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Afghanistan – Taliban destroy Panjwai ring road in Kandahar
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Afghanistan – Mullah Omar’s Eid Message Read in Nangarhar Mosques: MP
US drone strike kills 5 ‘militants’ in North Waziristan
The strike is the fourth in Pakistan in five days; all took place in North Waziristan in areas under the control of Hafiz Gul Bahadar.
ISAF kills, captures al Qaeda-linked Taliban commanders in east
Mutaqi passed “critical information between the senior al Qaeda associated Taliban leaders in Kunar province” and plotted suicide attacks in the region. The commander in Ghazni helped al Qaeda fighters travel throughout the region.
Taliban rockets hit General Dempsey’s plane
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff’s C-17 was damaged on the tarmac at Bagram Air Base. Dempsey left Afghanistan in another plane.
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Afghanistan – Avoid killing civilian officials, Hikmatyar tells fighters
Afghanistan
Karzai Calls on Taliban to Apologise to Afghans, Renounce Violence
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Pakistan suspends phone networks to thwart attacks
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US general holds talks on Afghanistan ‘insider attacks’
Al Qaeda-linked Taliban commander killed in recent airstrike in Kunar
Yasir was involved in the Aug. 8 suicide attack in Asadabad, Kunar, that killed a command sergeant major and two staff officers for the 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, and a USAID foreign service officer.
ISAF kills Taliban district governor, ‘dozens’ of fighters in Kunar airstrikes
The Taliban reportedly gathered in Chapah Darah district to conduct a public execution when they were targeted in an airstrike. A second strike in Watahpur, a known haven for al Qaeda and the Lashkar-e-Taiba, killed “many” insurgents, including foreigners.
8 more ‘militants’ killed in pair of drone strikes in North Waziristan
The Predators and Reapers struck a vehicle in the Shawal Valley, and then followed up and hit the recovery operations. There have been three drone strikes in Shawal in the past 24 hours.
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Ammonium nitrate fertilizer is being smuggled into Afghanistan for IEDs
Pakistan
Pakistan – ‘Air base attackers trained in Waziristan’
Afghanistan
Why Afghanistan’s past is being ‘rewritten’
US drones kill 6 ‘militants’ in Pakistan’s Shawal Valley
The Shawal Valley has been the focus of recent drone strikes in Pakistan. The strikes in Pakistan have been on the decline the past three months; the US has launched only eight since June 4.
2 US soldiers killed in latest green-on-blue attacks in Afghanistan
So far this year, green-on-blue attacks have caused 13 percent of the ISAF deaths. Nine ISAF soldiers have been killed by Afghan forces in the past 11 days.
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Afghanistan – Women rally for reopening of girls’ schools
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Experts: Operation Against Pakistani Taliban Will Create More Problems
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Pakistan reiterates nuclear assets are safe
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Taliban attack on airbase raises questions about security of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons
ISAF kills senior IMU leader, ‘multiple insurgents’ in airstrike
Mullah Anwar served as the IMU’s leader in the Burkah district in Afghanistan’s Baghlan province, and was responsible for the assassination of a district governor and a member of the Afghan High Peace Council in Takhar.
11 NATO, Afghan troops killed in helicopter crash in Kandahar
The Taliban claimed to have shot down a Chinook in Shah Wali Kot district; ISAF said the cause of the crash is under investigation.
Pakistan
Settling scores: Taliban on a killing spree in Karachi
Suicide assault team attacks Pakistani airbase in Punjab
Six Taliban fighters and two Pakistanis were killed during the fighting at an airbase that is thought to be related to Pakistan’s nuclear weapons program. The Taliban claimed credit for the attack.
Pakistan will launch operation against the Taliban, Panetta claims
But it won’t be against the Haqqani Network or Hafiz Gul Bahadar’s forces, of course.
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Armed uprising against Taliban forces insurgents from 50 Afghan villages
Afghanistan
Ways Sought to End Attacks by Afghans on Coalition
Taliban suicide assault team kills 36 Afghans in western city
The attack took place in Zaranj, the provincial capital of Nimroz. The Taliban have launched several high-profile attacks in western Afghanistan this year.
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No decision on Taliban inmates’ transfer: US