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Panetta: Pakistan military plans to open new front
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Omani jihadist participated in Haqqani Network raid on FOB Salerno
The Haqqani Network suicide assault on a major US base in Khost was promoted by the Taliban on their propaganda website.
ISAF captures ‘senior IMU leader’ in Kunduz
The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan leader “directed improvised explosive device attacks in Kunduz province” and “acquired IEDs, weapons and rockets and distributed them to insurgents throughout the region.”
Observations on Taliban video ‘welcoming’ rogue ANA soldiers
The Taliban’s 34-minute-long video tribute to rogue Afghan soldiers suspected of killing US and Afghan soldiers in May describes attacks and diminishes the notion that Taliban infiltrators joined Afghan forces to carry out such attacks.
Afghan intelligence thwarts complex assault plot in Kabul; Pakistani suspect, 4 others arrested
NDS officials arrested a heavily armed Haqqani Network cell in Kabul that was planning to attack the Afghan Parliament, the Afghan Presidential Palace, and the Afghan Second-Vice President. It is the second such raid in Kabul since August 1.
Al Qaeda-linked insurgent targeted in Ghazni raid
ISAF said the al Qaeda-associated insurgent “coordinates the movement of al Qaeda terrorists throughout the region.”
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Exclusive: Afghan officials met key Taliban figure in Pakistan
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Operation in North Waziristan
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Pakistan – US must seal Afghan border for NWA push: Pak official
3 more ISAF soldiers killed by Afghan police in Helmand; 11 Afghan police killed in Nimroz
Three ISAF personnel were killed in the Garmsir district of Helmand province on the same day a rogue Afghan police commander killed three US soldiers in Helmand’s Sangin district.
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Afghanistan – Taliban behind attacks on ISAF troops: Police chief
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Taliban Attacks Rise During Ramadan: Sediqi
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No change in timeline for withdrawing troops from Afghanistan: US
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Pakistan confirms talks with Afghanistan on Taliban releases
Afghan police commander kills 3 US troops in Helmand
There have been three green-on-blue attacks reported in the past four days; four US troops and one Afghan soldier have been killed in the attacks.
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Afghanistan – Pakistani Insurgents Trying to Infiltrate Northern Borders
Al Qaeda calls on jihadists to attack NATO supplies, ‘secure the back’ of the Afghan Taliban
Ustad Ahmad Farooq, al Qaeda’s spokesman for Pakistan, said that jihadists must “pay special attention to targeting American and NATO supply lines” in order to help their “Afghan brothers.”
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TTP threaten Imran Khan over Waziristan march
No need for joint North Waziristan operation, says Pakistani military, as it is underway
A Pakistani military official claimed that operation “Tight Screw” is putting the “squeeze” on the Haqqani Network and other terror groups in North Waziristan.
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5,000 Afghan ‘militants’ have surrendered – but are they real?
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Afghanistan – Taliban forcing residents into staging protests
The Long View: The Taliban Express
A monthly cartoon that tackles the issues of the war. This month’s topic: NATO’s supply lines from Pakistan to Afghanistan.
Taliban suicide bombers kill 3 ISAF troops in Kunar
The pair of suicide bombers hit Western soldiers as they were going to a meeting of the provincial council.
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‘Sticky bombs,’ like those used in Iraq, now appearing in Afghanistan
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Targeted killings in Afghanistan up 53%
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Afghan reconciliation: Pakistan may release ‘former chief of Quetta Shura’
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Exclusive: US sweetens Taliban prisoner proposal in bid to revive peace talks
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Is terror not far away from Swat Valley in Pakistan? Taliban consolidating to recapture Swat
Afghan troops kill ISAF soldier in latest green-on-blue attack
Afghan security forces have now killed 28 ISAF soldiers this year, and 90 total since May 2007.
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Afghanistan – Pak Army officers accused of aiding Nuristan rebels