• Analysis: Al Qaeda expands its network of training camps in Afghanistan

    The United Nations Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team reports that Al Qaeda is operating training camps in two new Afghan provinces: Kandahar and Takhar. The terrorist group now operates training camps in 12 of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces. Additionally, the Monitoring Team notes that Al Qaeda “still uses Afghanistan as a permissive haven under the Taliban.”

    Analysis: Al Qaeda expands its network of training camps in Afghanistan
  • Taliban suicide bomber strikes in Kabul

    The Afghan government said all of those killed were civilians, while the Taliban claimed its attack killed “intelligence officers.”

    Taliban suicide bomber strikes in Kabul