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UN Sanctions Unlikely To End Haqqani Safe Haven In Pakistan
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Pakistan
Pakistan – Many KP schools shut as teachers unavailable
Afghanistan
Afghan reconciliation: Kabul’s top negotiator seeks release of Taliban prisoners
Afghanistan
Pakistan urges all Afghan insurgents to pursue peace: Ambassador
Nephew of Baitullah Mehsud killed in Bannu shootout
The nephew of slain Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan leader Baitullah Mehsud was killed in a shootout with Pakistani police in Bannu.
ISAF captures another IMU weapons facilitator in Kunduz
After halting reports on raids against al Qaeda and the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan for nearly a month, ISAF reported that two IMU weapons facilitators have been captured in the past week.
Afghan soldier kills ISAF trooper in Helmand
An ISAF soldier was also wounded in the insider, or green-on-blue, attack. There have been 42 such attacks this year, resulting in the deaths of 60 ISAF personnel.
Afghanistan
Soldier’s insider attack story is part of training
Afghanistan
For Afghan troops, donkeys are the new helicopters
Afghanistan
No breakthrough in Taliban talks expected before 2014: Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Pakistan terror toll fails to stir offensive
Afghanistan
Militants have infiltrated police ranks: Afghan Ministry of Interior
Taliban suicide bomber attacks Rangers HQ in Karachi
Karachi has become a haven for terror groups; 11 areas of the city are considered to be under the control of Pakistani jihadist groups.
Afghanistan
UK – Five Marines charged with murdering Taliban prisoner will not be named during their trial
Afghanistan
Obama must concentrate on militants sanctuaries in Pakistan: Karzai spokesman
Afghanistan
Pakistan – Two NATO tankers reach Torkham
Haqqani Network
Pakistan already cracking down on Haqqani network: Pakistani government
ISAF captures IMU weapons trafficker in northern Afghanistan
The raid by ISAF and Afghan forces is the first reported against the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan in nearly a month.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan – Herat Provincial Council Claims Security is Failing
Afghanistan
Saudi Arabia Positions Itself For Larger Afghan Role
US adds Haqqani Network suicide operations chief to list of global terrorists
Qari Zakir is the head of the Haqqani Network’s suicide operations in Afghanistan as well as the group’s operational commander in Kabul, Takhar, Kunduz, and Baghlan provinces. He is considered to be a close advisor to Siraj Haqqani, and also runs the network’s training program.
Afghanistan
Kandahar Ulema Council Chief Rejects Arrest Allegation
Afghanistan
Afghan Local Police are Effective, Not Subversive: Sultani
Taliban
Pakistani Islamist politician claims Malala was not injured
Senior Haqqani Network leader again calls on Turks, Kurds to wage jihad in Afghanistan
Mullah Sangeen Zadran, the Taliban’s shadow governor for Paktika, asks that Allah “accepts the martyrdom of the Turkish, Kurdish and other brothers who die for this cause” in Afghanistan.
Pakistan
Media houses in Peshawar relocate following Taliban threat: Report
Pakistan
Pakistan – Growing unrest: Jirga stands united against school attack
Pakistan
Malala attack: ‘Uninformed’ comments land Lord Ahmed in hot water
Taliban claim over 20 insider attacks in 8 months
A Taliban official responsible for insider, or green-on-blue, attacks in Afghanistan’s southern and western provinces claims that Taliban infiltration is behind the great majority of attacks this year, and details the operations of the committee sponsoring them.
Another anti-Taliban leader assassinated in northwestern Pakistan
Two anti-Taliban leaders have been murdered in the past 24 hours. Today’s attack was likely the work of Mullah Fazlullah.