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US mulls new covert raids in Pakistan, sources say
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Afghan soldiers retake Kabul hotel after Taliban assault
The Taliban took control of an upscale hotel at a lake on the outskirts of Kabul for 12 hours before Afghan commandos killed the members of the suicide assault team.
Afghanistan
Gunmen seize control of lakeside hotel in Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Karzai warns insurgent attacks on Afghan forces increasing
Pakistan
Pakistani Taliban’s anti-US rant: ‘Peace treaty to stay intact despite polio drive ban’
Taliban kill 18 Afghans in Khost suicide attack
A suicide bomber targeted a US military convoy in a bazaar in Khost City.
Afghanistan
Questions on Women’s Rights and Ethnic Strife in Afghanistan
Pakistan
Popular Pakistani singer Ghazala Javed killed
Afghanistan
Violence spikes across southern Afghanistan
Afghan policemen kill ISAF soldier
“Three individuals in Afghan Police uniforms” killed an ISAF solider in southern Afghanistan before escaping.
ISAF kills IMU, al Qaeda-linked Taliban commanders in airstrikes
The Taliban commanders killed in Nangarhar “facilitated the movement of foreign fighters across the border from Pakistan into Afghanistan.” The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan commander was involved in the kidnapping of four aid workers in Badakhshan.
Afghanistan
Poppy Cultivation Downs 40% in Afghanistan: UN Drug Official
Suicide bomber kills Afghan Local Police commander
The Taliban have executed two suicide attacks in Kapisa province in the past nine days. The French provide security in the province and are withdrawing their forces by the end of this year.
Jamaat-e-Islami
Pakistan – Tribesmen mourn Landikotal blast
Afghanistan
Taliban praise India for resisting Afghan entanglement
Afghanistan
Afghanistan Aware of US-Taliban Talks
‘Good’ Taliban commander halts polio vaccinations over drone strikes
“Polio campaigns are also used to spy for America against the mujahideen (holy warriors), one example of which is Dr. Shakil Afridi,” a statement released by Hafiz Gul Bahadar said.
Afghanistan
Russia Worried Over Afghanistan Becoming a Terrorist Haven
Al Qaeda
Pakistan militants ban polio jabs, threaten action
Afghanistan
Worry Replaces Hope In Race To Restore Ancient Afghan City
US drones strike in Miramshah’s bazaar, kill 3 militants
The strike is the second in 24 hours. The US has attacked targets in Miramshah’s bazaar four times since the beginning of March 2010; two top-level al Qaeda leaders were killed in those strikes.
Taliban
US troops return to Afghanistan’s lost province
North Waziristan drone strike kills 4 ‘militants’
The strike took place near Miramshah, a stronghold of the al Qaeda-linked Haqqani Network.
Al Qaeda
Pakistan – Al Qaeda battleground
Afghanistan
Taliban Encourage Afghan Kids to Suicide: NDS
NGOs are ‘targets’ in South Waziristan, say Pakistani Taliban
The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan distributed pamphlets in the Mehsud areas of South Waziristan and threatened to punish anyone working with the government.
Pakistan
TTP issue final warning for S Waziristan residents to evacuate agency
Afghanistan
Afghans aim to defuse failed suicide bombers with Koran
Afghanistan
As Afghan army grows, a unit highlights the challenges
Afghanistan
Afghan arsonists seek to enforce truancy from school