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Uprising against Taliban gains momentum
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US Military Faces Fire as It Pulls Out of Afghanistan
Afghanistan
NATO air strikes for Afghan security forces must end: Karzai
Afghanistan
Taliban group use civilians as human shields: ISAF
Afghanistan
Afghanistan peace talks: ‘The ball is now in the Taliban court’
Pakistan
Pakistan – Government lists ceasefire as talks precondition for Taliban
Pakistani Taliban praise slain American, British jihadists
Pictures of an American identified as Inaam and a Brit known as Abbas are shown with top leaders of the Taliban, al Qaeda, the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, and other terrorist groups who have been killed while waging jihad across the globe over the past four decades.
Afghanistan
Afghan prisoners’ number sees 13-fold increase in 10 years
Afghanistan
Taliban still handling prosecutions in parts of Afghanistan
Another IMU leader captured in Afghanistan as Obama announces US force cut
The US drawdown will impact operations against al Qaeda and its affiliates, which maintain a strong presence in Afghanistan.
Afghan National Security Forces take over security operations
Afghan National Security Forces combat units are taking over the lead in security operations from the US and ISAF. However, substantial work remains in building the combat support units.
Afghanistan
Army veteran Clinton Romesha receives Medal of Honor for Afghan fight
United Kingdom
The Qatar initiative: JUI-F chief features in Doha talks
Afghanistan
Some Taliban prisoners released by Pakistan are back in battle, officials fear
Afghanistan
Why Pakistan should not talk to the TTP
2 IMU leaders captured in northern Afghanistan
Additionally, ISAF captured a senior Taliban commander who worked with the Hizb-i-Islami Gulbuddin and who facilitated suicide attacks.
Pakistan’s foreign secretary denounces drones, claims al Qaeda is dead
Meanwhile, US drones killed two Arab al Qaeda operatives, including an explosives expert, in a strike in North Waziristan.
2 al Qaeda operatives killed in latest drone strike in South Waziristan
The strike reportedly killed Sheikh Abu Waqas, a Yemeni explosives expert; Abu Majid al Iraqi; and four Uzbeks.
Afghanistan
For US Leader in Afghan War, Much Time Making Peace
India
Pakistani Militant, Price on Head, Lives in Open
US drones strike in remote area of North Waziristan
Five people are reported to have been killed in the attack. The drone strike is the first to have been recorded in Pakistan in nearly four weeks.
Afghanistan
Taliban group dismiss tripartite summit outcome on Afghanistan
Al Qaeda
Pakistan’s Islamist Militia Ansar Ul-Islam And Its Fight For Influence
Taliban, IMU form Ansar al Aseer to free jihadist prisoners
The video featured Adnan Rasheed, a dangerous Pakistani jihadist who was freed in a jailbreak last year; Yassin Chouka, a wanted German commander in the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan; and Abdul Hakeem, a previously unknown Russian IMU member.
Afghanistan
Top Afghan commander: If UK leaves Afghanistan, Taliban will return to launch global jihad
Afghanistan
Only Afghan Govt Qualified for Direct Taliban Talks: MOFA
Afghanistan
Eastern Afghanistan residents wary of US departure
Afghanistan
Logar, Wardak Insecurity Threatens Kabul: Officials
Pakistani military calls HRW report ‘a pack of lies,’ and ‘fabricated’
The HRW report provoked an undiplomatic response from the Pakistani military and ISI.
Taliban suicide assault team hits Pakistani military camp
Thirteen Pakistani military personnel, 11 civilians, and 12 Taliban fighters are reported to have been killed. The Taliban said the attack was carried out to avenge the deaths of two senior commanders killed in recent US drone strikes.