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Qari Zia Rahman said that al Qaeda and the Taliban have jointly decided to attack US and Afghan forces to retaliate for the March 17 Predator strike in Datta Khel.
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ISAF captures al Qaeda's top Kunar commander
Abu Ikhlas al Masri served as al Qaeda's Kunar operations commander before he was captured in a special operations raid in Kunar in December 2010. Kunar remains an al Qaeda haven.US troops defeat Taliban assault on base in Nangarhar
A Taliban force of 25 fighters attacked Forward Operating Base Fenty in Nangarhar province, but was routed by US troops guarding the base.ISAF, Afghan forces kill Taliban suicide network leader in Kunduz
Shamsullah directed multiple suicide attacks in the Afghan north, including three large attacks since the end of February.US troops defeat Taliban suicide assault on Kabul base
Four Taliban suicide bombers were killed while attempting to storm Camp Phoenix in the Afghan capital. The attack takes place as violent protests occur in Kandahar and Mazar-i-Sharif.Ex-Gitmo detainee training Libyan rebels in Derna
A former Guantanamo detainee named Sufyan Ben Qumu is training Derna's rebels. Declassified memos prepared at Gitmo note that Qumu was a member of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group's military committee, trained at Osama bin Laden's camps, worked for al Qaeda front companies, and was a known "extremist" with "no qualms about committing terrorist acts."DC Circuit Court finds Gitmo detainee was no 'Forrest Gump'
A three-judge DC Circuit Court panel overturned a lower court's ruling that would have granted freedom to Guantanamo detainee Uthman Abdul Rahim Mohammed Uthman.Northeastern Afghan district falls after Taliban assault
A large Taliban force attacked the district center in Waygal today and drove out Afghan police. The Taliban claim to have kidnapped 13 police and seized large amounts of weapons and ammunition.Taliban kill 20 Afghans in suicide assault
The Taliban claimed credit for the suicide attack that killed 20 Afghan road workers in the Bermel district in Paktika province.Taliban capture scores of police recruits in Kunar
The Taliban claimed credit for the kidnapping of more than 40 Afghan men who attempted to join the police in the contested northeastern Afghan province.Afghan Local Police vital to General Petraeus' strategy
The establishment of the local village forces is the third attempt by ISAF and the Afghan government to provide security in contested areas.ISAF captures IMU leader who ran terror camps in Afghan north
The unnamed IMU commander ran "multiple IMU training camps and was involved with the facilitation and movement of fighters in and out of Samangan training camps, including fighters' movement to Pakistan."Afghan al Qaeda/Taliban commander threatens to avenge Pakistan drone strike
Qari Zia Rahman said that al Qaeda and the Taliban have jointly decided to attack US and Afghan forces to retaliate for the March 17 Predator strike in Datta Khel.
