ISAF Launches Another Raid Targeting al Qaeda in Kunar
On Jan. 25, the International Security Assistance Force reported another operation...
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Al Qaeda-Linked Taliban Commander Targeted in Kunar Raid
The International Security Assistance Force reported yesterday that an operation targeting an...
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Taliban Suicide Assault Team Attacks Police Headquarters in Kabul
The Taliban launched their second suicide assault against a security installation in the capital of Kabul in six days. The suicide assault team targeted the traffic police head...
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ISAF Kills and Captures IMU Operatives in Afghan North
Afghan and Coalition troops killed a facilitator for the al Qaeda-linked Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) during a raid in Afghanistan's northern province of Takhar yesterday. In a separ...
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ISAF Kills ‘Several’ al Qaeda-Linked Fighters in Kunar Raid
The International Security Assistance Force announced today that "several" insurgents w...
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Taliban Suicide Bomber Attacks US Base in Khost
The Taliban claimed credit for a suicide attack outside of a US base in eastern Afghanistan that is known to house CIA operatives who are hunting al Qaeda and other terrorist leaders across the b...
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Afghan Policewoman Kills US Military Adviser Inside Interior Ministry
An Afghan policewoman gunned down a US military adviser inside the Interior Ministry today. The insider, or green-on-blue, attack is the first in nearly six weeks, and the first recorded by a fem...
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ISAF Kills Another al Qaeda Commander in Kunar Raid
Coalition and Afghan special operations forces killed another al Qaeda leader in the remote, Taliban-controlled province of Kunar during a raid last week. The International Security Assi...
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ISAF Launches 2 Raids Targeting al Qaeda-Linked Commanders
Yesterday the International Security Assistance Force conducted two raids targeting insurgent leaders with ties to al Qaeda inside Afghanistan. In the Watahpur district in Kunar province...
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ISAF Kills IMU/Taliban District Commander in Afghan North
Coalition and Afghan forces killed a dual-hatted Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan and Taliban district commander during a raid in northern Afghanistan four days ago. The International Secu...
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Taliban Suicide Assault Team Attacks US Airbase in Jalalabad
A Taliban suicide assault team attacked Forward Operating Base Fenty, a large airbase in Nangarhar in eastern Afghanistan, early this morning. The heavily armed Taliban assault team of a...
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ISAF Analysis Shows Afghan Violence Remains Worse Than Before Surge
During a speech at the Center for a New American Security in Washington, DC last week, Secretary of Defense Leon...
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Another IMU ‘Weapons Facilitator’ Captured in Northern Afghanistan
Afghan and Coalition forces captured a "weapons facilitator" from the al Qaeda-linked Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan during an operation in Kwajah district in Afghanistan's Takhar province y...
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ISAF Data Show Insurgent Attacks, Civilian Casualties Increased in September
On Oct. 23, NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) released updated figures on the violence in Afghanistan. The data...
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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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ISAF Captured IMU Weapons Trafficker in Northern Afghanistan
The International Security Assistance Force has reported the capture of an Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan "facilitator and weapons trafficker" during an operation in the Afghan province of Kunduz...
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Senior Haqqani Network Leader Again Calls on Turks, Kurds to Wage Jihad in Afghanistan
Mullah Sangeen Zadran, a senior Haqqani Network leader who is on the US's list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists for supporting al Qaeda and who holds a captured a US soldier in Afgh...
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US Adds Haqqani Network Suicide Operations Chief to List of Global Terrorists
Today the US State Department added the Haqqani Network's chief of suicide operations to the list of Specially Designated Gl...
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Afghan Policeman Kills 2 British Soldiers in Helmand
An Afghan policeman opened fire on Coalition soldiers operating in Helmand province earlier today, killing two British soldiers. Today's killing of Coalition forces marks the 40th green-on-b...
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Jund al Khilafah Emir Killed in ‘Treacherous Raid’
Co-authored by Lisa Lundquist A Swiss jihadist who is known to have recruited and trained al Qaeda fighters and has been linked to top al Qaeda leaders has been killed in a "tre...