristan province ‘at mercy of the Taliban’
Afghanistan
Afghan police casualties increased by 15 percent: Sediqi
Afghanistan
After The Afghan Pullout, The Dangers For Central Asia
Al Qaeda
Controversial weapon Pakistan seeks UN ban on unilateral drone strikes
Afghanistan
Afghan Clerics Warn US on Karzai Demands
Afghanistan
Fareed helped in Afghanistan, but Denmark won’t help him
Afghan forces thwart unprecedented terror plot in Kabul
NDS forces raided a Haqqani Network safe house in eastern Kabul, killing five militants, capturing two others, and seizing a 7,800-kg truck bomb wired for detonation. The bomb’s destructive capacity had a radius of nearly one mile, according to Afghan officials.
Afghanistan
Hundreds Protest Against US in Wardak
Afghanistan
13,000 girls deprived of education in Khost
Afghanistan
Karzai Will Bring on Govt Downfall: National Coalition
Afghanistan
US General Puts Troops on Security Alert After Karzai Remarks
IMU commander captured in Kunduz
ISAF has targeted the al Qaeda-linked Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan eight times so far this year. The captured IMU commander is from Uzbekistan.