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Mullah Abdul Salam was captured by the ISI and CIA in Faisalabad one week ago. Salam is the second senior Taliban leader captured in Pakistan in the past two weeks.
The much-anticipated operation against the Taliban in central Helmand province began as thousands of US, British, and Afghan troops moved into Marja.
Nine Haqqani Network fighters have been reported killed. The strike is the first in 10 days.
The Taliban leadership council again demanded that Western forces withdraw from Afghanistan and insisted it would reestablish the Islamic Emirate.
A Jan. 19 strike in the northwestern province of Badghis killed 13 Uighurs and two Turks.
Abu Zar was planning to conduct attacks against Turkish forces in Afghanistan. Turkey has rounded up more than 150 suspected al Qaeda operatives and supporters during raids nationwide this week.
The latest attack targeted a compound formerly used as a seminary. Ten Taliban fighters are thought to have been killed.
Mansur al Shami was an al Qaeda ideologue and a bodyguard for al Qaeda's leader in Afghanistan. His death was reported on jihadist forums.
The Jordanian who attacked a CIA base in Khost, Afghanistan, Humam Khalil Muhammed Abu Mulal al Balawi, is seen on a martyrdom tape with Hakeemullah Mehsud, the leader of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan.
The US conducted 47 percent more strikes in 2009 than in 2008, and there is no sign the intensity of the campaign will abate in 2010.
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Pakistan captures Afghan Taliban's shadow governor of Baghlan province
Mullah Mir Mohammad was arrested along with Mullah Abdul Salam, the shadow governor of Kunduz. Pakistan also rounded up nine al Qaeda operatives and local Taliban commanders in Karachi.Pakistan detains Taliban shadow governor of Kunduz
Mullah Abdul Salam was captured by the ISI and CIA in Faisalabad one week ago. Salam is the second senior Taliban leader captured in Pakistan in the past two weeks.
Taliban commander, 4 al Qaeda fighters killed in raid near Marja
Afghan and Coalition special operations forces targeted a commander in the Washir district, one of three districts in Helmand outside the control of the government. Washir is north of Marja, where a major operation is currently underway to dislodge the Taliban.Taliban confirm Mullah Baradar captured
Two Taliban leaders said Mullah Omar's deputy has indeed been captured, and that it occurred not in Karachi but during the operation in Marja in Helmand province, Afghanistan.Mullah Baradar, the Afghan Taliban's deputy commander, reported captured in Karachi
Pakistani and US intelligence services captured the deputy leader and operational commander of the Afghan Taliban during a raid in Karachi, US officials told The New York Times. A Taliban spokesman denied the report.The military strategy in Afghanistan
Afghan and Coalition forces will focus on three key areas in an attempt to drive back the Taliban and restore security, while building up Afghan security forces to hold the regions.Assault on Taliban stronghold of Marja begins
The much-anticipated operation against the Taliban in central Helmand province began as thousands of US, British, and Afghan troops moved into Marja.
Suicide bomber kills 19 in Khyber
The bombing in Khyber is the first major Taliban strike in more than a week. Eleven tribal policemen were among those killed.US airstrike targets Haqqani Network in North Waziristan
Nine Haqqani Network fighters have been reported killed. The strike is the first in 10 days.
Taliban reject peace talks
The Taliban leadership council again demanded that Western forces withdraw from Afghanistan and insisted it would reestablish the Islamic Emirate.
US airstrike killed 15 Turkistan Islamic Party fighters in Afghanistan
A Jan. 19 strike in the northwestern province of Badghis killed 13 Uighurs and two Turks.
Al Qaeda leader in Turkey captured
Abu Zar was planning to conduct attacks against Turkish forces in Afghanistan. Turkey has rounded up more than 150 suspected al Qaeda operatives and supporters during raids nationwide this week.
Taliban launch terror assault on Kabul
Suicide assault teams struck at government and civilian centers in the heart of the city. Security forces restored control after hours-long battles.US strikes kill 11 in North Waziristan
Eight Taliban and three "foreigners" were reported killed in the most recent strikes in North Waziristan. The US has carried out nine strikes in Pakistan over the past 16 days.US airstrike hits Taliban camp in North Waziristan
The latest attack targeted a compound formerly used as a seminary. Ten Taliban fighters are thought to have been killed.
Jordanian al Qaeda operative killed in US airstrike in Pakistan
Mansur al Shami was an al Qaeda ideologue and a bodyguard for al Qaeda's leader in Afghanistan. His death was reported on jihadist forums.
CIA suicide bomber appears on tape with leader of Pakistani Taliban
The Jordanian who attacked a CIA base in Khost, Afghanistan, Humam Khalil Muhammed Abu Mulal al Balawi, is seen on a martyrdom tape with Hakeemullah Mehsud, the leader of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan.
US killed al Qaeda's Lashkar al Zil commander in airstrike
Mustafa Abu Yazid, al Qaeda's leader in Afghanistan, confirmed that Abdullah Said al Libi was killed in a US airstrike. Yazid confirmed this in a tape praising the suicide attack on the CIA base in Khost.US, Afghan forces target insurgent leaders in the East
ISAF said 23 "key insurgent leaders" were killed in eastern Afghanistan between mid-November and December 2009.Analysis: US air campaign in Pakistan heats up
The US conducted 47 percent more strikes in 2009 than in 2008, and there is no sign the intensity of the campaign will abate in 2010.
