Taliban suicide assault team attacks Afghan intelligence headquarters in Kabul
National Directorate of Security personnel repelled the suicide assault team after it detonated a bomb at the main gate and entered the compound.
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Pakistan
Central Government Takes Over Pakistan Province
Afghanistan
Success in former Taliban stronghold was hard-won; the next challenge is making it last
Uzbek terror group kills 14 Pakistani soldiers in North Waziristan
The Mujahideen Ansar took credit for the IED attack in Razmak. The attack took place just one day after Hakeemullah Mehsud called for jihadists in North Waziristan to stop attacking the Pakistani military and focus efforts on NATO forces in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan
Taliban out to defame local police: Azizi
Afghanistan
Judge okays group prayers for Muslim inmates in Indiana
Afghanistan
America’s go-to man in Afghanistan’s Oruzgan province
Afghanistan
Taliban Targets Tourists, but Some Still Visit Afghanistan
Hakeemullah Mehsud orders Taliban to end attacks on Pakistani military in North Waziristan: report
The emir of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan also said his forces would focus on fighting NATO in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan
Taliban welcome complete withdrawal of US troops
Afghanistan
Civil War threatens Afghanistan as NATO prepares to leave
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
Formidable power of Pakistan’s anti-Shia militants
Al Qaeda
US drone strikes in Pakistan on rise for 2013
Afghanistan
Afghan Amnesty Program Falls Short, Leaving Ex-Insurgents Regretful and Angry
‘Key al Qaeda paramilitary commander’ killed in recent drone strike in Pakistan
Sheikh Yasin Al Kuwaiti, who was killed in a US drone strike on Jan. 8, was a “key al Qaeda paramilitary commander” who was “very high up the food chain,” a US intelligence official who tracks the terror group in Pakistan’s tribal areas told The Long War Journal.
Afghanistan
Afghans say total US pullout would trigger disaster
Afghanistan
In Old Taliban Strongholds, Qualms About What Lies Ahead
Afghanistan
Stanley McChrystal criticises reliance on drones as strikes hit Pakistan
US drones launch 2 strikes in North Waziristan
Two compounds were hit in the Mir Ali area. The US has now launched six strikes in Pakistan so far this year.
Afghanistan
News Analysis: Will Taliban release lead to Afghan national reconciliation?
Taliban suicide team strikes in Kandahar
The Taliban claimed credit for an attack on tribal leaders at the district center in Kandahar’s Spin Boldak. The Mullah Dadullah Front likely carried out the suicide bombings.
Afghanistan
Hebrew treasure found in Afghanistan
US drones strike again in South Waziristan
A Taliban commander loyal to Hafiz Gul Bahadar was the target of the strike; 17 people, including a Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan commander who directed suicide operations, are reported to have been killed.
Afghanistan
McChrystal takes blame for Rolling Stone article
Afghanistan
Freedom of Taliban to boost insurgency in Afghanistan
Taliban promise ‘sacred jihad’ if US forces remain in Afghanistan past 2014
The Afghan Taliban said they reject any security agreement that allows “even a single American soldier” to remain in country. “War and destruction will continue in the region” if US forces stay in Afghanistan after 2014.
Afghanistan
Pakistan condemns drone attacks in Waziristan
Afghanistan
Afghan peace process and the transitional justice
Afghanistan
Insider Attacks in Afghanistan Shape the Late Stages of a War
Taliban name Mullah Nazir’s replacement
Bahwal Khan, the new emir of the Mullah Nazir group, maintains close ties to al Qaeda, the Afghan Taliban, and a host of terrorist groups, US intelligence officials told The Long War Journal. Additionally, the US intelligence officials denied that the Pakistani government or military aided in the killing of Nazir.