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New wave of warlords bedevils U.S.

January 20, 2010

New wave of warlords bedevils U.S.
By Matthew Rosenberg, Wall Street Journal, January 18, 2010
In his teen years, Sirajuddin Haqqani was known among friends as a dandy. He cared more about the look of his thick black hair than the battles his father, a mujahideen warlord in the 1980s, was waging with Russia for control of [...]

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Kabul attack shows resilience of Afghan militants

January 19, 2010

Kabul attack shows resilience of Afghan militants
By Dexter Filkins, New York Times, January 19, 2010
A team of militants launched a spectacular assault at the heart of the Afghan government on Monday, with two men detonating suicide bombs and the rest fighting to the death only 50 yards from the gates of the presidential palace.
The attack [...]

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Taliban launch bold attack in central Kabul

January 18, 2010

Taliban launch bold attack in central Kabul
By Dexter Filkins, New York Times, January 18, 2010
A team of militants launched a spectacular assault at the heart of the Afghan government Monday, with two men detonating suicide bombs and the rest fighting to the death only 50 yards from the gates of the presidential palace.
The attacks, the [...]

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Suicide attack reveals threat to Obama’s Afghanistan plan

January 15, 2010

Suicide attack reveals threat to Obama’s Afghanistan plan
By Saeed Shah, McClatchy, January 14, 2010
The bombing has focused new attention on the Haqqani network, an Afghan insurgent group that U.S. intelligence officials said is based in North Waziristan, has ties to members of the Pakistani military’s Inter-Services Intelligence agency and probably played a key role in [...]

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How this suicide bomber opened a new front in Al-Qaeda’s war

January 10, 2010

How this suicide bomber opened a new front in Al-Qaeda’s war
By Christina Lamb and Miles Amoore, The Sunday Times, January 10, 2010
According to the guard, Balawi had been to the base before. He claimed that before the doctor reached the first gate, the Afghan security guards in charge of the perimeter security were instructed by [...]

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Bomber who attacked CIA workers calls it revenge

January 9, 2010

Bomber who attacked CIA workers calls it revenge
AP, January 9, 2010
The Jordanian doctor who killed seven CIA employees in a suicide attack in Afghanistan said in a video broadcast posthumously today that all jihadists must attack U.S. targets to avenge the death of Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud.
The video showed Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal Balawi — [...]

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UPDATED – Jordan emerges as key CIA counterterrorism ally

January 4, 2010

UPDATED with NBC report on the identity of the man who attacked the CIA last week:

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Jordan emerges as key CIA counterterrorism ally
By Joby Warrick, Washington Post, January 4, 2010
Hours after last week’s deadly attack on a CIA base in Afghanistan, a revision was made [...]

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Different Taliban groups claim role in Afghanistan bombing

January 2, 2010

Different Taliban groups claim role in Afghanistan bombing
By Alissa J Rubin, New York Times, January 2, 2010
Both Afghan and Pakistani Taliban groups claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing this week that killed eight Americans — seven of them C.I.A. officers — suggesting that the attack was viewed as a success and could be used to [...]

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Afghanistan suicide bombing kills 8 CIA officers

December 31, 2009

Afghanistan suicide bombing kills 8 CIA officers
By Greg Miller and Laura King, Los Angeles Times, December 31, 2009
A bomber slipped into a U.S. base in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday and detonated a suicide vest, killing eight CIA officers in one of the deadliest days in the agency’s history, current and former U.S. officials said.
The attack [...]

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Afghans turn to Taleban justice as insurgents set up shadow government

December 30, 2009

Afghans turn to Taleban justice as insurgents set up shadow government
By Jerome Starkey, The Times, December 30, 2009
Then Habiba’s elderly husband was badly beaten in a village brawl there was only one place, she said, that she could turn to for help and justice.
Barefoot and weeping, the farmer’s wife, 50, trekked for four hours through [...]

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Strategic Balochistan becomes a target in war against Taliban

December 23, 2009

Strategic Balochistan becomes a target in war against Taliban
By Declan Walsh, The Guardian, December 21, 2009
Look around Balochistan, and you may not see much. Pakistan’s largest province is also its poorest and least inhabited – an expanse of rocky deserts and ramshackle villages where hardy tribesmen live by ancient laws. But to outside eyes, Balochistan’s [...]

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Pakistan angered by American arrogance

December 17, 2009

Pakistan angered by American arrogance
By Jane Perlez and Eric Schmitt, New York Times, December 17, 2009
Parts of the Pakistani military and intelligence services are mounting what American officials here describe as a campaign to harass American diplomats, fraying relations at a critical moment when the Obama administration is demanding more help to fight the Taliban [...]

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Afghans fleeing Taliban are flooding Tajikistan

December 17, 2009

Afghans fleeing Taliban are flooding Tajikistan
By Isabel Gorst, Washington Post, December 17, 2009
The night his 11-year-old son escaped from kidnappers, Abdul Aziz bundled a few belongings into a car and drove his family 18 miles north across the Afghan border into Tajikistan. “It is too frightening to live in Afghanistan anymore,” he said, standing in [...]

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