The logical choice’: 17 years after he fled, could Dahlan lead a post-Hamas Gaza?
“He has bridges with everyone but not necessarily liked by everyone. But I can’t think of anyone else who has his credentials.”
Hamid Karzai
Taliban admits ‘peace’ negotiations with U.S. are merely means to withdraw ‘foreign forces’
The Taliban admitted this week that current negotiations with the “arrogant” U.S. – often billed as “peace talks” that will purportedly end the fighting in Afghanistan – are merely being conducted...
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Islamic State launches mortars at memorial service in Kabul
The Islamic State’s Khorasan arm quickly claimed responsibility for an attack on a memorial service in the Afghan capital earlier today. The rally was held in honor of Abdul Ali Mazari, an ethnic Hazara...
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Ex-Gitmo Detainee Leads Contingent of Islamic State Fighters in Afghanistan
A former Guantanamo detainee, Mullah Raouf Khadim, is reportedly leading a contingent of Islamic State fighters in Afghanistan's southern province of Helmand. Khad...
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The LA Times Whitewashes the Taliban Five
There is a concerted push to sanitize the records of four of the five Taliban leaders transferred from Guantanamo to Qatar. But before delving into some of the specifics, let us recount the basic...
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Karzai Gambles with the Taliban
Just when you thought Afghan President Hamid Karzai couldn’t distance himself further from the US and the West, which have propped him up for over a decade, he surprises you. The exact reas...
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Death of an Anti-American Terrorist
The head of the Pakistani Taliban, Hakimullah Mehsud, was killed in an American drone strik...
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Taliban Promise Suicide Assaults, ‘Insider Attacks’ in This Year’s Spring Offensive
The Afghan Taliban announced that this year's spring offensive would begin on April 28 and would focus on suicide assaults on Coalition installations, as well as "insider attacks" against We...
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Afghan Forces Thwart Unprecedented Terror Plot in Kabul
By LWJ Staff Afghan National Directorate of Security (NDS) forces scored a major coup on March 12, breaking up a suspected Haqqani Network terror cell that was hours away...
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2 US Soldiers Killed by Afghan Policeman in Attack at Special Forces Base
An Afghan policeman killed two US soldiers in an attack at a US Special Forces base in Wardak province today. The attack is the second green-on-blue, or insider attack, that has been reported in...
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Afghan President Orders US Special Forces to Leave Wardak Province
Co-authored by Bill Ardolino President Hamid Karzai has ordered the Ministry of Defense to eject all "US Special Forces" from the key eastern province of Wardak after accusing t...
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Taliban Promise ‘Sacred Jihad’ if US Forces Remain in Afghanistan Past 2014
The Taliban have vowed to continue their "sacred jihad" if the Afghan government agrees to allow the United States to keep forces in Afghanistan past 2014. The Taliban made the statement as the A...
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Insurgency Encroaching on Central Afghanistan
By LWJ Staff As NATO forces continue to scale down combat operations in Afghanistan, New Zealand forces that have been stationed in the relatively stable central province of Bam...
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Reports of al Qaeda, Taliban Defeats are ‘a Major Lie,’ Says CBS Reporter
On Sept. 30, CBS's 60 Minutes aired a program, aptly titled "The Longest War," that discussed al Qaeda's resurgence in Afghanistan. You can watch the program [above]....
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Some Questionable State Department Actions
Prepared by staff at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies 1) Global Counterterrorism Conference Without Israel The Global Counterterrorism Forum w...
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Pakistan’s Message to the West
On Sunday, insurgents launched a series of coordinated attacks on Western embassies in Kabul, as well as other targets throughout Afghanistan. Afghanistan’s interior minister, Bismillah Kha...
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Don’t Stay the Course
He couldn’t name a single one. In this tense campaign season, al-Qaeda is very much in the front of the Obama administration’s mind. In fact, admini...
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US May Make Concessions on Night Raids in Afghanistan
As NATO's mission in Afghanistan continues its downward spiral, the US is considering allowing Afghans a degree of control over the controversial night raids, which are conducted by special...
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Why Apologize to Afghanistan?
We have officially lost our minds. The New York Times...
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Fixing Afghanistan was a Noble Project that Became a Noble Failure
This was a bad week for Afghanistan optimists. First, the British media leaked a c...