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Suicide Attempt on Cheney
(February 27, 2007)
A Taliban suicide bomber
failed in his attempt to
assassinate visiting U.S.
Vice President Dick Cheney
in Afghanistan after bad
weather forced him to stay
back in a military base
after he concluded
discussions on the threat
of al Qaeda and the
Taliban.<More>
Cheney in Surprise Pak
Visit
(February 26, 2007)
In a surprise move, U.S.
Vice President Dick Cheney
visited Pakistan on his
way to Kabul carrying a
message from President
George Bush that Islamabad
will lose its financial
aid if it cannot manage
its border with
Afghanistan.<More>
Drug Control in Afghan
(February 26, 2007)
The Afghanistan Government
has launched a renewed
eradication campaign,
particularly in Halmand
Province which accounted
for 40 per cent of 2006's
opium yield of 6,725 tons,
to stem an estimated USD 3
billion economic
activity.<More>
US Plans Large Afghan Package
(January 29, 2007)
The US President George Bush
is reportedly seeking
Congressional approval for
another USD 7-8 billion for
security, reconstruction, and
counter-offensive operations
including training and
policing operations against a
resurgent Taliban.<More>
Pak Hurdles on SAFTA
(January 25, 2007)
Hailing Afghanistan’s entry
into the South Asian
Association for Regional
Cooperation (SAARC), an Indian
official complained about
Pakistan’s refusal to
implement South Asian Free
Trade Agreement (SAFTA) which
impeded regional trade.<More>
Pak Forces Attacked by NATO
(January 24, 2007)
NATO troops using helicopter
gun-ships returned fire on a
Pakistani check post on the
Afghanistan border in an
obvious retaliation for
Pakistani Army giving covering
fire for infiltration of
terrorists in North Waziristan.<More>
US Accuses Pak of Harboring
Taliban
(January 17, 2007)
NATO troops claimed to have
killed 150 ill-equipped and
ill-trained insurgent recruits
sent to fight by Jalaluddin
Haqqani whom senior US
officials lives in Pakistan
even as there is a surge of
Taliban fighters crossing the
border to fight coalition
troops.<More>
Mush Wants Support to Fight Terror
(January 09, 2007)
State-run television reported that Pakistan President
Pervez Musharraf has called his nation to support his
policy stopping militants from using the nation as
recruitment ground for suicide members to be used by
terrorist groups for attacks world-over.<More>
Talks with Afghan Taliban
(December 23, 2006)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai is reportedly ready for
talks with the Taliban operating in his country hopeful
of including them in governance but not the Pakistani
counterpart but only if they terminate links with
Pakistan as that nation is trying to “enslave”
Afghanistan.<More>
Taliban Is a Virtual Mini
State in Pak
(December 14, 2006)
Finally, Western media has
woken up to the dangers of the
peace pact between
Pakistan and the local Taliban
in the North West Frontier
Province and the New York
Times (NYT) reported about a
resurgent Taliban supporting
Indian concern for
this development.<More>
India Reiterates Afghan
Support
(November 23, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
“reiterated India’s commitment
as a neighbour and friend to
continue assisting Afghanistan
despite the challenges posed
by the security situation” and
continue its rehabilitation
work but declined to deploy
regular troops.<More>
US Upset with UK Taliban Truce
(November 21, 2006)
The US seems to have expressed “unease” with the
reported truce negotiated by the British
military in Afghanistan with tribal elders
representing the Taliban followed by a
withdrawal of British troops at Musa Qala and
restoration of the captured to local militia.<More>
Afghan Violence Continues
(October 24, 2006)
The NATO-led International
Security Assistance Force (ISAF)
said that its soldiers
returned fire and killed 15
insurgents in the southern
Zabul province of Afghanistan
but conceded that 2 of their
vehicles were damaged in the
conflict but suffered no
casualties.<More>>
Multi-Faceted Trouble for Pakistan
(October 09, 2006)
As rumors of a coup continues to be fuelled by
weapons discoveries around President Pervez
Musharraf’s office, a grand Jirga of 95 Baloach
tribal chiefs met and decided to move the
International Court of Justice (ICJ) on their
status.<More>
India Worried About Taliban Resurgence
(September 12, 2006)
India is increasingly worried about conventional
offensive well-orchestrated operations of a
resurgent Taliban and their hold on the fight
till broken with air raids and analysts say that
these tactics bring back memories of their
ascendance in early 1990s.<More>
Afghan Widows Prefer
Suicide (August
22, 2006)
A recent survey by the
United Nations
Development Fund for
Women (UNIFEM) found
that 50,000 Afghan
windows in Kabul prefer
suicide to overcome the
hardships they continue
to face.
<More>
NATO Set to Take Over Afghan Security
(August 01, 2006)
In its most ambitious mission in Asia, the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO) has taken control of security operations in
insurgency-ridden southern Afghanistan to stop the Taliban with new tactics
and approach.
<More>
Coalition Forces Kill 70 militants
(July 12, 2006)
Coalition forces in Afghanistan
followed an air-raid on a
terrorist hideout which killed 40
Taliban terrorists with a land
raid on a different hideout
killing another 30 terrorists in
the volatile Halmand province in
Southern Afghanistan but the claim
is unverifiable.<More>
Pakistan Promises More Troops for
Terror(July 05, 2006)
Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid
Mahmud Kasuri said that President
Musharraf promised visiting US
Secretary of State Condoleezza
Rice 10,000 more troops on its
border with Afghanistan.<More>
Rice on Facilitation Mission (July
03, 2006)
US Secretary of state Condoleezza
Rice visited Islamabad last week
to urge, coerce, and pacify
Pakistan and Afghanistan to stop
their bickering and work together
to fight Taliban and al Qaeda
forces but created a lot of
flutter over democracy in
Pakistan.<More>
Increased Heroin Flows from Afghanistan
(June 30, 2006)
Narcotic trackers say that an unwanted and unanticipated
side-effect of the Indo-Pak peace process that has
increased foot, rail, and road traffic between the two
nations is the upsurge of smuggling of heroin from
Afghanistan.<More>
Large Operation Kills 150 Taliban
(June 28, 2006)
Afghan and coalition forces launched Operation Mountain
Thrust, a major anti-Taliban operation 2 weeks ago,
killing 149, wounding 32, and capturing terrorists
described by Afghanistan as “enemies of peace and safety
of our people.”<More>
Karzai names Zawahiri as Main Enemy
(June 23, 2006)
Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai names al-Qaeda number
two Ayman al-Zawahiri as his country's main that must be
neutralized or captured for having “brought massive
suffering to the Afghan people.”<More>
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US Claims Self-Defense in Afghanistan (June 01, 2006)
US Army claimed that its troops opened fire in
self-defense on the worst ever anti-American riot
after being shot at by the crowd and was unable to pin
down the actual casualty numbers.<More>
50 Taliban Dead, Riots against US
(May 30, 2006)
US Planes bombed a mosque in Halmand in Southern
Afghanistan killing 50 Taliban terrorists including
several unspecified Taliban leaders; the Taliban has
not responded to this claim.<
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Afghan Taliban Attack Leaves 105
Dead (May
19, 2006)
Afghanistan saw the worst
militant attack since 2001 with a
large Taliban force attacked
Government forces in a small town
in Halmand province leaving over
105 dead of which 40 were
militants.<More>
Karzai Visits
India
(April 11, 2006)
Afghanistan
President Hamid Karzai is visiting
India
for the first time after his country was proposed by
India
to join the South Asian Association for Regional
Cooperation (SAARC) and both countries promised to
fight terrorism together. <More>
ITBP Protects BRO in Afghanistan
(April 6, 2006)
The Indo-Tibetan Border
Police (ITBP) will provide the Army’s Border Roads
Organization (BRO) security from Taliban and al Qaeda
while they construct the crucial road linking Zalranj
to Delaram to link Iran with Afghanistan.<More>
Coalition Force Inflicts Damage on Taliban (March
31, 2006)
A strong Taliban force attacked a coalition base in
Halmand province of Afghanistan shortly after midnight
using mortars, rocket-propelled grenades, and small
arms. <More>
New Taliban Threatens to Consume Pak (March 29,
2006)
The Pakistani establishment is increasingly nervous
about the rise of a group calling itself the
"Pakistani Taliban" and reports say that they rule
large swathes of tribal land in Waziristan.<More>
Troops Kills 15 Taliban Terrorists
(March 23, 2006)
Afghanistan said its troops killed 15 Taliban
terrorists looking to crossover from Pakistan. <More>
Taliban Riot in Afghan Jail
(February 27, 2006)
About 1,300 Taliban and al Qaeda prisoners, protesting
against a uniform regime separating political and
criminal prisoners, rioted in Afghanistan taking over
the control block of the main jail at Pul-e-Charkhi.<More>
Suicide Bomber Kills 13 in Kandahar
(February 10, 2006)
A lone suicide Taliban terrorist exploded a bomb
outside the police headquarters in Kandahar, killing
13 people and injuring 14 others.<More>
16 Taliban Terrorists Killed (February 06,
2006)
About 200 Taliban terrorists attacked an Afghan police
convoy killing three policemen in Southern Helmand
province. <More>
Afghanistan Accuses Pak of Support to Taliban
(January 20, 2006)
Afghanistan has once again accused Pakistan of
providing shelter, training, funds, and material to
Taliban and al Qaeda suicide bombers to sabotage
progress.<More>
Taliban Burns Co-Ed School
(January 10, 2006)
Suspected Taliban gunmen burnt down a co-ed school in
Khandahar. This attack preceded by several others are
forcing the closure of many schools.<More>
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