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Taliban assassinate member of Afghan High Peace Council

The Taliban have now assassinated three senior members of the peace council since the end of the summer of 2011. The attack was likely executed by the Mullah Dadullah Front.


Taliban suicide bomber kills 4 NDS, 2 ISAF personnel in southern Afghanistan

Today's suicide attack is the second in southern Afghanistan in six days that targeted the National Directorate of Security.


Taliban release video of planning for Camp Bastion assault

Camp-Bastion-Taliban-Map.jpgThe video clip shows a map on a whiteboard that details the location of the security perimeter, aircraft, hangars, and other buildings. Al Qaeda and the Mullah Dadullah Front were likely involved in the assault that destroyed six USMC Harriers.


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.


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.


Mullah Dadullah Front claims assassination of Afghan High Peace Council member

The powerful Taliban subgroup is led by former Guantanamo Bay detainee Mullah Zakir, and is closely tied to al Qaeda.


US adds Taliban commander involved in IED, suicide attacks to terrorism list

Abdul Samad Achekzai has been linked to at least 11 suicide attacks against Afghan and Coalition forces in 2010 and 2011.


Suicide assault team kills 5 people in attack on UN office in Kandahar

A four-man suicide assault team hit the United Nations Refugee Agency in Kandahar city. The attack is the second of its kind in the city in five days.


Suicide bomber hits police station in Afghan south

The suicide bomber hit a police station in Helmand's provincial capital of Lashkar Gah, killing 10 policemen and a child.


Suicide assault team kills 19 in Uruzgan

A six-man suicide assault team hit the government center in Tarin Kot as well as the home of a key power broker in the southern Afghan province.


Taliban suicide bomber assassinates mayor of Kandahar

Mayor Hamidi, the fourth senior official in the south to be assassinated this month, was killed in a hallway near his office. The suicide bomber hid the explosives in his turban.


Suicide bomber kills 4 in attack at Kandahar mosque

Two senior clerics were killed in a bombing at a service in Kandahar for President Karzai's brother. The suicide bomber hid the explosives in his turban.


ISAF targets Taliban leader of al Qaeda cell based in Quetta

The Taliban commander is associated with the Mullah Dadullah Front, a radical Taliban subgroup closely linked to al Qaeda.


Taliban suicide bomber kills 5 ISAF, 4 Afghan troops in east

A Taliban fighter who penetrated the Afghan police detonated a vest at a meeting at a base in Laghman province. The Taliban claimed the attack.


Suicide bomber assassinates Kandahar police chief

Brigadier General Khan Mohammad Mujahid is the latest senior Afghan official murdered by the Taliban in its assassination campaign in the southern province.


The most wanted Taliban commanders in Afghanistan

A look at some of the Taliban leaders who are at the top of the special operations groups' target list.


Taliban suicide assault team strikes Kandahar police, kills 6

The Mullah Dadullah Front, a radical Taliban subgroup closely linked to al Qaeda, is likely behind today's complex attack.


Taliban suicide assault team hits police station in Kandahar

Afghan security officials repelled the assault on the provincial police headquarters in Kandahar. The Taliban also launched other small-scale attacks against police in the provincial capital.


Taliban suicide bomber kills deputy governor of Kandahar

A Taliban suicide bomber driving a motorcycle picked out Deputy Governor Abdul Latif's car in a convoy traveling in Kandahar city.


ISAF targets Quetta military shura leader in southern Afghanistan

The Taliban commander, who was not named, is "a current member" of the Quetta regional military shura and the former shadow governor of the Panjwai district.
 
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