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ISAF kills IMU/Taliban district commander in Afghan north
Shukrullah “was the senior IMU/Taliban leader in the Almar district of Faryab province” and the “other two individuals killed with him were known Taliban insurgents.”
Afghanistan
The quiet pain of insider shootings in Afghanistan
NATO
NATO aims to repair Russia ties despite Patriot row
Taliban suicide assault team attacks US airbase in Jalalabad
Nine Taliban fighters, three Afghan security guards, and four civilians were killed as the Taliban attempted to storm Forward Operating Base Fenty in Nangarhar province.
Mullah Nazir orders all Mehsud tribesmen to leave Wana
Mullah Nazir ordered all Mehsud tribesmen to leave South Waziristan’s largest town before Dec. 5 or face the consequences. Nazir clearly holds the Mehsud tribe responsible for the Nov. 29 suicide attack against him and his associates at the Rustam bazaar in Wana.
Pakistan
Pakistan – Demand for protection: ‘Terrorists kidnapping minors for attacks’
Al Qaeda commander thought killed in South Waziristan drone strike
Abdul Rehman al Zaman Yemeni, a mid-level leader, is reported to have been killed in today’s attack. Sheikh Abdul Bari, another mid-level al Qaeda commander, is thought to have been killed in another strike in the same town on Nov. 29.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan presses Pakistan on Taliban releases
Pakistan
Forgotten past: In the throes of neglect, Swat’s Buddhist heritage continues to crumble
Afghanistan
Afghan Clerics Want Power To Issue Legally Binding Fatwas
Al Qaeda-linked South Waziristan Taliban commander wounded in suicide attack
Mullah Nazir was wounded in a blast at a market in Wana that killed six people and wounded 12 more. No group has claimed credit for the attack.
Afghanistan
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US drones kill 3 ‘militants’ in 1st strike in Pakistan in more than a month
The strike ends a 36-day-long pause in attacks in Pakistan’s tribal areas. The pause is the second longest since the program was ramped up in 2008.
ISAF airstrike kills Taliban commander behind instability in central Afghanistan
Coalition forces killed senior Taliban commander Abdullah Kalta in an airstrike on Nov. 21. Abdullah was responsible for the deaths of four New Zealand soldiers in central Bamyan province over the past two years.
Al Qaeda
After 22 months in Af-Pak hot seat, Grossman to ‘return to private life’
Pakistan offers high bounty for Taliban spokesman
The $2 million reward for Ihsanullah Ihsan is more than three times higher than that of the group’s emir, Hakeemullah Mehsud, Waliur Rehman Mehsud, and other top Taliban leaders.
Afghanistan
Human Rights Watch urges no amnesty for Afghan Taliban
Afghanistan
250 ISAF Bases Handed Over to Afghan Forces
Egypt
Egypt at a Crossroads after Morsi Grants Himself Sweeping Powers
Afghanistan
David Cameron set to decide on Afghanistan withdrawal timetable
Afghanistan
The chequered tale of the Taliban ‘boy commander’
Another IMU ‘weapons facilitator’ captured in northern Afghanistan
Reports of raids against al Qaeda and the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan have decreased over the past two months, but “that does not indicate there were no missions executed, just that there was not a release issued,” ISAF told LWJ.
Pakistan
Pakistan – Muharram security breach: Blast targets mourners in D I Khan; 10 killed
Al Qaeda
Notes from Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Tragic violence against women on the rise in Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Insurgents Losing the Afghan War: Katz
Al Qaeda
White House Presses for Drone Rule Book
Pakistan
Shias in Pakistan receive death threat text messages
Taliban, tribal leaders work together in North Waziristan
Hafiz Gul Bahadar could end attacks on Pakistani security forces if he really wanted, but he chooses not to.