Afghanistan
Obama Increases Pakistan Drone Strikes as Relations Sour
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Afghanistan
Taliban close schools to mourn civilian deaths
New details emerge about complex attack on FOB Salerno
Seven civilians were killed inside the wire, while the blast caved in the base’s dining facility and PX.
Pakistan
War against terrorism; Pakistan to follow its own timeline: FO
Afghanistan
US, Pakistan beginning to look more like enemies
Taliban suicide bomber kills 4 French soldiers
The Taliban claimed credit for the suicide attack. “Foreign fighters” are known to operate in the area.
Afghanistan
Sar-e Pul Security Chiefs Sacked over Jail Break
Afghanistan
Fight Isn’t Over for Soldiers in Remote Afghanistan
Afghanistan
China Shows Interest in Afghan Security, Fearing Taliban Would Help Separatists
Afghanistan
CIA gets nod to step up drone strikes in Pakistan
Pakistani Taliban kill 19 people in Peshawar bombing
Meanwhile the Pakistani government dropped support for an anti-Taliban militia in Peshawar, and confiscated their weapons.
Libya
Libyan official: US drones seeking jihadists in Libya
NDS arrests senior Taliban leader and 14 others linked to school poisonings
Afghan intelligence officials announced the arrest of 15 suspects in connection to the series of suspected poison attacks against girls’ schools in northern Afghanistan. Among those arrested were a Taliban deputy shadow governor and three women.
Afghanistan
UN backs probe into US drone civilian casualties in Pakistan
Afghanistan
US troops do the “vampire” shift to avoid Afghan sniper
ISAF airstrike kills 3 al Qaeda operatives in Afghan east
The airstrike took place in the same district in Wardak province where 38 US and Afghan troops, including Navy SEALs, were killed when their helicopter was shot down in August 2011.
Afghanistan
Panetta: US losing patience with Pakistan on militancy
ISAF detains al Qaeda facilitator in Afghan north
The al Qaeda facilitator, who was based in Takhar province, “served as a financier and liaison between al Qaeda leaders,” according to ISAF.
Taliban kill 21 Afghans in double suicide attack
“The agents of Punjab have once again spilled the blood of innocent civilians,” Kandahar’s chief of police said, referring to Pakistan’s influence over the Taliban.
Al Qaeda
Abu Yahya al-Libi of Al Qaeda Said to Be Killed
Abu Yahya al Libi killed in latest drone strike, US officials say
US officials have confirmed that al Libi was killed in yesterday’s drone strike in Mir Ali. Al Qaeda has not confirmed his death.
Afghanistan
We Prefer to Hold Talks with US: Taliban Leader
Afghanistan
Taliban leaders quietly freed without trial after paying off officials
Afghanistan
Top al Qaeda strategist may have been killed in Pakistan
Abu Yahya al Libi rumored killed in Mir Ali drone strike
US officials said that al Libi was the target of today’s strike, but his death has not been confirmed.
Afghanistan
Pakistan condemns US drone strikes
Brother of Taliban’s military commission reported killed
Mullah Abdul Salam Zakir, the brother of the former Guantanamo Bay detainee who quickly assumed command of the Afghan Taliban’s military branch, is said to have been killed during a raid in northern Helmand province. ISAF has not confirmed Salam’s death.
US drones kill 15 in North Waziristan strike
The strike in Mir Ali is the third in Pakistan in three days, and the eighth in the two weeks since the US failed to get Pakistan to reopen the supply lines for NATO forces in Afghanistan.
Pakistan
Radio in FATA: A foreign voice for local problems
ISAF launches airstrike against IMU facilitator
The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan facilitator was targeted in the remote northeastern province of Badakhshan.