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Entries from Today In Category: 'Afghanistan'
Afghan and Coalition forces killed 25 Taliban fighters in Kandahar province, 23 more in Uruzgan province, and a senior IED facilitator and three associates in Farah province, and destroyed large drug and weapons caches in Zabul and Khost provinces. The Taliban killed seven civilians in an IED attack in Helmand province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on June 24, 2009 10:13 AM | Entry
The Taliban killed three German soldiers in Kunduz province, three foreign aid workers in Jawzjan province, and three policemen in Kandahar. A suicide bomber killed two civilians in an attack on a US military convoy in Ghazni province. British troops conducted a large air assault in Helmand province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on June 23, 2009 11:19 AM | Entry
Eight civilians were killed and 40 more were wounded during a suicide attack in front of a mosque in Khost province. Three Afghan soldiers were killed in a suicide attack on an Afghan Army convoy in Kandahar. The Afghan government said the Taliban control 11 districts and have a strong influence in 150 others.
Posted by Bill Roggio on June 22, 2009 10:26 AM | Entry
Two US soldiers were killed and six more were wounded during a rocket attack on the Bagram Air Base. The Taliban killed two policemen during an IED attack in Wardak province, three civilians during an ambush on a military convoy in Kunar province, and an imam in Nangarhar province who delivered funeral prayers to government supporters.
Posted by Bill Roggio on June 21, 2009 1:04 PM | Entry
Sixteen Taliban fighters and one policeman was killed during fighting in Uruzgan province. The Taliban killed six civilians in a bombing in Herat and two ISAF soldiers in attacks in southern and eastern Afghanistan. Polish and Afghan troops captured 29 Taliban fighters during an operation in southeast Afghanistan. One Haqqani Network fighter was detained in Khost.
Posted by Bill Roggio on June 20, 2009 10:14 AM | Entry
The Taliban beheaded a student at Kandahar University and kidnapped another and killed two ISAF soldiers in an IED attack in southern Afghanistan. Afghan and Coalition troops killed Haji Ghulam Jan, a Taliban logistics expert and IED facilitator, during a raid in Farah province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on June 19, 2009 11:29 AM | Entry
Six Taliban fighters and two policemen were killed during fighting in Khost province. Afghan and Coalition forces detained five Haqqani Network fighters in Paktia province, two Taliban fighters in Kandahar province, and a Taliban leader in Farah province. The Taliban killed two civilians in an IED attack in Kandahar.
Posted by Bill Roggio on June 18, 2009 2:10 PM | Entry
The Taliban killed three Danish soldiers in an IED attack in Helmand province and murdered an Afghan official in Kunduz province. The National Directorate of Security freed two al Jazeera reporters after detaining them three days ago.
Posted by Bill Roggio on June 17, 2009 11:43 AM | Entry
Four Taliban fighters and an Afghan soldier were killed during a clash in Kunduz province. Afghan and Coalition forces killed "several" Taliban fighters and detained four more during a raid on a drug factory in Helmand province, detained four Haqqani Network fighters in Paktia province, and destroyed a drug and weapons cache in Uruzgan province. The National Directorate of Security detained two Al Jazeera reporters.
Posted by Bill Roggio on June 16, 2009 1:06 PM | Entry
General McChrystal has assumed command of Coalition forces in Afghanistan. US forces killed 23 Taliban fighters in Uruzgan province. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in southern Afghanistan and attacked musicians for playing at a wedding in Nangarhar province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on June 15, 2009 11:32 AM | Entry
Afghan and Coalition forces killed Taliban commander Mullah Dastgir and 14 fighters in Farah province, and killed four Taliban fighters in Badghis province. The Taliban killed four civilians in Paktia province, murdered a midwife and her husband in Farah, and killed a British officer in Helmand province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on June 14, 2009 1:10 PM | Entry
A suicide bomber killed five soldiers and four drivers in an attack ona NATO fuel convoy in Helmand province. A British soldier was killed during fighting in Helmand. Afghan and Coalition forces detained a Taliban commander and killed one fighter during a raid in the Sharana district in Paktika province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on June 13, 2009 4:09 PM | Entry
US Defense Secretary said Iran is "playing a bit of double game in Afghanistan" by arming the Taliban. NATO ministers back the US plan to shake up the command structure in Afghanistan and give more control to the US. A British soldier was killed in an IED attack in Kandahar province. Afghan and Coalition forces detained four Haqqani Network fighters in Khost province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on June 12, 2009 12:10 PM | Entry
A Taliban commander with links to Iran's Qods Force may have survived the June 10 airstrike in Ghor province; 10 civilians were reported killed in the strike. Afghan and Coalition forces killed 41 Taliban fighters in Badghis and Farah provinces.
Posted by Bill Roggio on June 11, 2009 11:45 AM | Entry
In Ghor province, a Coalition airstrike killed a Taliban leader with links to Iran's Qods Force; the strike also killed 16 other fighters. In Uruzgan province, 30 Taliban fighters and two policemen were killed during three days of fighting. The Afghan Army killed five Taliban fighters and two more in Kunar province. In Kunduz yesterday, a Taliban commander and two fighters were killed during fighting. In Ghazni province, the Taliban killed two policemen, taking control of the Zand Khan district.
Posted by Bill Roggio on June 10, 2009 3:28 PM | Entry
Taliban fighters killed two civilians and wounded 52 more, including many children and three US soldiers, in a grenade attack in Kunar province. Afghan and Coalition forces detained nine Taliban fighters in Helmand province, four in Khost, and two more in Paktia.
Posted by Bill Roggio on June 9, 2009 12:06 PM | Entry
Afghan and Coalition forces killed 40 Taliban fighters during a month-long operation in the Ghormach district of Faryab province. One ISAF soldier was killed in an IED attack in southern Afghanistan and two German soldiers were wounded in an IED attack in Kunduz province. The Taliban torched a school in the Balablok district in Farah province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on June 8, 2009 1:20 PM | Entry
US and Afghan forces killed 20 Taliban fighters in a battle in Zabul province; five policemen, four security guards, and another Taliban fighter were killed in clashes throughout the country. The commander of the Tora Bora Military Front was reportedly arrested in Peshawar. Gulbudin Hekmatyar denied talks with the government.
Posted by Bill Roggio on June 7, 2009 7:29 PM | Entry
The Afghan government has spent only $6 billion out of $38 billion in international donations. Three civilians were killed in a suicide attack in the Spin Boldak district of Kandahar province. Nine Taliban fighters and one ISAF soldier were killed during fighting throughout the country. Security forces found a large cache of narcotics and weapons, including 1.5 tons of opium and two kilos of morphine.
Posted by Bill Roggio on June 6, 2009 2:59 PM | Entry
Nineteen Taliban fighters, six policemen, and three children were killed during fighting in eastern Afghanistan; 15 of the Taliban fighters were killed in an assault on a base in Khost province. Afghan and Coalition forces detained seven Taliban fighters associated with operations in Helmand and Farah provinces during a raid in Marja in Nad Ali district.
Posted by Bill Roggio on June 5, 2009 11:42 AM | Entry
Three US soldiers were killed and one was wounded in an IED attack in Kapisa province. Afghan and Coalition forces captured four Haqqani Network fighters and detained a journalist and two others in Khost province. Afghan troops killed a suicide bomber in Paktika province. A kidnapped provincial council candidate in Ghazni was found dead.
Posted by Bill Roggio on June 4, 2009 10:04 AM | Entry
Afghan forces killed 11 Taliban fighters during an attack on a hideout in Zabul province. One British soldier were killed in an IED attack in Helmand province. Ten security guards were killed in two separate bombings in Paktia province and another five were killed in Kandahar province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on June 3, 2009 11:31 AM | Entry
British troops killed a senior Taliban commander during a helicopter strike in Helmand province. Afghan and Coalition forces killed six Taliban fighters in Paktika province and five more in Wardak province. The Taliban killed six civilians in a suicide attack in Bagram, four policemen in Kunduz, and one ISAF soldier in eastern Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on June 2, 2009 12:10 PM | Entry
Afghan troops killed five more Taliban fighters during an ongoing operation in the Balamurghab district in Badghis province. Afghan and Coalition forces killed four Taliban fighters and detained two more in the Saydabad district in Wardak province, and detained one Taliban fighter in Ghazni province. Four NATO soldiers were killed in a bombing in eastern Afghanistan. Four US soldiers were killed in two IED strikes in the Nirkh district in Wardak province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on June 1, 2009 9:27 AM | Entry
Twelve Taliban fighters and six policemen were killed, and four Taliban fighters were captured during clashes in Farah province. Afghan and Coalition forces killed the Taliban district chief of the Imam Sahib district and four fighters in Kunduz province, and captured four more fighters in Helmand province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on May 31, 2009 11:30 AM | Entry
Thirty Taliban fighters and nine Afghan soldiers have been killed during several days of fighting in the Taliban-controlled district of Balamurghab in Badghis province. Afghan and Coalition troops killed five Taliban fighters in Helmand province and detained three al Qaeda fighters in Khost. Two ISAF troops were killed in southern Afghanistan. The governor of Kunduz province was wounded in an IED attack in Cheshma Shir in neighboring Takhar province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on May 30, 2009 6:29 PM | Entry
Afghan and Coalition forces killed 35 Taliban fighters in the Day Chopan district of Zabul after being ambushed by a Taliban force; 13 Taliban fighters were captured. A Taliban force ambushed a convoy of trucks in Zabul's Shinkai district, four truckers were killed and 10 trucks were destroyed.
Posted by Bill Roggio on May 29, 2009 5:06 PM | Entry
Afghan and Coalition forces killed 29 Haqqani Network fighters during a raid in Paktika province. The Taliban killed seven civilians in a mortar attack in Asadabad. Two ISAF soldiers were killed in an IED attack in southern Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on May 28, 2009 2:49 PM | Entry
Afghan and ISAF forces killed 15 Haqqani Network fighters while repelling a complex attack on a patrol base in Paktia province. Afghan and US troops killed Al Qaeda and Haqqani Network fighters and detained 10 more during operations in Logar and Khost provinces. A candidate for the Ghazni provincial council was kidnapped on May 26.
Posted by Bill Roggio on May 27, 2009 10:55 AM | Entry
More than 28 Taliban fighters and one Afghan soldier were killed in a five-day operation in the Bala Murghab district in Badghis province. Afghan commandos killed 13 Taliban fighters in the Kharwar district in Logar province. A suicide bomber killed three US soldiers and three Afghan civilians in an attack in Kapisa province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on May 26, 2009 11:33 AM | Entry
Afghan and Coalition forces killed eight Taliban fighters in the Deh Rawood district in Uruzgan province, killed three Taliban fighters and captured three more in Lashkar Gah in Helmand province, and destroyed a drug and bomb factory in the Sangin district in Helmand. ISAF forces destroyed more than $3 million of heroin in eastern Afghanistan. Four civilians were killed in an IED attack in Zabul province. A British soldier was killed near Sangin.
Posted by Bill Roggio on May 25, 2009 7:06 PM | Entry
Afghan and Coalition forces detained four suspected al Qaeda-linked operatives from Pakistan during raids in Khost province. Taliban fighters attacked police in the Baharak district in the northern province of Takhar; police repelled the attack. The Taliban killed one soldier and wounded four more during an ambush in the Panjwai district in Kandahar, and wounded three soldiers in a mortar attack on an Afghan Army base in the Zeray district.
Posted by Bill Roggio on May 24, 2009 9:41 AM | Entry
Afghan and US forces have killed more than 60 Taliban fighters since an operation began in the town of Marja in the Now Zad district in Helmand province. Afghan national police captured a Taliban commander and killed two fighters in Ghazni province. A British soldier was killed in the Sangin district in Helmand province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on May 23, 2009 1:34 PM | Entry
Afghan and Coalition forces killed one Taliban fighter and detained three more during operations in the Nawa-I-Barak Zayi district in Helmand province. Afghan police killed the top Taliban commander in the Andar district in Ghazni province. The Taliban killed one Afghan commando during an ambush of a patrol in the Chak district in Wardak province. An ISAF helicopter made an emergency landing near Tarin Kowt in Uruzgan province after experiencing mechanical problems.
Posted by Bill Roggio on May 22, 2009 1:15 PM | Entry
Afghan commandos and Coalition forces killed 16 Taliban fighters and seized massive amounts of drugs during an operation to clear the town of Marja in the Nad Ali District in Helmand Province. Afghan and Coalition forces killed seven Taliban fighters and detained a commander in the Gelan district in Ghazni province. The US military burned Bibles written in Pashto and Dari so they could not be used for proselytization.
Posted by Bill Roggio on May 21, 2009 12:26 PM | Entry
Police killed 13 Taliban fighters in Wardak province. A suicide car bomber killed three policemen and wounded 10 more in a attack inside the police headquarters in the Arghandab district in Kandahar province. A Coalition airstrike accidentally killed eight civilians during an attack on a Taliban position in Helmand province. A US soldier and a civilian were killed in an IED attack in the Deh Sabz District in Kabul Province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on May 20, 2009 3:10 PM | Entry
Afghan troops retook the village of Marja in Nad Ali district of Helmand province from the Taliban; Afghan commandos killed seven Taliban fighters during the operation. Admiral Mullen said the Coalition has two years to restore order in Afghanistan. Secretary Gates said the Afghan Army can take the lead in the fight against the Taliban in four years.
Posted by Bill Roggio on May 19, 2009 10:26 AM | Entry
President Karzai's brother was ambushed in the Surobi district in Nangarhar province; one policeman was killed in the attack. Afghan soldiers were arrested after killing three civilians in Jalalabad in Nangarhar. Afghan and Coalition forces detained three Haqqani Network fighters during a raid in Khost province. Canada may extend its mission past the planned 2011 withdrawal date.
Posted by Bill Roggio on May 18, 2009 10:27 AM | Entry
Five suicide bombers died after their explosives detonated prematurely in Ghazni province. Six policemen and one soldier and six Taliban fighters were killed during clashes and attacks in Helmand, Uruzgan, and Zabul provinces. The Afghan Army said it will launch operations to retake control of eight districts in Kandahar, Helmand, Zabul, and Daikundi provinces from the Taliban.
Posted by Bill Roggio on May 17, 2009 7:05 PM | Entry
Three policemen and two Taliban fighters were killed during fighting in Farah province. The Taliban killed three civilians praying at a mosque during a rocket attack launched from Pakistan. Afghan and US forces detained eight Taliban fighters in Paktika province, killed one Taliban fighter and detained one more in Khost province, and detained a Taliban commander and three fighters in Kandahar province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on May 16, 2009 4:03 PM | Entry
The Afghan Army said three commanders were among 22 Taliban killed during fighting in the Nawa district of Helmand province. Three Taliban fighters and a security guard were killed in a firefight in Ghazni province. Two ISAF troops were killed in eastern Afghanistan and a British Marine was killed near Lashkar Gah in Helmand province. A British Harrier crashed at Kandahar Airfield and a USAF Predator crashed in eastern Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on May 15, 2009 2:36 PM | Entry
Afghan forces killed 16 Taliban fighters in the Batkhela district in Paktika province. A suicide bomber wounded four members of the border police in Kandahar’s Spin-Boldak district. Members of Parliament said the Taliban are expanding their control of Helmand province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on May 14, 2009 12:52 PM | Entry
A suicide car bomber killed seven civilians in an attack outside a US base in Khost province. Six Taliban fighters were killed after rocketing a US base in Paktika province. The Taliban killed one Afghan soldier in Wardak province and wounded six Afghan soldiers during an ambush in Ghazni province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on May 13, 2009 1:57 PM | Entry
The Taliban took credit for a series of suicide and armed attacks against government buildings in Khost province that killed 20 people. Afghan and Coalition forces killed five Taliban fighters and wounded six more in Herat province, and detained two more in Kunduz, two in Helmand, and one in Kunar. More than 30 girls in Kapisa province were made ill in the third poisoning at schools in two weeks.
Posted by Bill Roggio on May 12, 2009 8:04 PM | Entry
General McChrystal will replace General McKiernan as the senior most commander in Afghanistan; McKiernan was asked to resign by Defense Secretary Gates. The Afghan parliament wants to pass a law to place restrictions on foreign troops to prevent civilian casualties.
Posted by Bill Roggio on May 11, 2009 2:19 PM | Entry
Two suicide bombers killed 20 civilians, policemen, and soldiers in a coordinated attack in the Gereshk district in Helmand province. Eight civilians were killed in an IED attack in Nangarhar province. Afghan and Coalition forces killed one Taliban fighter in Paktika province and detained seven more in Nangarhar. General Petraeus said al Qaeda's senior leadership is no longer operating in Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on May 10, 2009 9:45 PM | Entry
A Coalition airstrike killed 20 Taliban fighters after they attacked a police station in the Ahmadkhail district of Paktia province. Three Taliban fighters were detained while planting IEDs in Helmand province. An investigation determined an unknown number of civilians were killed as the Taliban used them as human shields in last week's battle in Helmand province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on May 9, 2009 8:32 PM | Entry
Afghan forces killed seven Taliban in Helmand province and detained a Taliban commander in Badakshan province. The May 7 suicide attack in Hemand resulted in 21 civilians and two British troops killed.
Posted by Bill Roggio on May 8, 2009 1:13 PM | Entry
The May 7 battle in Helmand province killed 147 people, including more than 30 Taliban and foreign fighters. A suicide bomber killed 11 Afghans in Helmand province. Five Taliban fighters were killed in Paktia province and 11 Afghan soldiers were freed in Kunar province. Afghan and Coalition forces captured a Taliban financier in Kabul. A British soldier was killed in Helmand.
Posted by Bill Roggio on May 7, 2009 7:49 PM | Entry
Upwards of 30 Taliban fighters and more than 100 civilians may have been killed in yesterday's battle in Farah province; ISAF is investigating the incident. The Taliban killed seven policemen in Ghazni province and the district leader and two officials in Baghlan province; four Taliban fighters and one policeman were killed in Badghis province. Australian troops killed a Taliban commander in Uruzgan province. Afghan and Coalition forces detained six Taliban fighters in Logar province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on May 6, 2009 3:42 PM | Entry
Afghan troops killed 25 Taliban fighters after the Taliban executed three government workers in public in the Bala Boluk district in Farah province. Twenty-four Taliban fighters and five Afghan soldiers have been killed in heavy fighting in Ghazi Abad district in Kunar province. The remains of a US soldier who was listed missing since May 1 after a clash in Kunar province have been recovered.
Posted by Bill Roggio on May 5, 2009 10:38 AM | Entry
A suicide bomber killed 20 Afghans in an attack in Zabul province. A suicide bomber killed the mayor of Mehtarlam city, his driver, and two bodyguards in Laghman Province. Afghan forces killed senior Taliban leader Mullah Salam Noorzai and an aide and detained another during a raid in Now Zad district in Helmand province. The UN's chief of mission derided President Karzai for choosing a warlord as his vice presidential candidate.
Posted by Bill Roggio on May 4, 2009 2:18 PM | Entry
The head of the UN mission in Afghanistan urged the Taliban to participate in the upcoming elections. The Taliban captured 14 Afghan soldiers and an interpreter in the Ghazi Abad district in Kunar Province. Four Afghans, including two children, were killed in an IED attack at a market in the Gereshk district in Helmand province. Afghan forces detained a Taliban commander in in the Marawara district in Kunar province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on May 3, 2009 11:13 PM | Entry
Afghan commandos killed 19 Taliban fighters in the Helgal Valley in Kunar province's Shakail Shatel district. Afghan and Coalition forces killed five Taliban in the Nahr Surkh District in Helmand province. Two policemen were killed and seven were wounded in an IED attack in Herat.
Posted by Bill Roggio on May 2, 2009 7:16 PM | Entry
US and Afghan troops killed 15 Taliban fighters, wounded 12, and detained one more after their convoy was ambushed in the Arghandab district in Zabul province. US and Afghan forces captured six Haqqani Network fighters in Paktia. Three US and two NATO soldiers were killed during an ambush in eastern Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on May 1, 2009 3:54 PM | Entry
Britain will send 700 additional troops to Afghanistan and Australia will send 450 more soldiers. Afghan and Coalition forces killed four Taliban fighters in Logar province. Three children were killed while playing with a rocket in Kapisa province. A German soldier was killed in yesterday's suicide attack in Kunduz province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on April 30, 2009 11:42 AM | Entry
US and Afghan forces killed 23 Taliban fighters in Uruzgan province, 10 in Logar province, and nine more in Helmand province. Five German soldiers were wounded in a suicide car bomb attack in Kunduz province. The Taliban announced a new spring offensive that will target new forces entering the country as well as Afghan politicians and security forces.
Posted by Bill Roggio on April 29, 2009 2:18 PM | Entry
Twelve Taliban fighters and one policeman were killed during clashes in the Mosahi district outside the capital of Kabul. A parade celebrating the victory over the Russian-backed communist regime was canceled due to security concerns. President Karzai said he would run again for a second term.
Posted by Bill Roggio on April 28, 2009 1:15 PM | Entry
Afghan and Coalition forces killed five Taliban fighters and detained 10 more in Kandahar province; two more Taliban fighters were detained in Kunar province. Afghan Commandos captured a Taliban leader in Farah province. The Taliban killed an Afghan policeman and captured nine more in an assault on a district center in Baghlan province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on April 27, 2009 10:37 AM | Entry
A roadside bomb killed two members of the newly created Afghan Public Protection Force in Wardak province’s Nerkh district. Counternarcotics officials destroyed 6.5 tons of confiscated illegal drugs and precursor chemicals in a ceremony south of Kabul. A roadside bomb killed three Afghan border policemen in the Ali Shir district, Khost province. Australian forces have killed 80 Taliban in Uruzgan province over the last three weeks.
Posted by Matt Dupee on April 26, 2009 1:41 PM | Entry
Three suicide bombers attacked the Kandahar governor's compound, killing five policemen. A joint Afghan-Coalition patrol killed between six and eight insurgents in the Chak district of Wardak province. A government official claimed 50 Taliban fighters and three commanders were killed in a large operation in Wardak. A two-day operation launched by Afghan and Coalition forces in Paktika province killed six Taliban fighters including a local commander, Mullah Qazi.
Posted by Matt Dupee on April 25, 2009 12:04 PM | Entry
Afghan and Coalition forces killed 14 Taliban fighters and captured three more during a battle in the Sangin district in Helmand province, and detained three Taliban fighters in Kabul province. Four Afghan troops were killed in an IED attack in Paktia.
Posted by Bill Roggio on April 24, 2009 10:53 AM | Entry
Afghan Police killed one Iranian soldier and detained two more after the Iranians crossed the border in Nimroz province. Coalition and Afghan forces killed two Taliban fighters in Uruzgan province and captured four in Helmand province and three more in Logar province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on April 23, 2009 2:30 PM | Entry
The Taliban said the government claim of talks is "propaganda." Afghan and Coalition forces killed one Taliban fighter and detained six more during an operation in Kunar province. A Coalition helicopter made an emergency landing in the Tirzaye district in Khowst province. Counter narcotics police seized three tons of morphine in Nangarhar province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on April 22, 2009 1:21 PM | Entry
The father of the education minister was kidnapped in Wardak province. US troops destroyed two Taliban anti-aircraft guns in the Nadi Ali district of Helmand province. A US Predator UAV crashed in Paktika province. The government claimed it conducted negotiations with the Taliban; the Taliban denied the claim.
Posted by Bill Roggio on April 21, 2009 1:06 PM | Entry
Afghan and coalition forces killed four Taliban fighters in Kandahar province and two more in Uruzgan province. French troops have retaken the Tagab district in Kapisa province from the Taliban. A disabled suicide bomber killed himself in a failed attack in Herat province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on April 20, 2009 12:20 PM | Entry
Afghan and Coalition forces killed a Taliban commander and three fighters during a raid in Logar province. Five policemen were killed during a Taliban attack on an outpost in Farah province. Security forces launched an operation in Sar-e Pul, Jawzjan, Balkh, and Faryab provinces; ten Taliban have been detained.
Posted by Bill Roggio on April 19, 2009 10:32 AM | Entry
The US is attempting to jam unlicensed radio stations and Internet websites in Pakistan. ISAF soldiers killed one insurgent and detained two others in Khost after a UAV spotted the trio planting an IED. Coalition and Afghan forces killed three Taliban fighters in Logar province and killed "an unknown number" in Kandahar province. Two Afghan soldiers were killed in an IED attack in Paktia province.
Posted by Matt Dupee on April 18, 2009 12:06 PM | Entry
Afghan and Coalition forces killed Eight Taliban fighters and detained five more during operations in Farah, Nangarhar, Kandahar, Paktia, and Logar provinces. Taliban fighters killed three civilians while targeting a cabinet member in Nimroz province, and one ISAF soldier in an IED attack in northern Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on April 17, 2009 2:45 PM | Entry
An ISAF soldier was killed in Eastern Afghanistan. Afghan and coalition forces captured two Taliban fighters in Kunar province. An investigation into an April 13 raid in Kunar determined that four Taliban fighters and six civilians were killed.
Posted by Bill Roggio on April 16, 2009 3:08 PM | Entry
More than 300 women were assaulted while protesting outside the mosque of a cleric who sponsored the controversial marriage law that legalizes rape. The United Nations admits it misspent more than $26 million in US aid money between 2003 and 2006.
Posted by Bill Roggio on April 15, 2009 2:09 PM | Entry
The Taliban in Nimroz province murdered a couple for planning to elope. A Canadian soldier was killed in an IED attack in Kandahar. One policeman was killed during a Taliban attack on a checkpoint in Herat province. Iran offers to train the Afghan police.
Posted by Bill Roggio on April 14, 2009 12:50 PM | Entry
Coalition and Afghan forces killed eight Taliban fighters in clashes in Logar and Wardak provinces. Up to eight Taliban fighters were killed in a US airstrike in Kunar province; locals say that six civilians were killed in the attack.
Posted by Bill Roggio on April 13, 2009 5:43 PM | Entry
Afghan and Coalition forces killed 22 Taliban fighters in Zabul province and killed another 18 in Kunar province. Afghan troops killed two Taliban commanders and seven Taliban fighters during a clash in Helmand province; seven soldiers were wounded.
Posted by Bill Roggio on April 12, 2009 10:54 AM | Entry
Afghan and Coalition forces killed four Taliban fighters in Zabul province, detained four Taliban fighters in Helmand province, and prevented a suicide attack in Khost. General David McKiernan, the top US general in Afghanistan, told a group of tribal leaders he is studying the Koran.
Posted by Bill Roggio on April 11, 2009 9:42 PM | Entry
Coalition and Afghan forces killed 32 Taliban fighters during fighting in Helmand, Uruzgan, and Kandahar provinces. The US military said it accidentally killed four civilians and an unborn child after the civilians opened fire on an assault force during a raid in Khost province. Australia will send an additional 120 troops to Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on April 10, 2009 4:09 PM | Entry
A suicide bomber killed four policemen and one child in an attack on a drug eradication unit patrolling in Tarin Kot in Uruzgan province. Afghan and Coalition forces killed six Taliban fighters and detained one in Kandahar, killed four Haqqani Network operatives and detained three in Khost, and killed three more Taliban fighters in Wardak.
Posted by Bill Roggio on April 9, 2009 11:39 AM | Entry
Afghan troops killed six Taliban fighters as they were planting IEDs in the district of Shaheed Hasas in Uruzgan province. A Coalition soldier was killed during combat in southern Afghanistan. Poland will send an additional 320 troops to Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on April 8, 2009 1:20 PM | Entry
Coalition and Afghan forces killed four Taliban fighters and captured two more in Kandahar province. Two NATO troops were killed and eight were wounded in separate attacks in southern Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on April 7, 2009 4:07 PM | Entry
Afghan soldiers killed two Taliban fighters in Tarin Kowt in Helmand province and captured another Taliban fighter in the Gardez district in Paktia province. Four Haqqani Network fighters were killed in a premature detonation at their bomb factory in Khost province. An Afghan soldier and a border policeman were killed in an IED attack in Khost.
Posted by Bill Roggio on April 6, 2009 3:48 PM | Entry
Coalition and Afghan forces killed 14 Taliban fighters in Zabul province, killed one Taliban fighter and captured eight more in Kandahar province, captured four Haqqani Network fighters in Logar province, and captured a Taliban commander and three fighters in Khost province. A US airman was killed in an IED attack in southern Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on April 5, 2009 8:34 PM | Entry
Afghan and Coalition forces killed 20 Taliban fighters during clashes in the Kajaki district in Helmand province. Five Afghan border police and three civilians were killed in fighting in Farah province. One NATO soldier was killed in an IED attack in southern Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on April 4, 2009 9:56 AM | Entry
Coalition and Afghan forces killed 12 Taliban fighters fighting in Logar province; the Taliban killed a woman during the battle. Britain offered to send hundreds of additional troops on a temporary basis to provide security for upcoming elections if other NATO countries contribute additional forces.
Posted by Bill Roggio on April 3, 2009 1:40 PM | Entry
The US may send an additional 10,000 troops to Afghanistan. US Defense Secretary Gates chided European leaders for failing to build support for an Afghan surge. NATO has failed to respond to a call for 4,000 additional troops. ISAF's senior spokesman said cooperation between Afghanistan and Pakistan is improving.
Posted by Bill Roggio on April 2, 2009 5:28 PM | Entry
Four Taliban suicide bombers killed seven policemen and six civilians in an assault on Kandahar's provincial government center. Thirty-one Taliban fighters were killed during a battle in the Kajaki district in Helmand province. A senior Taliban spokesman described US reconciliation efforts as a "lunatic idea."
Posted by Bill Roggio on April 1, 2009 1:44 PM | Entry
Thirty-four Taliban fighters and the mayor of Khost city were killed, and 12 Taliban fighters were captured during fighting and bomb attacks in Khost and Uruzgan provinces. A NATO spokesman said the US cannot be left to shoulder the burden in Afghanistan alone. France pledged to boost civilian aid.
Posted by Bill Roggio on March 31, 2009 3:14 PM | Entry
A suicide bomber dressed as a policeman killed nine people, including five policemen, and wounded several others in an attack on a police station in Kandahar's Andar district. Three policemen were killed in an IED attack in Paktia province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on March 30, 2009 1:30 PM | Entry
Afghanistan's Supreme Court ruled that President Karzai can stay in office until elections are held this summer. Ten Afghan soldiers and policemen and three Taliban fighters were killed during fighting and in IED attacks in Farah, Paktia, and Herat provinces. Afghan soldiers captured an IED facilitator in Farah.
Posted by Bill Roggio on March 29, 2009 1:51 PM | Entry
The US outlined its plan to stabilize Afghanistan and defeat al Qaeda in Pakistan. Britain will send an additional 2,000 troops to Afghanistan. US and Afghan forces killed 16 Taliban fighters during raids on IED cells in Helmand and Uruzgan provinces. An Afgnan soldier killed two US troops then committed suicide.
Posted by Bill Roggio on March 27, 2009 9:18 PM | Entry
Nine policemen were killed and six more were wounded during Taliban attacks in Helmand and Ghazni provinces. Four Taliban fighters were killed near Kabul. Fifty Taliban fighters in Logar province surrendered to the government as part of a reconciliation agreement. A senior Taliban spokesman denied the group opposes polio immunization programs.
Posted by Bill Roggio on March 26, 2009 11:16 AM | Entry
Ten Afghan civilians were killed and six more were wounded in a roadside bomb attack that targeted their minibus in Khost province. Three Australian soldiers were wounded in an IED attack in Uruzgan province. A civilian cargo plane made a hard landing at an ISAF base in Paktika province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on March 25, 2009 9:44 PM | Entry
A bombing at a mosque in Uruzgan province killed a prayer leader. Afghan troops killed six Taliban fighters in Helmand province. US troops accidentally killed a civilian in an escalation of force incident in Logar province. Poland will send an additional 400 troops to Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on March 24, 2009 1:20 PM | Entry
A Coalition airstrike killed a senior Taliban leader and nine associates in northern Helmand province. President Obama said the US must have an "exit strategy" for Afghanistan. The US and its European allies may seek to bypass President Karzai by creating the post of prime minister.
Posted by Bill Roggio on March 23, 2009 1:39 PM | Entry
US and Afghan troops killed five Taliban fighters in Kunduz; the town mayor claimed five civilians were killed. Two ISAF soldiers were killed in southern Afghanistan. One civilian contract worker was killed and six were wounded in a rocket attack on Kandahar Air Field. Afghan troops detained 22 Taliban fighters in Kandahar province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on March 22, 2009 8:23 PM | Entry
Suicide and roadside bombs in Nangarhar, Khost, and Kandahar provinces killed two policemen and nine Afghans. Canadian and Afghan troops completed a large clearing operation in Kandahar province. The US is looking to quickly increase the size of the Afghan police forces.
Posted by Bill Roggio on March 21, 2009 5:18 PM | Entry
Forty Taliban fighters and 15 Afghan security officials were killed during clashes in Helmand, Farah, Jozjan, and Logar provinces over the past two days. Four Canadian soldiers were killed and four more were wounded in two separate IED attacks in the districts of Shah Wali Kot and Zari in Kandahar provinces.
Posted by Bill Roggio on March 20, 2009 7:14 PM | Entry
Afghan intelligence said last month's assault on government buildings in Kabul was planned in and directed from Pakistan. An anti-Taliban minister of parliament and four of his bodyguards were killed in an IED attack in Helmand province. An Australian soldier was killed while attempting to defuse an IED. Two Taliban fighters were killed and 22 were detained during operations in Nangarhar province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on March 19, 2009 12:25 PM | Entry
NATO and Afghan forces have killed 29 Taliban fighters and wounded 12 more during an ongoing operation to secure the Alasai valley in Kapisa province. Two senior Taliban commanders were killed in an airstrike in Helmand province. Three civilians were wounded in an IED attack in Kabul. NATO said an additional 4,000 soldiers are needed to provide security for the August election and ensure the integrity of the vote.
Posted by Bill Roggio on March 18, 2009 1:45 PM | Entry
Russia’s Foreign Minister announced that Russian territory could be used as support routes by NATO. An Australian soldier was killed in a firefight with the Taliban in Uruzgan province. Coalition forces killed seven insurgents in a raid on a bomb-making facility in Kandahar province.
Posted by Paul Kauffman on March 17, 2009 11:04 AM | Entry
The Taliban denied it was conducting peace talks with the government. A suicide bomber killed nine policemen and two civilians in an attack on a police headquarters in Helmand province. Two British soldiers were killed on March 15. Coalition forces detained a Taliban leader in Logar province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on March 16, 2009 6:39 PM | Entry
Four NATO troops were killed in an IED attack in eastern Afghanistan. Two Afghans were killed in a suicide attack in Kabul. The mayor of Kandahar survived a suicide attack that killed one civilian. One British soldier was killed in an IED attack in Helmand province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on March 15, 2009 11:16 AM | Entry
The US appointed General Karl Eikenberry the new US Ambassador to Afghanistan. A British bomb squad was ambushed in Helmand. Afghan journalists marched in Kandahar to protest poor security.
Posted by Bill Roggio on March 12, 2009 2:27 PM | Entry
Seven Afghan soldiers were killed in an IED attack in Khost province. Four civilians were killed and six were wounded in an IED attack in Helmand province. Afghan and British forces have launched an operation in the Kanishin area of Helmand province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on March 11, 2009 10:43 AM | Entry
The US Government Accountability Office said attacks on local Afghan security forces have tripled over the past year; on average, more than 56 police officers were killed per month. An Afghan reporter who worked with the Canadian media was gunned down in a drive-by shooting in the city of Kandahar.
Posted by Bill Roggio on March 10, 2009 5:34 PM | Entry
The US is considering using Iran as an alternate supply route for its forces in Afghanistan. The Afghan government urged Iran to aid in stabilizing the country. One Canadian soldier was killed and four were wounded in an IED attack in Kandahar.
Posted by Bill Roggio on March 9, 2009 2:59 PM | Entry
One Canadian soldier was killed in an IED attack in Kandahar province. A NATO soldier was killed in an IED attack in eastern Afghanistan. Afghan and Coalition forces detained a weapons and explosives supplier during a raid in Logar province. Canadian and US troops conducted an air assault in the Zari district of Kandahar.
Posted by Bill Roggio on March 8, 2009 11:18 PM | Entry
Afghan and Coalition security forces killed 12 Taliban fighters and Haqqani Network operatives, and detained five more during operations in Uruzgan, Kandahar, and Khost provinces. A suicide bomber killed a policeman and a civilian in Nimroz province. President Karzai backed off from a plan to hold elections in April.
Posted by Bill Roggio on March 7, 2009 11:11 PM | Entry
Three Canadian soldiers were killed in an IED attack in Kandahar province. A suicide attack outside the Bagram Air Base wounded three US contractors. The minister of the interior said elections would be safer in the summer than in the spring.
Posted by Bill Roggio on March 4, 2009 3:12 PM | Entry
NATO may ask China for help with establishing a new supply route into Afghanistan. The UN said it would be nearly impossible to hold elections in April. An explosion that killed three Afghan children in Kandahar was caused by old munitions left by the Taliban and not Canadian troops.
Posted by Bill Roggio on March 2, 2009 12:56 PM | Entry
The Taliban murdered a cleric in Spin Boldak in Kandahar province and wounded six Afghans in a suicide car bomb attack in Nangarhar province. President Karzai's call to move elections up to April sparked criticism from his political opposition. The Independent Election Commission and the US are pushing for a vote in August.
Posted by Bill Roggio on March 1, 2009 1:53 PM | Entry
President Karzai has called for elections to be held on April 21 after the Independent Election Commission moved the date back to August. The interior minister estimated the Taliban to have between 10,000 to 15,000 fighters.
Posted by Bill Roggio on February 28, 2009 2:44 PM | Entry
Afghan Army and Coalition forces killed 10 Taliban fighters after being attacked during a patrol in Uruzgan province's Shaheed Hasas district. Joint forces also killed one Taliban fighter and detained 10 more during operations in Nangarhar and Khost provinces. Kandahar police detained six members of an IED cell in Kandahar province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on February 27, 2009 2:36 PM | Entry
Two US soldiers from the National Guard were killed in a roadside bombing attack in southern Afghanistan. A British Marine died from injuries sustained in a roadside bomb attack that killed three other British soldiers in Helmand province. Uzbekistan will allow non-military supplies to pass through.
Posted by Bill Roggio on February 26, 2009 2:52 PM | Entry
Afghan and Coalition forces killed 10 Taliban fighters in Uruzgan province. Afghan Army and counter-narcotics forces killed 18 Taliban fighters after being attacked in Helmand province. Three British soldiers were killed in an IED attack in Helmand.
Posted by Bill Roggio on February 25, 2009 1:00 PM | Entry
Four Coalition soldiers and an Afghan civilian were killed in an IED attack in Helmand province. Afghan troops killed 16 Taliban fighters in Helmand. Japan will pay Afghan National Police salaries for the next half year. New Zealand extended its deployment of 140 soldiers by one year.
Posted by Bill Roggio on February 24, 2009 1:10 PM | Entry
One policeman was killed in a Taliban dual suicide attack on an anti-narcotics police unit in the city of Zarang in Nimroz province. Coalition forces killed seven Taliban fighters in Badghis. A tribesman accused Canadian forces of killing two boys who died from injuries from an unexploded shell left on the battlefield.
Posted by Bill Roggio on February 23, 2009 2:04 PM | Entry
Afghan and Coalition forces killed a Taliban leader behind IED attacks and suicide attacks in Kandahar province. Eight Taliban fighters in Helmand province and six more in Kandahar were killed during Afghan and Coalition operations. Britain may add an additional 1,800 troops by the end of the year. Afghanistan's deputy president said President Karzai is a pawn of the US.
Posted by Bill Roggio on February 22, 2009 2:53 PM | Entry
Last week's airstrike in Herat that was thought to have killed a senior insurgent commander inadvertently killed 13 civilians. Three Coalition soldiers were killed in an IED attack in Uruzgan province. The US said that detainees held at the Bagram prison cannot use US courts to challenge their detention.
Posted by Bill Roggio on February 21, 2009 2:26 PM | Entry
Police arrested a suicide bomber in Kabul. Police and Coalition forces detained two members of an IED cell in Khost. The Republic of Georgia will send 100 soldiers to Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on February 19, 2009 2:28 PM | Entry
The US has authorized 8,000 Marines and 9,000 soldiers to deploy to Afghanistan by the summer. The Afghan government has granted amnesty to 60 former Taliban fighters who claimed they had been coerced or tricked into fighting. British troops destroyed four drug labs during a large operation in Helmand province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on February 18, 2009 2:55 PM | Entry
Coalition forces killed a Hezb-e-Islam Gulbuddin commander and other Taliban commanders near Gozara district in Herat province. Afghan Army commandos killed five Taliban fighters in Farah province. Afghan and US forces detained two Taliban fighters in Khost province. US troops on patrol in Kandahar province accidentally killed two civilians after their vehicle failed to heed warnings to stop.
Posted by Bill Roggio on February 17, 2009 4:06 PM | Entry
Mullah Dastagir, the Taliban's shadow governor for Badghis province, and eight other Taliban leaders and fighters, were killed in a US airstrike. A NATO solider was killed in an indirect fire attack in eastern Afghanistan. Eight civilians were killed in separate IED attacks in Kunar and Kandahar province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on February 16, 2009 3:46 PM | Entry
President Karzai lashed out at the Obama administration for its criticism of the Afghan government. Kandahar police foiled a plot to blow up a provincial building in the city as US Special Envoy Richard Holbrooke visited the South. A British Royal Marine was killed in Helmand province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on February 15, 2009 8:00 PM | Entry
The Taliban killed seven Afghan policemen and a district leader during three separate roadside bomb attacks in Khost and Kandahar provinces. Afghan Army commandos captured six Taliban fighters and freed three hostages at a checkpoint in Farah Province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on February 14, 2009 12:18 PM | Entry
Australia may pay the families of five children who were killed in the crossfire after Taliban fighters opened fire on a patrol in Uruzgan province. The Czech Republic donated 12 helicopters to the Afghan Army. Security has been tightened in Kabul after yesterday's assault on the Justice and Education ministries and the Prisons Directorate.
Posted by Bill Roggio on February 13, 2009 1:20 PM | Entry
Afghan troops have deployed throughout the capital of Kabul after yesterday's Taliban assault. NATO has overcome legal hurdles to target drug kingpins as military targets. One policeman was killed and five more were wounded in a suicide attack in Paktika province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on February 12, 2009 12:39 PM | Entry
Three Taliban teams attacked the Justice and Education ministries and a prisons building in Kabul, killing 19 and wounding more than 50. Seven Taliban fighters were killed in the attack. One ISAF soldier was killed in an IED attack in eastern Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on February 11, 2009 1:11 PM | Entry
Two NATO soldiers were killed in an IED attack in the Khogyani district in Nangahar province. Spain's foreign minister said there are no plans to send additional troops to Afghanistan. The US said no more than 30,000 troops will be sent as part of a surge in forces.
Posted by Bill Roggio on February 10, 2009 8:37 PM | Entry
The commander of NATO said targeted raids against drug kingpins will begin within days. Two US soldiers were killed while trying to dismantle an IED. France will not add additional troops to Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on February 8, 2009 4:52 PM | Entry
Afghan police and Coalition forces killed 10 Taliban fighters in Helmand province. Taliban fighters killed a cleric in Kandahar. Italy said it would send 800 additional troops while Germany and France sidestepped the question of sending more forces.
Posted by Bill Roggio on February 7, 2009 3:02 PM | Entry
Afghan and Coalition forces killed seven Taliban fighters and detained 12 more during operations in Zabul and Khost provinces. Two Canadian soldiers were wounded in an IED attack in Kandahar province. Tajikistan will assist NATO with its supply lines.
Posted by Bill Roggio on February 6, 2009 2:33 PM | Entry
British troops killed a Taliban leader and overran a headquarters in Helmand province. Six Afghan security guards were killed in an IED attack in Helmand. US troops closed a combat outpost in Kunar province. The US and Uzbekistan are close to a inking a deal that would open a new supply route for its troops in Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on February 5, 2009 11:18 PM | Entry
Defense Minister Wardak said foreign fighters are flooding into Afghanistan. President Karzai claimed NATO has pressured him to stop complaining about civilian casualties. A British officer has been arrested for leaking casualty information to an NGO.
Posted by Bill Roggio on February 4, 2009 7:08 PM | Entry
Afghan intelligence detained 17 members of a suicide cell in Kabul. The cell is made up of members from the Pakistan-based Haqqani Network and the Harkat ul-Mujahideen. The Taliban has shut down NATO's supply line through the Khyber Pass. Kyrgyzstan will close the Manas Air Base, which is used by the US as a staging point for operations in Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on February 3, 2009 4:23 PM | Entry
A suicide bomber wearing a police uniform killed 21 policemen after he detonated his vest in the middle of a reserve training center in Tarin Kot in Uruzgan province. NATO said it would not oppose its members using Iran for an alternate supply route.
Posted by Bill Roggio on February 2, 2009 1:41 PM | Entry
A suicide bomber attacked a French convoy on a main road in Kabul province; two civilians and one soldier were wounded. One civilian was killed and another was wounded in an escalation of force incident in Paktia province's Orgun district.
Posted by Bill Roggio on February 1, 2009 12:40 PM | Entry
The Afghan "Awakening" program has begun. The US may add a fifth brigade to serve as Afghan Army trainers. A Canadian and a British soldier were killed in fighting in the South. The Bagram Air Base is shut down after a C-17 cargo plane crashed during landing.
Posted by Bill Roggio on January 31, 2009 9:16 PM | Entry
The governor of Kandahar province claimed bad weather and not the violence is responsible for the delay in the election. Four Taliban fighters were killed and eight more surrendered during a Coalition operation in Kandahar's Arghandab district. A Taliban "armorer" and several other fighters were detained during raids in Uruzgan province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on January 30, 2009 12:25 PM | Entry
The presidential election has been postponed until Aug. 20 to allow the US "surge" forces to provide for additional security. Coalition forces killed four Taliban fighters in Zabul province. Ten Afghan workers were abducted in Herat province while two aid workers were freed.
Posted by Bill Roggio on January 29, 2009 4:12 PM | Entry
The US military paid the families of 15 people killed during a raid in Kapisa province last weekend. The family of the targeted Taliban commander and other fighters were among those killed. ISAF estimated it killed around 100 civilians in 2008, while the Taliban killed 973 civilians. Coalition forces detained a Taliban commander in Zabul province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on January 28, 2009 1:39 PM | Entry
More than 3,000 US troops have deployed to Logar and Wardak provinces. Five Taliban fighters were killed during an operation in Helmand province. Two Coalition soldiers have been killed in southern Afghanistan. Afghan forces have killed one Taliban fighter behind the bombing outside the German embassy in Kabul and detained three more.
Posted by Bill Roggio on January 27, 2009 12:20 PM | Entry
Thirteen Taliban fighters and five civilians were killed after a Taliban force attacked a tribal leader's home in Badghis province. Two Taliban fighters were killed in Kandahar in a roadside bomb premature detonation. President Karzai said the US killed 16 civilians during a Jan. 24 battle in Laghman province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on January 25, 2009 2:49 PM | Entry
The US military said 15 Taliban fighters were killed in Laghman province; townspeople claimed 10 civilians were killed. Two civilians were killed in a suicide attack in Paktia province. An ISAF soldier was killed in an IED attack in southern Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on January 24, 2009 9:53 PM | Entry
During a raid in Logar province, Afghan and Coalition forces killed a Taliban commander and detained a bomb maker behind the Jan. 17 suicide attack near the German Embassy in Kabul. More than 20,000 US Marines may deploy as part of the upcoming "surge."
Posted by Bill Roggio on January 23, 2009 2:40 PM | Entry
Coalition forces killed 22 Taliban fighters in airstrikes along the Pakistani border in Khost province and six more during fighting in Zabul province. Russia denied signing an agreement that allows NATO supplies and forces to pass through Central Asia. Afghanistan's foreign minister said the country would increase military ties with India while he implied Pakistan is "using terrorism as a tool for foreign policy."
Posted by Bill Roggio on January 22, 2009 4:39 PM | Entry
Coalition forces killed a Taliban commander in an airstrike in Kandahar province. A suicide bomber in Herat province killed two Afghan soldiers. President Karzai claimed to have inked a military deal with the Russians.
Posted by Bill Roggio on January 21, 2009 3:19 PM | Entry
US forces killed 22 Taliban fighters during operations in southern and eastern Afghanistan. The US has secured alternative supply routes through Central Asia. The Afghan government seeks greater control over future NATO deployments.
Posted by Bill Roggio on January 20, 2009 1:38 PM | Entry
One teenager was killed and 16 other civilians were wounded in two suicide attacks and an IED attack against police and soldiers in Khost province. A Canadian soldier was seriously wounded in an IED attack during foot patrol in Kandahar's Panjwaii district.
Posted by Bill Roggio on January 19, 2009 3:24 PM | Entry
The Taliban claimed control of 70 percent of rural Afghanistan and set up a shadow government with police, courts, and sharia law. The NATO chief Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said the Afghan government is "ineffective" and said officials were almost as much to blame for the insurgency as the Taliban.
Posted by Bill Roggio on January 18, 2009 10:33 AM | Entry
A US soldier and four Afghans were killed in a suicide attack outside of the German Embassy in Kabul; another suicide attack killed an Afghan in Nangarhar. One US soldier was killed in a helicopter crash in Kunar.
Posted by Bill Roggio on January 17, 2009 6:54 PM | Entry
Dutch troops launched an operation in Uruzgan province's Baluchi Valley. Two British soldiers were killed in an IED attack in Helmand province. A US helicopter crash landed outside of ul.Kab
Posted by Bill Roggio on January 16, 2009 4:42 PM | Entry
A senior Afghan general in charge of western Afghanistan and 12 others died in a helicopter crash in Herat province. Two British soldiers were killed in Helmand province. The Taliban killed an ISAF contractor in Kapisa province and forced markets to close in Khost province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on January 15, 2009 6:51 PM | Entry
Afghan and Coalition forces detained eight Haqqani Network and Taliban fighters during operations in Khost and Kandahar provinces on Jan. 10. The Chaman border crossing in Kandahar reopened for NATO supplies after protests in Pakistan ended. Kyrgyzstan threatened to shut down a key US airbase used by NATO forces in Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on January 14, 2009 12:09 PM | Entry
Mullah Abdul Rasheed, a senior Taliban commander in Uruzgan, was killed in an airstrike. A British soldier was killed in an IED attack in Helmand province. The Dutch may stay in Afghanistan past 2010. The Australians hope to leave Afghanistan by 2012.
Posted by Bill Roggio on January 11, 2009 7:21 PM | Entry
Australian special forces killed a Taliban leader and several other fighters during an operation in Uruzgan province. CENTCOM commander General David Petraeus said Iran should have an interest stabilizing the situation in Afghanistan, but there are "major conflicting interests" with the West.
Posted by Bill Roggio on January 10, 2009 8:21 PM | Entry
Five US soldiers and nine Afghans were killed in bombings throughout the country over the past two days. Coalition forces killed five Taliban fighters and detained three more during an operation in Zabul. Finland will send an additional 100 troops to Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on January 9, 2009 5:56 PM | Entry
Afghan and Coalition forces killed a Taliban IED facilitator in Helmand province and six Taliban fighters in Farah province, and detained five Haqqani Network fighters in Khost and Kandahar province. Eight Afghan women were killed in a rocket attack in Uruzgan province. One Canadian soldier was killed in an IED attack in Kandahar.
Posted by Bill Roggio on January 8, 2009 1:11 PM | Entry
US troops killed 23 Taliban fighters during a raid on a bomb-making factory in Laghman province. NATO rejected claims that its soldiers killed civilians during an operation against the Taliban in Helmand province. Four terror suspects held at a US base in Afghanistan are asking a US federal judge for the right to sue for their release.
Posted by Bill Roggio on January 7, 2009 9:33 AM | Entry
The Taliban killed three policemen and a cleric in separate attacks in Kandahar. Afghan and Coalition forces detained four Haqqani Network and Taliban fighters during raids in Khost and Zabul provinces. ISAF is investigating a reported incident of civilians being wounded by Coalition fire.
Posted by Bill Roggio on January 6, 2009 8:49 PM | Entry
An Australian soldier was killed during a rocket attack in Uruzgan province. Three Afghans were wounded in an escalation of force incident in Kandahar province. The Taliban destroyed a health clinic in Kandahar.
Posted by Bill Roggio on January 5, 2009 11:15 AM | Entry
An estimated 720 Afghan policemen have been killed during the last six months of 2008. Most were killed in frontal attacks, Afghanistan's interior ministry reported. Canadian soldiers killed a suicide bomber before he could attack in Kandahar province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on January 3, 2009 12:04 PM | Entry
Coalition forces killed eleven Hizb-e-Islami Gulbuddin (HIG) fighters during an operation targeting a commander in Kabul province. Coalition forces killed eight Taliban fighters and detained one during an operation designed to disrupt the foreign fighter and roadside bomb network in Zabul province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on January 2, 2009 2:40 PM | Entry
Twenty Afghan bodyguards of Musa Qala district leader Mullah Abdul Salaam were killed in a disputed incident. The spokesman for Helmand province claimed the Taliban conducted an assault at Salaam's home, while the Afghan Army said the incident was the result of a dispute between the bodyguards. The Taliban said two of its fighters were killed in the ambush.
Posted by Bill Roggio on January 1, 2009 12:58 PM | Entry
Coalition forces killed six Taliban fighters in eastern Afghanistan. Afghan forces killed an IED cell member and destroyed three bomb-making compounds in Kandahar province. A Coalition soldier was killed in southern Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on December 31, 2008 3:57 PM | Entry
Coalition forces detained eight Haqqani network fighters in Paktia province. A policeman in Herat was arrested for helping the Taliban; 12 others defected. Bulgaria may increase the number of troops in country; 460 Bulgarian soldiers are currently stationed in Afghanistan. China offered Afghanistan $11 million in additional aid.
Posted by Bill Roggio on December 30, 2008 3:12 PM | Entry
The Taliban took credit for yesterday's suicide attack in Khost province that killed 14 school children. Two Afghans were killed in a suicide attack in Parwan province and three more were killed in a bombing in Spin Boldak in Kandahar province. Coalition and Afghan forces killed two Taliban fighters in Ghazni province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on December 29, 2008 11:38 AM | Entry
Fourteen children and two policemen were killed and 58 others were wounded in a suicide attack in Khost province. Two Canadian soldiers were killed in an IED attack in the Panjwai district in Kandahar province. Afghan and ISAF forces captured a senior Taliban commander in Logar province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on December 28, 2008 1:59 PM | Entry
A suicide car bomber killed three policemen and two civilians in an attack at a checkpoint outside of Kandahar city. Afghan and Coalition forces killed six Taliban fighters in Helmand province and detained five more in Zabul province. Spain will not send additional troops to Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on December 27, 2008 10:37 AM | Entry
US and Afghan forces killed 11 Taliban fighters, including a cell leader, during an operation targeting IED cells in the Maiwand district in Kandahar province. A Canadian soldier was killed and three more were wounded in an IED attack in the Zhari district in Kandahar.
Posted by Bill Roggio on December 26, 2008 5:28 PM | Entry
Afghan commandos captured a Taliban commander in Baglan province and two Taliban fighters in Herat province.. Two Taliban fighters have died while in custody. A US soldier was killed in Eastern Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on December 24, 2008 2:06 PM | Entry
US and Afghan forces killed more than 20 Taliban fighters during operations in Kunar along the border with Pakistan's tribal agency of Bajaur. An ISAF soldier was killed in southern Afghanistan. Bosnia will deploy 100 troops to Afghanistan; Poland does not see a need to deploy more forces.
Posted by Bill Roggio on December 22, 2008 2:23 PM | Entry
Coalition forces killed four Taliban fighters and captured five more in Zabul province. A Royal Marine was killed in Helmand province. Afghan and Coalition forces seized two tons of marijuana stored in a school in Kandahar and more than a ton of narcotics and weapons after a firefight in near Herat.
Posted by Bill Roggio on December 21, 2008 9:25 PM | Entry
Nine Taliban fighters were killed during fighting in Helmand province. Three Danish soldiers were killed and one more was wounded during an IED attack in Helmand. The US will deploy up to 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan by the sumer.
Posted by Bill Roggio on December 20, 2008 9:22 PM | Entry
Police and Coalition forces killed three armed Haqqani Network fighters and detained five more Khost province. The US will deploy an additional combat aviation brigade next year. Czech lawmakers rejected an extension of the mission in Iraq and Afghanistan; 415 soldiers and more than 100 special forces will leave Afghanistan within the next two months.
Posted by Bill Roggio on December 19, 2008 6:12 PM | Entry
Afghan commandos detained a Taliban leader and two aides in Nangarhar province. A British soldier was killed by enemy fire in Helmand province. France's defense minister denied more French troops will be deployed.
Posted by Bill Roggio on December 18, 2008 2:26 PM | Entry
Afghan commandos detained two Taliban leaders, a key IED facilitator, and a fighter in Nangarhar province. Three Taliban IED emplacers were killed in a premature detonation in Uruzgan province. A British soldier was killed during fighting in Helmand province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on December 16, 2008 1:12 PM | Entry
Afghan and Coalition forces killed 39 Taliban fighters and a Taliban commander during fighting two districts in Helmand province. Five more Taliban fighters were killed during operations in Helmand late last week. Coalition forces killed one insurgent and detained 16 more during operations targeting Hizb-e-Islami Gulbuddin (HIG) and Taliban commanders in Kabul and Zabul provinces.
Posted by Bill Roggio on December 15, 2008 6:37 PM | Entry
Three policemen were killed and three were wounded in a bombing in Kandahar province. The Taliban murdered one musician and kidnapped six more in Paktika province. Britain has deployed several hundred additional troops to Afghanistan's South.
Posted by Bill Roggio on December 14, 2008 11:17 PM | Entry
Coalition and Afghan forces killed six Taliban fighters and detained 16 more in raids nationwide. Three Canadian soldiers were killed in an IED attack west of Kandahar city. The Taliban injured seven civilians in an attack on a Coalition base in Helmand province. Coalition forces wounded five civilians while responding to a Taliban attack in Helmand.
Posted by Bill Roggio on December 13, 2008 10:07 PM | Entry
Coalition forces detained nine members of the Haqqani Network in Paktia province. Three Afghans were accidentally killed during an escalation of force incident in the Sayed Abad District of Wardak province. Japan has extended its mission in Iraq.
Posted by Bill Roggio on December 12, 2008 4:04 PM | Entry
Police and Coalition forces detained five members of the Haqqani Network who were behind IED attacks in Khost. The US hopes to deploy three of the four additional combat brigades into Afghanistan by the summer of 2009. Canada appears to have rejected a US request to extend the Afghan mission beyond 2011.
Posted by Bill Roggio on December 11, 2008 8:57 PM | Entry
Six policemen and a civilian were killed by Coalition forces in a friendly fire incident in Zabul province. Afghan and Coalition forces killed four Taliban fighters in Helmand province and captured a suicide bomb facilitator in Nangarhar province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on December 10, 2008 9:31 PM | Entry
Coalition and Afghan forces killed a senior Taliban leader in Logar province. Police and Coalition forces detained nine Haqqani fighters in Khost province. The US Department of Defense is fast-tracking the development of lighter MRAPs for Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on December 9, 2008 3:23 PM | Entry
The International Council on Security and Development said the Taliban have a permanent presence in 72 percent of Afghanistan; the Afghan government said the report is "questionable" while NATO said the report is not "credible." The US Marines are shifting their focus to Afghanistan. Canada has deployed an air wing to Kandahar.
Posted by Bill Roggio on December 8, 2008 4:05 PM | Entry
Nine Taliban fighters in Helmand province and three in Kabul province were killed in fighting; five Afghan soldiers were killed in two IED attacks. Taliban leader Mullah Omar said Western forces have a "golden opportunity" to leave Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on December 7, 2008 5:10 PM | Entry
Coalition forces killed 14 Taliban fighters in Helmand province. Eight prisoners were killed and 215 were wounded as guards attempted to search cells in a Kabul jail. The governor of Kandahar has been fired after just four months on the job. Two ISAF soldiers were killed in an IED attack in southern Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on December 5, 2008 11:13 AM | Entry
Coalition and Afghan forces killed 13 Taliban fighters and captured 15 during operations in the South and East. ISAF troops must now be accompanied by Afghan forces on all missions. The governor of Kandahar province will resign after serving on four months. Herat officials claim Iranians are behind the theft of artifacts and the destruction of historical sites.
Posted by Bill Roggio on December 3, 2008 10:47 AM | Entry
A suicide bomber killed eight civilians and two policemen at a bazaar in Musa Qala in Helmand province. Coalition forces detained six members of Haqqani Networks in Paktia province. Afghan security forces killed a Taliban commander in the Sarobi district in Kabul province. The Taliban killed the district leader of Andar in Ghazni province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on December 1, 2008 5:58 PM | Entry
Coalition troops killed 16 Hezb-i-Islami fighters in Kabul. Three civilians were killed in a suicide attack on a German convoy in Kabul. A female UN employee and a security contractor were killed. The German general in charge of special forces savaged his country's efforts in Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on November 30, 2008 9:08 PM | Entry
Coalition and Afghan forces killed 52 Taliban and captured one commander in operations throughout the country. Thirty-three fighters were killed in Helmand province, 12 were killed in Kandahar province, four were killed in Farah province, and three were killed in Ghazni province. The Taliban commander was captured in Ghazni as he tried to escape a cordon while wearing a burqa.
Posted by Bill Roggio on November 29, 2008 11:50 AM | Entry
US forces launched three counterbattery artillery strikes at a Taliban rocket team inside Pakistan. Afghans rioted in Kabul after a US military vehicle killed one civilian in a traffic accident. The Taliban may clear $500 million from the opium trade. A UN Security Council team said Afghanistan is not in crisis.
Posted by Bill Roggio on November 28, 2008 11:34 AM | Entry
A suicide attack on a US military convoy outside the US embassy in Kabul killed four civilians and wounded 17 more. Coalition and Afghan forces killed seven Taliban fighters in Helmand province. Two British Royal Marines and an Australian soldier were killed in southern Afghanistan. A French aid worker kidnapped last month pleaded for his release on a videotape.
Posted by Bill Roggio on November 27, 2008 11:26 AM | Entry
President Karzai defended his plan to negotiate with the Taliban and claimed NATO set up a "parallel government." Coalition and Afghan forces killed 25 Taliban fighters during operations in Kandahar, Paktika, and Paktia provinces. Five policemen were killed in Helmand and three engineers were kidnapped in Badghis.
Posted by Bill Roggio on November 26, 2008 11:37 AM | Entry
Ten Taliban fighters behind the acid attacks on schoolgirls in Kandahar have been arrested; they said senior Taliban leaders based in Pakistan paid them to conduct the attacks. US forces killed six HIG fighters and detained 12 more in Kapisa province; one Haqqani Network fighter was killed and five more were captured in Paktika province. A British soldier was killed in Helmand province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on November 25, 2008 9:19 AM | Entry
Coalition forces killed seven Taliban fighters during a raid in Ghazni province. Former Taliban spokesman Mohammad Hanif denied he was joining the government. The NATO commander said more forces are needed in Afghanistan. A UN Security Council delegation has arrived to assess the status of a $20 billion funding pledge.
Posted by Bill Roggio on November 24, 2008 12:12 PM | Entry
Coalition forces killed a senior Taliban commander in Helmand province. US troops killed 17 Taliban fighters during an operation in the Shah Wali Kot district of Kandahar province. Coalition forces plan on sustaining operations in the southern provinces throughout the winter months.
Posted by Bill Roggio on November 23, 2008 11:35 AM | Entry
Saudi Arabia will give Mullah Omar asylum, according to reports. Coalition forces killed 14 Taliban fighters during operations in Farah and Helmand provinces. Eight people were killed in a grenade attack at a wedding in Parwan. Eight Canadian soldiers were wounded in an IED attack in Kandahar province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on November 22, 2008 2:11 PM | Entry
A suicide car bomber killed three civilians and seriously wounded four soldiers during an attack on a base in Zabul. US forces killed four members of Hizb-e-Islami during a raid in Kapisa province and captured five Haqqani Network fighters in Khost. A US district court charged a contractor that killed an Afghan civilian with second-degree murder.
Posted by Bill Roggio on November 21, 2008 1:04 PM | Entry
A suicide attack on a government center in Khost province killed nine people and wounded 16. The US and Pakistani military coordinated a strike on Taliban rocket teams operating in Waziristan. Russia is permitting Spain and Germany to ship supplies through the central Asian states.
Posted by Bill Roggio on November 20, 2008 2:15 PM | Entry
Coalition and Afghan forces killed 38 Taliban fighters during fighting in the Nahr Surkh district in Helmand province on Nov. 16. Afghan commandos killed four insurgents and destroyed a drug lab in Spin Boldak in Kandahar province. Coalition force killed five Taliban fighters in Farah province and captured 14 more in Kapisa province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on November 18, 2008 4:02 PM | Entry
US and Afghan forces killed "a large number of insurgents" in Nangarhar and Paktika provinces. US forces returned fire on a Taliban rocket team inside Pakistan. A suicide bomber killed two policemen and a civilian in Kandahar; an IED attack killed four civilians in Panjwai. China denied it would send troops to Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on November 17, 2008 12:46 PM | Entry
President Karzai said he would offer Mullah Omar and other Taliban leaders protection if they return to Afghanistan for peace negotiation. Coalition forces killed 30 Taliban fighters in the Nahr Surkh district of Helmand province. One British soldier was killed in an IED attack in the Musa Qala district of Helmand. The US is moving 20 Apache attack helicopters from South Korea to Afghanistan and Iraq.
Posted by Bill Roggio on November 16, 2008 12:01 PM | Entry
US troops killed 10 Haqqani Network fighters and captured a commander in Paktia. The US and Pakistan are coordinating operations in Kunar province and the Bajaur tribal agency. The US is seeking up to 10,000 smaller MRAPs for its forces.
Posted by Bill Roggio on November 15, 2008 10:28 AM | Entry
US forces killed four al Qaeda operatives in Paktia province. The Taliban killed a cleric in Farah province after he condemned the use of suicide attacks as a weapon. The British government denied a BBC report that 2,000 troops would be deployed to Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on November 14, 2008 12:23 PM | Entry
A suicide bomber killed one US soldier and at least 20 civilians in an attack on a US Army convoy in the Bati Kot district in Nangarhar province; more than 70 civilians were wounded. Two British Royal Marines were killed during fighting in Helmand province's Garmsir district. More than 1,500 girls stayed home from school in Kandahar after Taliban fighters attacked eight girls with acid.
Posted by Bill Roggio on November 13, 2008 11:17 AM | Entry
A suicide truck bomber killed six Afghanis and wounded 41 more in an attempt to kill President Karzai's brother outside his office in Kandahar. "Men" wounded six girls by spraying them with acid outside of a girls' school in Kandahar; two girls were blinded in the attack. The government executed three men tied to al Qaeda and Taliban attacks.
Posted by Bill Roggio on November 12, 2008 1:02 PM | Entry
The US military is building additional airfields in southern and eastern Afghanistan to base Reaper and Predator aircraft that provide surveillance and striking power for Coalition and Afghan forces. A New York Times reporter, his driver, and his interpreter were kidnapped by forces loyal to Siraj Haqqani.
Posted by Bill Roggio on November 11, 2008 10:30 PM | Entry
The Afghan government said US airstrikes killed 14 security guards in Khost; the US military and Afghanistan's Interior Ministry said the strikes targeted Taliban fighters who attacked a military convoy. The Canadian government denied that it released two Taliban commanders in exchange for a kidnapped CBC reporter.
Posted by Bill Roggio on November 10, 2008 12:38 PM | Entry
Two Spanish soldiers were killed and one was critically wounding in a suicide attack in Herat. Afghan intelligence officials arrested three suspects behind the kidnapping of a CBC journalist. The kidnapping occurred in Kabul a month ago and was covered up by the media to facilitate negotiations.
Posted by Bill Roggio on November 9, 2008 10:14 AM | Entry
Coalition and Afghan forces killed 20 Taliban fighters in Ghazni province, and killed 10 and captured 13 more in Eastern Afghanistan. The Taliban killed the governor of Ghor province in an ambush. Coalition forces captured three Taliban leaders in Uruzgan province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on November 8, 2008 11:27 PM | Entry
An Afghan report said a Coalition airstrike and clashes with the Taliban Kandahar province earlier this week killed 37 civilians and 26 Taliban fighters; the Taliban sought shelter near a wedding party during the fighting. Afghan forces killed one Taliban fighter and captured six during raids in Herat, Ghazni, and Khost. Australia has no plans to increase forces and Canada said it is committed to withdrawing by 2011.
Posted by Bill Roggio on November 7, 2008 11:06 AM | Entry
An airstrike in Badghis province killed 15 Taliban fighters and seven civilians. The attack occurred after Taliban fighters ambushed a joint Afghan and ISAF convoy in the district of Ghormach, a Pashtun pocket in the north. General Petraeus said the Afghan tribes can help with securing the country.
Posted by Bill Roggio on November 6, 2008 9:23 AM | Entry
US officials confirmed a US airstrike killed 38 civilians in Kandahar killed civilians. A British soldier was killed during combat in Helmand province. General Petraeus is in Afghanistan for talks and a review of the strategy.
Posted by Bill Roggio on November 5, 2008 9:18 AM | Entry
ISAF forces killed a senior Taliban IED maker in Uruzgan province. Coalition and Afghan forces killed one terrorist and detained 15 during operations against the Haqqani Network and Taliban in Khost and Ghazni provinces. Two Taliban were killed during a raid in Kandahar province. The Taliban killed the deputy intelligence chief in Kandahar. The Taiban took credit for setting a female US soldier on fire in Kandahar.
Posted by Bill Roggio on November 4, 2008 10:15 AM | Entry
The Taliban kidnapped a French aid worker and killed his Afghan driver. An unmanned US Predator aircraft crashed inside Afghanistan. US troops seized and destroyed more than 40 tons of hashish during raid the Spin Boldak district of Kandahar province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on November 3, 2008 11:02 AM | Entry
General Petraeus has arrived in Afghanistan for talks with military and government officals. US troops wounded five Afghan soldiers in a friendly fire incident in Kunar. Two Bangladeshi aid workers kidnapped by the Taliban have been freed.
Posted by Bill Roggio on November 2, 2008 2:30 PM | Entry
US forces killed 18 Haqqani Network fighters in Khost and seven Taliban fighters in Kunar. Kabul has asked tribes in the South to raise local militias; the US commander who oversees the training of Afghan security forces called the plan a "mistake." The commander of the British SAS resigned over poor equipment for his forces.
Posted by Bill Roggio on November 1, 2008 8:30 PM | Entry
The Taliban claimed credit for the attack on the Information and Culture Ministry in Kabul. A small team assaulted the main gate and then entered the compound. Five were killed and dozens were wounded, including children in a daycare center, after the suicide bomber detonated inside the ministry.
Posted by Bill Roggio on October 30, 2008 1:28 PM | Entry
The Afghan-Pakistani jirga agreed to negotiate with Taliban elements willing to accept the supremacy of the constitutions of both countries. US troops killed 12 Taliban during the recovery of the downed Blackhawk helicopter in Wardak province. Coalition troops killed one Haqqani network operative and captured seven during operations in Ghazni province. One Coalition soldier was killed in an IED attack in western Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on October 28, 2008 10:21 AM | Entry
The Taliban downed a US helicopter in Wardak province; no casualties were reported. Two US soldiers and an Afghan child were killed in a suicide attack in Baghlan province. The Taliban abducted 14 road workers in Kunar province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on October 27, 2008 6:38 PM | Entry
An Afghan and a British and South African citizen working for DHL were gunned down on the streets of Kabul. Three Turkish engineers in Khost and two Bangladeshi aid workers in Ghazni were kidnapped. Indonesian authorities handed over an Afghan man accused of running a global drug trafficking ring that funded the Taliban.
Posted by Bill Roggio on October 25, 2008 12:08 PM | Entry
Thousands of Afghans protested the brutal murder of 27 civilians by Taliban fighters in Kandahar. Afghan police captured a senior Taliban leader in Uruzgan. US forces killed three Taliban fighters and detained four more after a clash in Paktika.
Posted by Bill Roggio on October 24, 2008 2:23 PM | Entry
NATO and the Afghan government said they would only conduct limited talks with Taliban members willign to lay down their weapons. Coalition and Afghan forces killed a Taliban leader and 17 fighters in Uruzgan province, and three fighters in Farah province. Three US soldiers were killed in an IED attack in Farah.
Posted by Bill Roggio on October 23, 2008 1:05 PM | Entry
A US airstrike accidentally killed nine Afghan soldiers in Khost province. Thirty-five Taliban and three policemen were killed in a two-day battle in Uruzgan province. Taliban commander Mullah Ghafar was killed in Kandahar province. A US Navy P-3 patrol aircraft was destroyed during a botched landing at Bagram Air Base.
Posted by Bill Roggio on October 22, 2008 9:53 AM | Entry
NATO's commander said the organization's political will is "sometimes wavering." Italy's foreign minister rejected the call for more troops. A suicide bomber killed five children and two German soldiers. The Taliban took credit for murdering a female aid worker in Kabul. Afghan troops killed 34 Taliban during fighting near Lashkar Gah.
Posted by Bill Roggio on October 20, 2008 10:18 AM | Entry
The Taliban killed more than thirty civilians on a bus traveling through the Maiwand district in Kandahar province. Six were beheaded. The Taliban claimed it killed Afghan 27 soldiers. US warplanes killed three Taliban fighters after a rocket attack in the Pule Alam District in Logar province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on October 19, 2008 1:52 PM | Entry
Afghan and ISAF forces killed 19 Taliban fighters during an operation in Wardak province. A former bodyguard of President Karzai and his father were killed in a shooting outside a mosque. Five ISAF troops were wounded in a suicide attack in Herat. ISAF said the Taliban fired rockets into the town of Lashkar Gah after an airstrike that is thought to have killed 17 civilians.
Posted by Bill Roggio on October 18, 2008 11:03 AM | Entry
Local officials claimed 18 civilians were killed in an airstrike in Helmand province. Coalition and Afghan forces killed 17 Taliban fighters in Kunar province and 20 in Wardak province. The German parliament approved the deployment of an additional 1,000 troops.
Posted by Bill Roggio on October 17, 2008 12:49 PM | Entry
An Afghan policeman killed a US soldier after he opened fire on a patrol in Paktika; US forces returned fire and killed the policeman. Three Canadian soldiers were wounded in an IED attack in the Zhari district in Kandahar. ISAF is investigating reports of civilian casualties in an an airstrike in the Nad Ali district in Helmand province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on October 16, 2008 8:37 PM | Entry
An Afghan official said more than 70 Taliban fighters were killed in an airstrike in the Baram Cha district in Helmand province on the border with Paksitan. ISAF said the strike targeted and killed three Taliban leaders. Al Qaeda fighters are bypassing Iraq to go to Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on October 15, 2008 1:23 PM | Entry
Three US soldiers were killed in an IED attack in eastern Afghanistan. The Taliban murdered the head of social affairs department for Kandahar province and his driver. US forces killed a Taliban commander and four fighters in a raid in Ghazni province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on October 14, 2008 12:07 PM | Entry
The Senior NATO commander in Afghanistan said the West is not losing in Afghanistan, but there are too few troops to provide security. ISAF and Afghan troops killed 65 Taliban fighters in Helmand province. ISAF forces killed two Taliban fighters after they ambushed a World Food Program convoy in Badghis province. Five civilians were killed in a bombing in Zabul province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on October 12, 2008 12:52 PM | Entry
Afghan intelligence said it foiled a plot to free Taliban fighters from the Pol-i-Charki prison outside of Kabul. Three guards were arrested for aiding in the plot. Nine Taliban and al Qaeda fighters, including two Taliban commanders, were killed in southern Afghanistan. Thirty Taliban fighters were captured.
Posted by Bill Roggio on October 11, 2008 11:56 AM | Entry
A suicide bomber killed a provincial intelligence officer and wounded three policemen in Khost province. NATO has tasked its troops to target the Afghan drug trade. The US is considering the creation of local militias to fight the Taliban.
Posted by Bill Roggio on October 10, 2008 3:04 PM | Entry
Thirty-six Taliban and six civilians were killed in clashes in Uruzgan province. The US Army closed down a combat outpost in the Gowardesh Valley in Kunar province. The US secretary of defense said negotiations with some elements of the Taliban is possible.
Posted by Bill Roggio on October 9, 2008 7:51 PM | Entry
US and Afghan forces killed 43 Taliban during fighting in the Qalat district in Zabul province. An ISAF soldier accidentally killed a civilian during an escalation of force incident in Paktika. Germany has extended its mandate to operate in Afghanistan by 14 months.
Posted by Bill Roggio on October 7, 2008 2:07 PM | Entry
The Afghan government denied reports it conducted peace talks with the Taliban in Saudi Arabia last month. President Karzai's brother denied accusations that he is involved in Afghanistan's heroin trade and threatened to sue The New York Times. Spanish military intelligence said Iran offered to shelter Gulbuddin Hekmatyar.
Posted by Bill Roggio on October 6, 2008 4:00 PM | Entry
ISAF forces captured a senior Taliban leader behind suicide and conventional attacks in Uruzgan province. Afghan police and soldiers killed five Taliban fighters after they attacked a police leader's home in Kandahar. President Karzai's brother has been linked to the heroin trade.
Posted by Bill Roggio on October 5, 2008 2:04 PM | Entry
ISAF and Afghan forces killed 23 Taliban fighters during operations nationwide. A battalion of French troops reportedly oppose being deployed to Afghanistan. Germany's foreign minister wants the country's commandos withdrawn.
Posted by Bill Roggio on October 4, 2008 9:07 PM | Entry
The Taliban refused to negotiate with the Afghan government. "We reject an offer for negotiation by the Afghan's puppet and slave President Hamid Karzai," Mullah Baradar said. The US notified Pakistan of an airstrike near the Afghan-Pakistani border.
Posted by Bill Roggio on October 3, 2008 12:38 PM | Entry
The senior US general in Afghanistan said more troops are needed immediately. A leaked report by the British Ambassador in Kabul claims US strategy is wrong and the war is as good as lost. A leaked Spanish report said Pakistan's ISI provided arms, IEDs, and other support to the Taliban.
Posted by Bill Roggio on October 1, 2008 2:42 PM | Entry
President Karzai requested Saudi Arabia assist with opening peace negotiations with the Taliban. Three US soldiers were killed in an IED attack in the South. A US soldier and an Afghan policeman were killed in a confrontation during a patrol. Afghan and ISAF forces captured a senior Taliban leader in Uruzgan province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on September 30, 2008 10:34 AM | Entry
The Taliban leadership denied it was conducting negotiations with the Afghan government. Gulbuddin Hekmatyar claimed responsibility for an August ambush that killed 10 French soldiers in Kabul province. A US soldier was killed in an attack in eastern Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on September 29, 2008 10:22 AM | Entry
Afghanistan's foreign minister denied negotiations were underway with the Taliban based out of Quetta. A senior female police officer in Kandahar was assassinated outside of her home. Two al Qaeda fighters were killed in a battle in Kunar province; police said three civilians were killed. Two Canadian soldiers were wounded in an attack on a combat outpost in Kandahar.
Posted by Bill Roggio on September 28, 2008 9:16 AM | Entry
A suicide bomber killed five civilians in Khost province. Twenty Taliban fighters were killed during operations in Kandahar province. Coalition forces detained two Haqqani commanders and three operatives in Khost. The Taliban freed 118 Afghan laborers who were kidnapped last week in Farah.
Posted by Bill Roggio on September 26, 2008 1:45 PM | Entry
The Pakistani military fired on two US helicopters operating along the border inside Afghan territory in Khost province. Pakistan claimed the helicopters crossed the border, flew over a Paksitani outpost, "returned fire and flew back." Two policemen and a civilian were killed in a bombing in Spin Boldak in Kandahar province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on September 25, 2008 3:11 PM | Entry
The Governor of Pakistan's Northwest Frontier Province said the US must negotiate with the Taliban, the Haqqanis, and Hekmatyar. A US Predator UAV crashed in eastern Afghanistan. Six policemen were killed in attacks in Kabul province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on September 24, 2008 4:46 PM | Entry
The US defense secretary said three more combat brigades will be available to deploy to Afghanistan by the spring of 2009. The Taliban promised to free the more than 140 Afghan laborers kidnapped in Farah province. The district chief of Registan in Kandahar province was killed in an IED attack. Interpol wants to help Afghanistan track detained terrorists.
Posted by Bill Roggio on September 23, 2008 4:53 PM | Entry
The Taliban kidnapped 140 day laborers in Farah province and killed six civilians in an IED attack in Uruzgan province. Coalition forces killed one member of the Haqqani Network and captured seven in Khost province. France will increase the number of troops in Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on September 22, 2008 1:03 PM | Entry
The Taliban said it would honor the international "peace day" as well as allow polio shots to be distributed to children. The Taliban killed 11 policemen in Herat province and poisoned more than 100 military and government officials in Nuristan province. Two ISAF soldiers were killed in an IED attack in eastern Afghanistan. ISAF killed a civilian in an escalation of force incident in Helmand province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on September 21, 2008 2:45 PM | Entry
ISAF forces will halt military operations to recognize "peace day." Twenty-five Taliban fighters, one ISAF soldier, and two civilians were killed in fighting in the South. The US seeks $20 billion from NATO countries to help expand the Afghan Army and provide for reconstruction.
Posted by Bill Roggio on September 20, 2008 3:02 PM | Entry
A US soldier was killed in an IED attack in southern Afghanistan. Canadian troops killed an Afghan civilian during an escalation of force incident in Kandahar province. The British defense minister denied his country would send a large amount of troops to Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on September 19, 2008 1:13 PM | Entry
The US is re-evaluating its Afghan war strategy. Russia warned it would cut off NATO's air bridge to Afghanistan if countries did not stop "hostile" policies toward Moscow. Australian forces accidentally killed a district leader and several of his men in Uruzgan province. Coalition forces killed two Taliban fighters and captured two more during a raid in Ghazni province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on September 18, 2008 12:13 PM | Entry
The US defense secretary apologized for recent airstrikes that caused civilian casualties. NATO seeks to implement rules to decrease civilian casualties. Four NATO soldiers and an Afghan interpreter were killed in an IED attack in eastern Afghanistan. The French defense minister called on Europe to increase troop levels and end caveats on operations.
Posted by Bill Roggio on September 17, 2008 1:38 PM | Entry
The Taliban welcomed Canada's decision to withdraw by 2011. The Taliban have killed 720 police officers in the past six months. Afghan forces killed more than 20 Taliban fighters in Ghazni. Coalition forces killed 10 Taliban fighters in Wardak. Coalition forces detained eight members of the Haqqani Network in Khost.
Posted by Bill Roggio on September 16, 2008 9:52 AM | Entry
A senior Taliban commander said Iran is supplying EFPs to the terror group. US troops killed one Taliban fighter and wounded five during an attack on an outpost in the Ali Shang district in Laghman province. Two Afghans were killed and seven were wounded in an IED attack Herat province. The Afghan government handed over the 11-year-old son of al Qaeda operative Aafia Siddiqui to Pakistani diplomats.
Posted by Bill Roggio on September 15, 2008 11:11 AM | Entry
The Taliban killed six children and wounded 12 in a bomb attack in Ghazni province. The Taliban killed two UN doctors and a driver in an IED attack in Spin Boldak in Kandahar province. A British soldier was killed in Helmand province. US forces captured two members of the Haqqani Network in Khost province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on September 14, 2008 3:37 PM | Entry
Coalition forces killed "several" Haqqani and Taliban fighters during operations in Khost and Ghazni provinces. Two Taliban fighters were killed during a raid in Kapisa province. A US and a British soldier were killed in attacks. A Taliban suicide bomber killed two civilians in Kandahar.
Posted by Bill Roggio on September 11, 2008 9:33 PM | Entry
The prime minister of Canada said he intends to pull all Canadian forces out of Afghanistan by December 2011. The Taliban said attacks have been stepped up to influence Canada's election. Afghan and Coalition forces captured a former policeman who served as a Taliban heavy weapons and suicide bomb facilitator in the Tarin Kot district in Uruzgan province. An errant bomb killed two civilians in Khost province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on September 10, 2008 11:30 AM | Entry
Twenty-eight Taliban fighters were killed in clashes in Uruzgan and Paktia province while three ISAF soldiers were killed in an IED attack in the East. US soldiers captured two members of the Haqqani Network in Khost. ISAF has tightened the rules of engagement after an increase in civilian casualties. The Taliban claimed a senior military officer and 50 border guards defected in Badghis.
Posted by Bill Roggio on September 9, 2008 12:02 PM | Entry
Cell phone images are providing evidence that a large number of civilians may have been mistakenly killed by US troops operating in western Afghanistan last month. US Marines handed over control of a former Taliban stronghold in southern Afghanistan to Afghan soldiers and their British mentors following a four-month operation. Afghan security forces foiled a suicide bombing attempt in southern Zabul province.
Posted by Matt Dupee on September 8, 2008 2:33 PM | Entry
US troops killed 10 Haqqani Network operatives and captured three during a raid in Khost province. Six police were killed and 37 were wounded in a double suicide attack on a senior police general in Kandahar. One Afghan soldier was killed and seven were wounded in an IED attack in Kandahar.
Posted by Bill Roggio on September 7, 2008 7:38 PM | Entry
Eight Taliban fighters, including three local commanders and two civilians were killed in an airstrike in Farah province. The Taliban gathered elite fighters for an attack on Canadian forces earlier this week. A British soldier was killed in the Sangin district in Helmand province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on September 5, 2008 9:22 AM | Entry
Five senior Taliban leaders in Kapisa province, including two behind the Aug. 18 attack on French forces in Kabul, were killed during a series of Coalition raids. A British soldier was killed during a patrol in southern Afghanistan. ISAF soldiers killed a civilian in an escalation of force incident in Helmand province. A 100-man Czech special forces team unit is operating outside of NATO command.
Posted by Bill Roggio on September 4, 2008 2:38 PM | Entry
Afghan police killed 32 Taliban fighters during engagements in southern Afghanistan. Three Canadian troops were killed and five were wounded in a "direct fire" incident in the Zari district in Kandahar province. The US military said last week's raid in Azizabad in Herat province resulted in seven civilian casualties, not the 90 cited in the press.
Posted by Bill Roggio on September 3, 2008 9:57 PM | Entry
ISAF denied 500 civilians were killed in the Sarwan Qala area of Helmand province last week. British troops successfully delivered a turbine to the Kajaki Dam in Helmand. Canada's defense minister said the deployment of a US battalion to Kandahar was only the beginning of the US deployment.
Posted by Bill Roggio on September 2, 2008 2:09 PM | Entry
Coalition forces detained seven insurgents in operations targeting Taliban IED networks in the eastern Afghan province of Khost. NATO-led troops accidentally killed three Afghan children with artillery fire in Paktika province. Another raid near Kabul left an Afghan and his two children dead sparking mass protests throughout Kabul. A Taliban car bomber attacked a German convoy in northern Afghanistan.
Posted by Matt Dupee on September 1, 2008 11:10 AM | Entry
Afghan and Coalition forces killed more than 220 Taliban fighters during operations in Helmand province from Aug. 25-30. Coalition forces killed "several" Taliban during an operation in Kapisa province. A Coalition soldier was killed in an IED attack in southern Afghanistan. Reports indicate the Taliban will attempt to claim Coalition forces killed Afghans in Helmand province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on August 31, 2008 9:41 PM | Entry
A suicide bomber wounded one civilian in a failed attack on Coalition forces in Kabul. Ten Taliban fighters were killed in Helmand and 14 were captured in Khost. A battalion of US troops joined Canadian forces in the Maywand district northwest of Kandahar city.
Posted by Bill Roggio on August 30, 2008 8:26 PM | Entry
Coalition and Afghan forces killed 12 Taliban fighters and captured two during a patrol in the Barmal district in Paktika. Coalition forces killed one Taliban fighter and captured two during a raid in Paktika's Gayan district. A civilian was killed in a Taliban attack on a base in Kunar. Coalition and Afghan forces killed a woman and two children in an escalation of force incident in Kunduz province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on August 29, 2008 9:20 AM | Entry
[UPDATE 2] US Marines have killed more than 100 Taliban fighters during three days of fighting in Helmand province. ISAF and Afghan National Police detained 12 Taliban fighters in the in the Qarabaugh District of Ghazni province. The Marines' top general wants his forces to shift from Iraq to Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on August 28, 2008 6:38 PM | Entry
The top Canadian soldier in Afghanistan conceded that two-thirds of the Zhari and Panjwai districts just outside Kandahar city are under the control of the Taliban. Afghan and Coalition forces killed or wounded more than 30 insurgents in fighting in the south and southeast of the country. President Hamid Karzai condemned the killing of a Japanese national in eastern Afghanistan.
Posted by Matt Dupee on August 28, 2008 8:34 AM | Entry
Kidnapped Japanese national, Kazuya Ito, was found beaten to death in eastern Afghanistan one day after Taliban gunmen abducted him and his driver. Various clashes left approximately 30 insurgents and four police killed over the last 24 hours. Nearly 40 Taliban were killed during a massive security operation in eastern Paktika province.
Posted by Matt Dupee on August 27, 2008 1:59 PM | Entry
President Karzai demanded an end to NATO airstrikes in Pakistani villages. A Japanese aid worker was kidnapped in Nangarhar province. One ISAF soldier was killed in an IED attack. Opium production has decreased by 19 percent since last year.
Posted by Bill Roggio on August 26, 2008 2:33 PM | Entry
Six soldiers and two journalists were wounded in an IED attack in Kandahar's Panjwai district. Candian forces destroyed a Taliban command headquarters in Kandahar's Zhari district. Police seized 1.2 tons of opium in Helmand province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on August 25, 2008 12:10 PM | Entry
Afghan and ISAF forces killed six Taliban in Kapisa province and four more fighters in Helmand province. President Karzai dismissed a senior Army general after the airstrike in Herat. One civilian was killed and three were wounded in a helicopter crash in Kunar province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on August 24, 2008 1:38 PM | Entry
ISAF said Taliban commander Mullah Sadiq was among 30 Taliban fighters killed in yesterday's airstrike in Herat province; Afghan officials claim more than 70 civilians were killed in the attack. Afghan forces killed 17 Taliban fighters in Helmand province. Ten civilians were killed in an IED attack in Kandahar province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on August 23, 2008 4:58 PM | Entry
Thirty Taliban fighters were killed in an airstrike in Laghman province. Three Polish soldiers were killed in an IED attack in Ghazni province; Polish troops captured three suspects thought to be behind the attack. Three Canadian soldiers were killed in an IED attack in Kandahar province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on August 21, 2008 12:32 PM | Entry
Coalition airstrikes killed nine Taliban fighters in Khost province. French President Nicolas Sarkozy reassured Afghanistan of his country's commitment after 10 soldiers were killed in an ambush in Kabul province. The Afghan and Pakistan Army Chiefs of Staff and the ISAF commander met in Kabul to discuss regional security.
Posted by Bill Roggio on August 20, 2008 1:25 PM | Entry
Ten French soldiers were killed and 21 were wounded in a Taliban ambush east of Kabul; 13 Taliban were killed and 21 French soldiers were wounded in the incident. US and Afghan forces thwarted multiple Taliban suicide attacks on Forward Operating Base Salerno in Khost province. An Afghan child and an interpreter were killed in a suicide bombing in Kandahar.
Posted by Bill Roggio on August 19, 2008 2:19 PM | Entry
A suicide bomber killed nine Afghans and wounded 13 others in an attack outside a base in Khost. A British soldier was killed in an IED attack in Helmand province. Canada's defense minister dismissed Taliban threats to attack civilians unless the government withdraws from Afghanistan as propaganda.
Posted by Bill Roggio on August 18, 2008 1:35 PM | Entry
Afghan troops killed 30 Taliban fighters during separate clashes in southern and eastern Afghanistan. Ten policemen were killed in an IED attack in Kandahar province. Seven thousand additional police have been deployed in Kabul.
Posted by Bill Roggio on August 17, 2008 9:51 AM | Entry
ISAF killed Mullah Akhtar Mohammed, a Taliban commander that was "directly involved in the planning of attacks against district centres and the coordination of suicide bombers" in Uruzgan province. More than 90 Taliban fighters have been reported killed during fighting over the past several days in the South.
Posted by Bill Roggio on August 16, 2008 12:58 PM | Entry
President Karzai replaced the governor of Kandahar province with a former corps commander. The Taliban overran the Nawah district in Ghazni province. Coalition and Afghan forces killed 36 Taliban fighters during clashes in southern Afghanistan. Two Coalition soldiers were killed in an attack in eastern Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on August 15, 2008 5:49 PM | Entry
The Taliban killed three female aid workers from the International Rescue Committee and their Afghan driver in an ambush in Logar province. ISAF soldiers killed one civilian and wounded three others during escalation of force incidents in Helmand province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on August 13, 2008 7:22 PM | Entry
ISAF refuted claims that civilians were killed during an airstrike in the Tagab district of Kapisa province on Aug. 9. One British soldier was killed and two were wounded in a suicide attack in Kabul. One Canadian soldier was killed and one was wounded in an attack on an outpost in the Panjwai district in Kandahar province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on August 12, 2008 2:34 PM | Entry
Coalition forces killed 25 Taliban fighters during an airstrike in Uruzgan province; eight civilians were also killed after the Taliban used them as human shields. Two Australian special forces soldiers were wounded in an IED attack in Uruzgan. President Karzai urged Coalition forces to target "terrorist bases, hideouts and training camps" inside Pakistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on August 11, 2008 10:46 AM | Entry
Up to 20 insurgents were killed after Afghan police and Coalition forces raided a Taliban-occupied village in the Bala Baluk region of Farah province. A Canadian soldier was killed during a firefight in Kandahar's Zhari district, and preliminary reports suggest a private security firm may be have accidentally shot and killed the soldier. Mullah Turab and several of his Taliban fighters were killed in a security operation in Ghazni province.
Posted by Matt Dupee on August 9, 2008 1:26 PM | Entry
The Pentagon backs a plan that will expand the size of the Afghan Army to 120,000 troops and will place all US forces under a single command. The Canadian and Afghan Army are on the offensive in northern Kandahar province. Four women and a child were among several Taliban fighters killed during a raid in Ghazni province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on August 8, 2008 6:14 PM | Entry
Twenty-four Taliban fighters and seven policemen were killed in fighting in Kandahar, Helmand, and Badghis province. Several hundred French troops arrived in Uruzgan province. A ISAF UAV crashed in Paktika province. The Canadian military is acquiring UAVs and helicopters to support its forces.
Posted by Bill Roggio on August 7, 2008 4:21 PM | Entry
NATO troops prevented the use of two vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices in the central Afghan province of Wardak. A senior Afghan intelligence official has accused a number of parliamentarians of supporting Taliban insurgents. Afghanistan's spy agency accused a member of Pakistan's consulate in Kandahar province of helping a Taliban commander in his attempts to weaken the government. US troops killed several insurgents in Kapisa province and confiscated explosives from a compound while four US soldiers were wounded and one killed during a roadside blast in Herat province.
Posted by Matt Dupee on August 6, 2008 10:49 AM | Entry
Afghan forces killed 16 Taliban fighters in Kandahar and Uruzgan province. The Taliban remains in control of the Ajristan district in Ghazni province. India announced an additional $450 million in aid for Afghansitan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on August 5, 2008 5:43 PM | Entry
Fifteen Taliban and four policemen were killed in a series of clashes in Ghazni, Paktika, Uruzgan, and Kandahar provinces. Two Taliban suicide bombers were killed when their vest exploded prematurely. The Czechs plan to send 200 addition troops in 2009.
Posted by Bill Roggio on August 4, 2008 1:31 PM | Entry
More than two dozen Taliban fighters were killed during clashes in Farah and Uruzgan provinces. Three Taiban bombers were killed during a premature detonation. A top British general said British Muslims are fighting in Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on August 2, 2008 11:29 AM | Entry
Four US soldiers and a civilian were killed in an IED attack in Kunat province. One British soldier was killed in an attack in Khost province. Canada will lease Russian helicopters to supply their forces in Kandahar.
Posted by Bill Roggio on August 1, 2008 12:07 PM | Entry
Al Qaeda commander Abu Abdallah al Shami was killed in a US airstrike this month. More than 20 Taliban were killed after ambushing an Afghan patrol in Ghazni province. A bombing outside the Pakistani consulate in Herat wounded two civilians. Al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Ayyub al Masri and other senior commanders are thought to have transferred to Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on July 31, 2008 6:12 PM | Entry
Afghan and Coalition forces killed "several" Taliban in Ghazni and detained three in Khost. The Taliban in Kapisa executed one of their own for allegedly spying for the US. A British soldier was killed in combat in Helmand. CENTCOM does not plan on sending the 15th MEU to Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on July 29, 2008 6:58 PM | Entry
Afghan forces killed a "key" Taliban commander named Mullah Usman in Takhar province. Coalition forces accidentally killed four civilians at a checkpoint in Helmand province. Canada may send an additional 200 troops to fight in Kandahar.
Posted by Bill Roggio on July 26, 2008 11:08 PM | Entry
Afghan soldiers and policemen killed more than three dozen Taliban fighters after being ambushed in the Shah Joy district in Zabul province. Several of them were reported to be "foreign fighters." NATO's secretary general said the organization would not use Afghanistan as a base to attack Taliban and al Qaeda targets in Pakistan, nor would it seek a UN mandate to do so.
Posted by Bill Roggio on July 24, 2008 9:32 PM | Entry
Afghan and Coalition forces launched an operation to retake the district of Ajiristan in Ghazni province. One British solider was killed during fighting in Helmand province. A decision to deploy an additional 10,000 troops to Afghanistan will not be made until after the US presidential election.
Posted by Bill Roggio on July 23, 2008 8:45 PM | Entry
Coalition and Afghan forces killed or wounded more than 30 Taliban during clashes in Farah province. Three captured al Qaeda operatives said they infiltrated Afghanistan via Pakistan. The French have taken over security responsibility for Kapisa province. The UN stated Kunar province is “nearly-poppy free.”
Posted by Bill Roggio on July 22, 2008 9:30 AM | Entry
The Taliban took control of the remote district of Ajiristan in Ghazni province. Four policemen and four security guards were killed during attacks in Helmand and Zabul provinces. Fifteen Taliban were reported killed in Helmand and 20 were killed in Khost. The Taliban freed two Turkish workers.
Posted by Bill Roggio on July 21, 2008 3:16 PM | Entry
ISAF forces killed a senior Taliban leader in Musa Qala in Helmand province. Afghan officials said a US airstrike in Farah province killed nine policemen; ISAF is investigating the claim. US airstrikes accidentally killed four civilians in Paktika province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on July 20, 2008 9:39 AM | Entry
Four policemen and one Canadian soldier were killed in separate IED attacks in Kandahar province. US troops defeated a Taliban ambush on a patrol in Kunar province. Most Taliban fighters in Afghanistan are from Pakistan, French Defence Minister Herve Morin said.
Posted by Bill Roggio on July 19, 2008 11:39 PM | Entry
ISAF rejected claims that an airstrike that killed two Taliban commanders and scores of fighters in Herat also killed more than 50 civilians. Two French aid workers were kidnapped in central Afghanistan. Police shot and detained a female suicide bomber and a 13-year-old child after they attempted to attack US troops in Ghazni province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on July 18, 2008 10:44 PM | Entry
Coalition and Afghan forces killed three Taliban commanders in Kandahar province, two leaders in Herat, and another in Helmand. More than 10 Taliban were killed during the Herat raid. A NATO airstrike killed eight civilians after a Taliban ambush in Farah province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on July 17, 2008 8:34 AM | Entry
An ISAF investigation concluded that it did not kill civilians during airstrikes in Kunar and Nuristan provinces. US and Afghan forces withdrew from the forward outpost in Wanat; a Taliban force then moved in to take control of the town. Twelve Taliban were killed in clashes in Kandahar and Paktika provinces.
Posted by Bill Roggio on July 16, 2008 6:26 AM | Entry
The Afghan government called Pakistan the "world's biggest producers of terrorism and extremism" and accused the Pakistani military and intelligence services of backing the Taliban. US and Afghan forces killed 12 Taliban in Warkdak province and seven in Nuristan. The governor of Ghazni province said the Taliban hoped to use the province for its main assault on Kabul.
Posted by Bill Roggio on July 15, 2008 8:03 PM | Entry
President Karzai directly blamed Pakistan's intelligence service for the rise in attacks. The Taliban murdered seven "US spies" in Zabul province. Afghan and Coalition forces killed "several" Taliban during fighting in Uruzgan province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on July 14, 2008 4:56 PM | Entry
Nine US soldiers and an unknown number of Taliban were killed in a battle in Kunar province. A Taliban suicide bomber killed 24 Afghans and wounded more than 40 in Uruzgan province. US and Afghan forces killed more than 40 Taliban in Helmand province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on July 13, 2008 7:31 PM | Entry
An Afghan inquiry into a US airstrike in Nangarhar province last week found that 47 civilians were killed and nine wounded in the attack; the US has not completed its investigation. Two US soldiers were killed and one was wounded in an IED attack in Paktika province. "Several key members" were killed in an airstrike on a Taliban leadership meeting in Arghandab in Kandahar province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on July 11, 2008 1:28 PM | Entry
Afghan security forces killed the Taliban "governor" of Faryab province. Afghan villagers in the northern province of Faryab killed two Taliban. India rejected reports that its consulate in Jalalabad was attacked. NATO is seeking to get AWACS support from European countries. President Karzai fired the governor of Nuristan after he criticized NATO airstrikes.
Posted by Bill Roggio on July 10, 2008 11:42 AM | Entry
The US Marines said they have killed more than 400 Taliban in southern Afghanistan since April. Afghan and Coalition forces killed a Talilan subcommander in Logar province. India said it would stay in Afghanistan despite the attack on its embassy in Kabul.
Posted by Bill Roggio on July 9, 2008 7:26 PM | Entry
President Karzai's official spokesman blamed Pakistan for the July 7 suicide car bombing attack on the Indian embassy in Kabul. One US soldier was killed and four were wounded in an IED attack in Kunar province. Four civilians were wounded in a rocket attack on a US base in Kunar; US forces killed "several" Taliban in a counterattack. A USMC CH-46 helicopter made a hard landing in southern Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on July 8, 2008 8:07 PM | Entry
A suicide car bomb attack on the Indian embassy in Kabul killed 41, including India's defense attache. Coalition special forces killed Mullah Nissam, a Taliban commander in Wardak province. Coalition forces killed "several" Taliban fighters and captured seven during a raid in Helmand province. The US military denied a strike in Nangarhar province killed 27 civilians.
Posted by Bill Roggio on July 7, 2008 8:28 PM | Entry
President Karzai is calling for an investigation into an attack in Kunar province. The governor claimed a US air attack killed 16 civilians while the US said its forces attack a Taliban convoy after being ambushed. An anti-Taliban member of parliament was assassinated in Zhari, Kandahar.
Posted by Bill Roggio on July 5, 2008 9:22 PM | Entry
Afghan troops killed 25 Taliban in Badghis and seven fighters in Paktika. Afghan and Coalition forces killed "several" Taliban fighter in Kandahar province and captured three fighters in Ghazni province. Five Afghan soldiers were killed in a roadside bomb attack in Logar province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on July 3, 2008 4:49 PM | Entry
A suicide bomber killed three policeman and a civilian in an attack on a convoy transporting the governor of Nimroz province. One civilian was killed and several wounded after Taliban mortar teams fired into Kunar province from inside Pakistan. Six Taliban fighters were detained in Helmand province. A US Blackhawk helicopter was shot down in Logar province; no series casualties were reported.
Posted by Bill Roggio on July 2, 2008 4:14 PM | Entry
Coalition forces killed 28 Taliban in fighting in Nimroz province. US forces killed several Taliban fighters after an attack on an outpost in Khost province. British helicopter air crews killed a Taliban commander behind attacks in Kandahar province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on June 30, 2008 10:57 AM | Entry
Coalition and Afghan forces killed 32 Taliban fighters after being ambushed in the Khas Oruzgan district in Oruzgan province. Afghan forces killed a Taliban leader in the Maywand District in Kandahar. A Coalition helicopter made a hard landing in Paktia province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on June 29, 2008 11:16 PM | Entry
The Taliban rocketed a US base in Paktika province from inside Pakistan. The Taliban killed two civilans and wounded 11 in mortar attacks in Kunar province. A Coalition soldier was killed in an attack in Farah province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on June 27, 2008 4:17 PM | Entry
Coalition forces captured a "Taliban Haqqani network leader" and three associates in Paktika province. Afghan and Coalition forces killed "several" Taliban fighters during fighting in Zabul and Kandahar provinces. Three Coalition troops and an interpreter were killed in an attack in Wardak province. Kandahar security officials were sacked over the Sarposa prison break.
Posted by Bill Roggio on June 26, 2008 6:25 PM | Entry
Afghan forces killed 22 Taliban after attacks on district centers in Paktia and Paktika provinces in eastern Afghanistan. A US helicopter crashed in Kunar province. One Coalition soldier was killed and three were wounded in an IED attack in Helmand province. An Afghan government official blamed Pakistan for the April assassination attempt in Kabul on President Karzai's life.
Posted by Bill Roggio on June 25, 2008 10:30 AM | Entry
US and Afghan forces killed 16 Taliban after an attack on a district center in Paktia province. Attacks in eastern Afghanistan are up by 40 percent from last year. Two NATO soldiers were killed in attacks in Helmand and Nangahar provinces. Germany may send an additional 1,000 soldiers to deploy to the northern provinces.
Posted by Bill Roggio on June 24, 2008 7:56 PM | Entry
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said three additional combat brigades are needed in Afghanistan. Five civilians were killed and 19 were wounded in a suicide attack on a Coalition convoy in Herat province. Afghan and Coalition forces killed "several" Taliban fighters and detained 11 during fighting in Helmand and Ghazni province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on June 23, 2008 10:18 PM | Entry
Coalition forces killed 55 Taliban fighters and wounded 25 during heavy fighting in the Zerok district of Paktika province. Three Taliban leaders are reported to have been killed in the fighting. One Afghan woman and three children were killed in the indirect fire attack from Pakistan. A German general said 6,000 additional troops are needed to secure the country.
Posted by Bill Roggio on June 22, 2008 9:29 PM | Entry
Afghan and Coalition bases in Paktika were targeted by indirect fire launched from inside Pakistan. Five Coalition troops were killed in two separate IED attacks in Kandahar and Paktika province. Six Coalition soldiers were wounded in the attacks.
Posted by Bill Roggio on June 21, 2008 10:04 PM | Entry
Five civilians and one Coalition soldier were killed in a suicide attack on an Afghan Army convoy in the Gershk district in Helmand province. Afghan and Canadian forces are wrapping up operations against the Taliban in the Arghandab district in Kandahar; 56 Taliban have been confirmed killed. One Coalition soldier was killed and three were wounded in an IED attack in Farah province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on June 20, 2008 2:17 PM | Entry
Hundreds of Taliban fighters have been killed, wounded, or captured during operations to clear the Arghandab district, said the governor of Kandahar province. Afghan and Coalition forces detained two Taliban fighters in Ghazni province and three in Paktia province. One Coalition soldier was killed and two were wounded in a firefight in Helmand province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on June 19, 2008 4:13 PM | Entry
Afghan and NATO forces have launched an offensive to retake the villages in the Arghandab district north of Kandahar city. Thirty-six Taliban have been confirmed killed so far, and some of the villages have been cleared. Afghan troops and US helicopters engaged the Taliban in Kunar province a mile from the border of Pakistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on June 18, 2008 1:15 PM | Entry
NATO downplayed the prospects of launching a major offensive to dislodge the Taliban from seven towns in the Arghandab district north of Kandahar city. Seven hundred Afghan troops have been deployed to the region from Kabul. Patrols through the area do not show a Taliban presence. Afghan and NATO forces killed 30 Taliban during major fighting in Khost province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on June 17, 2008 12:43 PM | Entry
An estimated 500 Taliban fighters took over several villages in the Arghandab district of Kandahar province. Afghan and Coalition forces are organizing a counterattack. Twenty-seven Taliban fighters who escaped from a prison in Kandahar have been killed; 20 prisoners have been recaptured. Britain will deploy an additional 230 troops to Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on June 16, 2008 1:10 PM | Entry
President Karzai threatened to attack Baitullah Mehsud inside Pakistan. "When they cross the territory from Pakistan to come and kill Afghans and kill coalition troops, it exactly gives us the right to go back and do the same," Karzai said. Afghan and Coalition forces killed 15 Taliban in Kandahar while tracking down escaped prisoners. Coalition forces killed "several" Taliban in Helmand province during a search for a weapons smuggler.
Posted by Bill Roggio on June 15, 2008 4:03 PM | Entry
Canadian soldiers are helping to round up the more than 1,000 prisoners sprung from a prison in Kandahar; 398 Taliban operatives were among those freed. Four US Marines were killed in an IED attack in Farah province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on June 14, 2008 11:22 PM | Entry
The Taliban attacked Sarposa prison in Kandahar, freeing an estimated 400 Taliban prisoners. Coalition forces killed 17 Taliban fighters after an ambush by a 100-man Taliban force in Uruzgan province. Coalition forces killed "several" Taliban fighters and a women in Paktia province; a suicide bomber detonated during the raid. A Romanian soldier was killed in Zabul province. NATO is looking to replace the US Marine unit in southern Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on June 13, 2008 1:49 PM | Entry
The US military released footage of the June 10 clash with the Taliban on the Pakistani border. International donors pledged $20 billion in aid to Afghanistan; the US is contributing $10.2 billion. Two British soldiers were killed and one wounded in an attack in Helmand province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on June 12, 2008 6:36 PM | Entry
A Coalition operation targeted a Taliban compound in Paktika province; 31 Taliban fighters and up to nine civilians were killed during the fighting an airstrike, while another 12 Taliban were detained. Afghan counternarcotics officials found and burned 260 tons of hashish worth $400 million near Spin Boldak in Kandahar province in what is described as the world's largest drug bust.
Posted by Bill Roggio on June 11, 2008 5:20 PM | Entry
Five police were killed in attacks in Ghazni and Ghor provinces. A US helicopter was damaged by Taliban ground fire as the crew dropped off supplies to a base in Nuristan province. ISAF forces fended off four Taliban attacks in Kunar province. Afghan and Coalition forces killed "several" Taliban and detained three in Kapsia province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on June 9, 2008 1:17 PM | Entry
Three British soldiers were killed in a suicide bombing in Helmand province. Afghan officials say the Taliban are coercing and forcing children to become suicide bombers. Taliban kidnappers abducted a Pakistani employee of an Afghan company in Kandahar province. A Canadian soldier died after he fell into an open well west of Kandahar City. Operation Embrace Islam, a US initiative in eastern Afghanistan, refurbished nearly 300 mosques around Paktika province.
Posted by Matt Dupee on June 8, 2008 8:25 AM | Entry
Afghan and NATO forces killed 20 Taliban fighters in Paktika province and nine fighters in Zabul province, will two civilians were wounded in a suicide attack in Zabul. Afghan forces killed more than 12 Taliban during an atack on a base in Uruzgan. The Taliban killed a key adviser to a tribal leader near Kandahar City.
Posted by Bill Roggio on June 6, 2008 7:07 PM | Entry
US Marines killed more than 12 Taliban after being ambushed in Helmand province. A suicide bomber killed a child and an adult in an attack near Spin Boldak in Kandahar province. France will deploy 700 troops to Kapisa province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on June 4, 2008 9:54 PM | Entry
General David McKiernan assumed command of NATO forces in Afghanistan. British troops launched an offensive in Zabul province. Afghan and ISAF forces killed "several" Taliban fighters in operations in Paktia, Helmand, and Uruzgan provinces. One Canadian officer was killed in a battle in Kandahar; two ISAF soldiers were killed in an IED attack in Paktia.
Posted by Bill Roggio on June 3, 2008 9:04 PM | Entry
Afghan officials said 49 Taliban fighters were killed and 35 wounded during a massed Taliban attack on a police checkpoint in the Murghab district in Badghis province; ISAF put the number at 10 killed. Four Canadian soldiers and an interpreter were wounded in two IED attacks in Kandahar.
Posted by Bill Roggio on June 2, 2008 9:49 PM | Entry
Afghanistan's interior ministry said more than 100 Taliban were killed in an operation to retake the Bakwa district in Farah province. Afghan and NATO forces killed 18 Taliban during operations in Kandahar province. Six police were wounded in an IED attack. One woman was killed and five civilians were wounded in an IED attack on an Afghan Army bus in Kabul.
Posted by Bill Roggio on June 1, 2008 12:50 AM | Entry
Operation Rawa Tander, Pashto for Rolling Thunder, a joint Canada and Afghan military mission, disrupted insurgent activity in one of Kandahar province's most dangerous areas, Pashmul. Several dozen insurgents were killed or injured during the week-long operation. A suicide car bomber wounded four ISAF troops and four Afghans near Jalalabad. Canada will move helicopters and unmanned aircraft to Afghanistan to increase surveillance of roads.
Posted by Matt Dupee on May 31, 2008 9:13 AM | Entry
Afghan security forces recaptured the town of Rashidan in Ghazni province after the Taliban took it over briefly. The Taliban are still holding the district governor and eight policemen. US forces killed Taliban leader Maulawi Abdul Malik during an operation in Logar province. One child was killed and two civilians were wounded in an IED attack in the Arghandab district in Kandahar province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on May 30, 2008 6:11 PM | Entry
A suicide bomber targeting a US convoy in Kabul killed three civilians and damaged two US vehicles but caused no serious injuries. A Coalition airstrike in Farah province left at least 30 Taliban dead. A vital causeway that spans the Tarnack River and links Kandahar's Dand district with Kandahar City has opened under tight security. Vehicles used by British forces in Afghanistan are being given extra protection against mines.
Posted by Matt Dupee on May 29, 2008 11:48 AM | Entry
One ISAF soldier died of wounds and four others were wounded by an IED explosion during a routine patrol in eastern Afghanistan. Two Taliban suicide bombers dressed in Army fatigues and traveling in a vehicle attempted to attack a US outpost in Khost but were both shot dead by US and Afghan guards. Two US soldiers suffered injuries during the brief clash. A failed suicide bombing against a police truck in Helmand left one civilian dead and seven others injured.
Posted by Matt Dupee on May 28, 2008 3:55 PM | Entry
A British soldier was killed and two others injured in the Sangin district after their vehicle struck a roadside bomb. Hundreds of university and school students demonstrated in northern Afghanistan in a new protest over a US soldier's shooting of a Koran in Iraq. Italy is willing to move its troops from the relatively quiet area of western Afghanistan to more hostile areas once NATO decides where the troops are most needed.
Posted by Matt Dupee on May 26, 2008 10:05 AM | Entry
At least 12 insurgents were killed during a Coalition raid against their hideout in the Bala Baluk district of Farah province. One Coalition soldier and two Afghan policemen were also killed during the clash. Two bombs exploded in Kandahar minutes apart from each other. The suicide car-bomb damaged a NATO vehicle, injured three foreign soldiers and killed a civilian.
Posted by Matt Dupee on May 25, 2008 6:51 PM | Entry
Five Taliban were killed in a premature detonation of an IED in Khost province. A Taliban suicide bomber killed a child and four soldiers in Helmand province. NATO and Afghan forces launched an operation in Kunar province. A judge ruled the US Marine special operation company involved the the Kandahar firefight in March 2007 "acted appropriately" after being ambushed.
Posted by Bill Roggio on May 23, 2008 11:19 PM | Entry
A Lithuanian soldier and two Afghan civilians were killed when gunfire broke out during a protest over a US soldier's shooting of a Koran in Iraq. Burhanuddin Rabbani, a former Afghan president, said he had established contact with the Taliban several months ago and had received a letter containing "some encouraging messages" from the Taliban. Four NATO soldiers were wounded in an apparent suicide car bombing in eastern Afghanistan. Italy will be “more flexible” on rules of engagement for its troops in Afghanistan.
Posted by Matt Dupee on May 22, 2008 12:13 PM | Entry
NATO and Afghan forces killed 14 Taliban fighters near the Pakistani border in Zabul province. Seven of the fighters were Pakistanis, according to the deputy governor. Two NATO troops were killed in an IED attack in Ghazni province. The US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs said violence is up in Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on May 21, 2008 9:19 AM | Entry
Australian and Dutch forces have launched an offensive in Uruzgan province. NATO is increasing its presence on the Pakistani border. Two NATO soldiers were killed in attacks. Four Afghan soldiers and an interpreter were wounded in an IED attack in Paktika province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on May 19, 2008 9:55 PM | Entry
A suicide bomber killed four Afghanis and wounded eight in an attack on a police chief in Musa Qala in Helmand province. One NATO solider and a civilian were killed an IED attack in Zabul province. Afghan soldiers killed 15 Taliban fighter in Badghis province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on May 18, 2008 7:37 PM | Entry
Ten Taliban were killed during fighting in Farah and Khost provinces; four civilians were killed in Taliban bombings in Paktia and Kandahar provinces. A NATO helicopter carrying the governor of Helmand province was hit by ground fire and forced to land; no one was injured. A bomb exploded outside a police station in Kabul; no one was injured. The US is planning on building a large prison at the Bagram base.
Posted by Bill Roggio on May 17, 2008 8:37 PM | Entry
Afghan and NATO forces killed eight Taliban fighters during clashes in Zabul and Khost; one Afghan soldier was killed in an IED attack in Kandahar. The Taliban sent a 10-year-old boy suicide bomber to attack a Canadian and Afghan patrol in Kandahar; one Afghan soldier was killed. Afghan security forces found a major weapons cache in Helmand province. Germany will send a platoon of soldiers to western Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on May 16, 2008 4:44 PM | Entry
A burqa-clad suicide bomber killed 16 Afghans, including four police, at a bazaar in the western province of Farah. NATO said the peace deals in Pakistan's tribal areas are sparking a rise in attacks in Afghanistan. The US has intercepted night-vision devices destined for Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on May 15, 2008 11:32 AM | Entry
The Afghan government is in negotiations with Hezb-i-Islami leader and al Qaeda ally Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. Police in Kandahar arrested three Taliban and foiled two IED attacks. Two Afghans were killed and seven wounded in eastern Afghanistan on after police fired at demonstrators protesting US raids in Nangahar.
Posted by Bill Roggio on May 10, 2008 10:10 PM | Entry
A NATO soldier was killed in fighting in eastern Paktia province. US Marines killed several insurgents and confiscated arms and ammunition during ongoing operations in Helmand’s Garmser district. Australia is investigating allegations that its soldiers mistreated suspected insurgents in prison in Afghanistan.
Posted by Matt Dupee on May 9, 2008 1:18 PM | Entry
The Taliban’s shadow governor and police chief for Ghor province were killed along with four other Taliban fighters in a shootout with police. A Taliban suicide car bomber detonated near a Coalition convoy in western Kabul killing himself and wounding several civilians nearby. Australian forces in Afghanistan have been accused of mistreating Taliban detainees.
Posted by Matt Dupee on May 8, 2008 1:45 PM | Entry
A civilian helicopter contracted by Coalition forces made an emergency landing in Kunar province after being struck by heavy insurgent fire. The chopper landed safely at a Coalition outpost. Three accidental explosions in the Afghan capital have left nine people dead and more than 20 wounded, including some counternarcotics police.
Posted by Matt Dupee on May 5, 2008 11:18 AM | Entry
Two Afghan officials, one from the the Interior Ministry and the other from the Defense Ministry, have been arrested for having links with an al Qaeda network and for their involvement in the attack against President Karzai late last month. Several insurgents and police officers were killed in a gun battle in Paktika province. Several Taliban were killed and 22 others were arrested during a Coalition operation in Helmand’s Reg district.
Posted by Matt Dupee on May 4, 2008 2:55 PM | Entry
At least 17 Taliban fighters were killed during a joint Coalition-Afghan operation in southern Zabul's Shar-e-Safa district on Friday. One British soldier was killed and three others injured after their vehicle struck a landmine in Helmand's Taliban controlled Now-zad district. The US is considering retaking command of NATO troops in southern Afghanistan in the coming year.
Posted by Matt Dupee on May 3, 2008 9:48 AM | Entry
The US said it may increase forces in Afghanistan by 7,000 troops next year, which would put more than 40,000 troops in country. Afghan and Coalition forces detained three members of the Haqqani Network in Khost province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on May 2, 2008 10:00 PM | Entry
Afghan officials confirmed Sunday's attack against President Karzai was the work of the Haqqani Network. Nine were killed and 10 were wounded in an IED attack in Logar province. Newly planted landmines killed eight Afghans, three of them children, in the restive southern city of Spin Boldak. Canadian forces are actively pursuing talks with the Taliban in Kandahar province for the first time.
Posted by Matt Dupee on May 1, 2008 12:48 PM | Entry
Seven Afghans were killed, including three Taliban, three Afghan intelligence officials, and one child, after security forces surrounded the home of terrorists involved in Sunday's assassination attempt on President Karzai. Coalition forces confirmed the capture of Hajji Abdul Majid Khan, a Taliban financier and IED facilitator in Zabul province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on April 30, 2008 9:45 AM | Entry
Eighteen Afghans, including 11 policemen, were killed in a suicide attack at a meeting on poppy eradication in the Khogyani district of Nangarhar province. The Taliban said this was the start of its new offensive. US Marines began an operation in the Garmsir district in Hamand province; several Taliban fighters were killed and a command center was destroyed. Coalition forces killed "several" Taliban fighters and captured 14 during a clash in Nimroz province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on April 29, 2008 1:02 PM | Entry
US and Afghan forces killed 12 Taliban fighters and wounded 12 more after the Taliban attacked bases in Kunar province’s Korengal Valley. Afghan troops killed two members of an IED cell and captured four cell members in Nangarhar province. Afghan commandos and police killed an unidentified number of Taliban fighters in Laghman province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on April 28, 2008 3:08 PM | Entry
Afghan president Hamid Karzai narrowly escapes assassination after Taliban gunmen attack a military parade he attended in Kabul. Four people, including a parliamentarian from Paktia province, died in the attack. Afghan commandos killed 30 insurgent leaders in eastern Afghanistan since December. Twenty-four Taliban fighters and their leader surrendered in Kandahar province.
An Australian commando was killed and four were wounded in a firefight with the Taliban in Uruzgan province.Posted by Matt Dupee on April 27, 2008 8:19 PM | Entry
Fifteen Taliban were killed in an airstrike in the Charbaran district in eastern Paktika province near the Pakistani border. Four police were killed in two roadside bomb attacks in Farah and Ghazni provinces.
Posted by Bill Roggio on April 26, 2008 10:04 AM | Entry
Afghan and Coalition forces captured five Taliban during raids in Paktia province and an IED facilitator in Khost province. The Indian worker who was kidnapped in Herat province has been freed. The Taliban have disrupted efforts to repair the Kajaki Dam.
Posted by Bill Roggio on April 25, 2008 4:15 PM | Entry
A suicide bomber killed three civilians in Spin Boldak; 10 others were killed in Taliban attacks in Kandahar, Helmand, and Kunar province. US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Pentagon officials are discussing possible changes to the NATO and coalition command structure in Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on April 23, 2008 10:25 PM | Entry
Police killed nine Taliban fighters after they attacked a police checkpoint in Kandahar province. The Taliban burned down two schools and kidnapped two teachers in Logar. An Indian worker was kidnapped by the Taliban near Herat. The British Air Force destroyed a unmanned Reaper aircraft after it crashed in "Taliban territory" in southern Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on April 22, 2008 11:09 PM | Entry
An Afghan child was killed and two others injured during an insurgent rocket attack near an army base in eastern Kunar province. Afghan soldiers killed four Taliban in Kandahar after thwarting an ambush against their convoy in the Panjwai district. Iranian and Afghan border forces clashed in southwestern Nimroz province after the Iranian patrol entered Afghan territory. Two Iranian officers were wounded and an Afghan civilian was killed in the clash.
Posted by Matt Dupee on April 20, 2008 10:39 AM | Entry
Afghan security forces detained over 60 Pakistanis traveling the southern town of Spin Boldak and handed them over to “the relevant department for interrogation.” A vehicle transporting DynCorp police trainers struck a roadside bomb in Spin Boldak but no one was wounded in the attack. A roadside bomb destroyed a vehicle in the restive province of Zabul killing three civilians.
Posted by Matt Dupee on April 19, 2008 11:25 AM | Entry
Twenty-four Afghanis were killed and 30 wounded in a suicide bombing in Nimroz province on April 17. The son of the Netherlands' senior military officer was killed along with another soldier in an IED attack in Uruzgan province. Afghan forces detained a member of an IED cell in Khost province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on April 18, 2008 2:42 PM | Entry
Afghan and Coalition forces killed nine Taliban during fighting in Ghazni province, and captured 12 Taliban fighters during raids in Khost and Nimroz provinces. Two US Marines were killed in a bombing in Kandahar province. Coalition forces captured a Taliban commander during a raid in Zabul province. NATO accidentally dropped weapons and ammunition at the wrong spot during a resupply mission; the material is believed to have been seized by the Taliban.
Posted by Bill Roggio on April 17, 2008 10:51 AM | Entry
Pakistani police killed Mullah Ismail, the Afghan Taliban leader behind the 2005 shootdown of a US Chinook helicopter that killed all 16 troops on board. Ismail was traveling from Afghanistan's Kunar province into Pakistan's Northwest Frontier Province and was shot after he failed to stop at a checkpoint. He was believed to be the most powerful Taliban commander in Kunar and was honored by Osama bin Laden for the helicopter attack.
Posted by Bill Roggio on April 16, 2008 2:09 PM | Entry
Two Afghan police were killed after their vehicle was blown up by a remote-controlled bomb in the southern town of Spin Boldak. Canadian officials have called on President Karzai to remove Assadullah Khalid from the governor's post in Kandahar province. A Coalition operation in Khost province netted five insurgents including Mohammad Ghanam, a Haqqani network commander and suicide-bomb facilitator.
Posted by Matt Dupee on April 15, 2008 2:40 PM | Entry
The Taliban killed 11 policemen after overrunning a station in Kandahar's Arghandab district. Two British soldiers were killed in an IED attack near Kandahar Airfield. Afghan and NATO troops detained a leader in the Haqqani network in Khost province. Six Taliban fighters captured on March 12 have been identified as members of the Haqqani network. The Afghan Army has started construction of a brigade headquarters in Farah province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on April 14, 2008 11:13 AM | Entry
Taliban insurgents ambushed a police patrol in Helmand killing four policemen and injuring seven others. A roadside blast hit a vehicle transporting a tribal elder in Khost province killing the elder's son and two others. Afghan authorities arrested two locals and a third man from Kandahar for their alleged involvement in the suicide bombing that killed two Indian engineers and wounded several others in southwestern Nimroz province. Afghan officials say they have discovered a mass grave containing at least 100 bodies, believed to be victims of a Taliban massacre in the 1990s.
Posted by Matt Dupee on April 13, 2008 9:02 AM | Entry
Afghan and NATO forces killed 24 Taliban fighters and captured eight during operations in Zabul province. A suicide bomber killed three Indian road workers and an Afghan in Nimroz province. Two aid workers have gone missing in Parawan province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on April 12, 2008 9:10 AM | Entry
France may deploy 3,000 troops to Afghanistan, more than two times the number currently in country. The the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit has completed its move to Afghanistan and is serving as the theater rapid reaction force. India will train the Afghan National Army in counterinsurgency operations.
Posted by Bill Roggio on April 11, 2008 8:52 AM | Entry
A Taliban suicide bomber killed eight civilians and wounded nearly 30 others when he detonated near an ISAF convoy in Kandahar province. Three ISAF troops suffered injuries from the blast. At least 10 schools were attacked by unidentified gunmen in different parts of Afghanistan in the past three weeks. The Pentagon will issue advanced hand-held lie detectors this month to US Army soldiers in Afghanistan.
Posted by Matt Dupee on April 10, 2008 11:16 AM | Entry
A clash in Helmand province left one police officer and four Taliban dead. A Coalition airstrike in Zabul killed three Taliban while they traveled on motorcycles. A woman and a child from a nomadic tribe who had pitched their tents nearby were injured in the strike. Iranian security forces shot and killed 13 Afghan refugees on the Afghan side of the two countries' border. Afghan officials strongly protested the killings and filed a diplomatic protest with the Iranian consulate.
Posted by Matt Dupee on April 9, 2008 2:22 PM | Entry
The Taliban killed 17 road workers and wounded 16 in an attack in Zabul province. Five Taliban were captured during separate raids in Uruzgan and Khost provinces. Coalition forces identified two Taliban fighters captured during an operation in Helmand province in March. An ISAF soldier was killed and one wounded during an attack in Ghazni province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on April 8, 2008 5:08 PM | Entry
Afghan Army and police units "inflicted significant insurgent losses" in a battle against Taliban forces during a cordon and search operation in the Kendal and Shok villages in Nuristan Province. Police captured Taliban commander Abdul Jabar in Kandahar while NATO and Afghan forces killed 15 Taliban fighters during clashes throughout Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on April 6, 2008 11:45 PM | Entry
The UN secretary general reaffirmed the organization's commitment to stabilize Afghanistan. A suicide bomber killed three policemen and a civilian in Lashkar Gah in Uruzgan province. The Taliban bombed a school in Farouq in Paktika province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on April 5, 2008 11:50 PM | Entry
Moscow will allow NATO to transport supplies across Russian territory to resupply forces in Afghanistan. The US agreed to send more combat troops in 2009. Three police and a civilian were killed in a suicide attack in Kandahar province; a Canadian solider was killed in an IED attack.
Posted by Bill Roggio on April 4, 2008 10:12 PM | Entry
Taliban leader Jalaluddin Haqqani pledged fealty to Mullah Omar and urged Afghanis to attack NATO forces. Afghan soldiers killed three Taliban in Kandahar while NATO forces captured four Taliban in Helmand. Canada committed to staying in Afghanistan after France pledged a battalion of troops.
Posted by Bill Roggio on April 3, 2008 6:13 PM | Entry
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said it is unlikely that NATO will provide the three additional maneuver brigades requested to fight the Taliban in Afghanistan. Two British and one Danish soldier have been killed in roadside bomb attacks in Helmand province. The Afghan Army's desertion rate has fallen dramatically over the past several years.
Posted by Bill Roggio on March 31, 2008 9:59 PM | Entry
Afghan and NATO forces killed eight Taliban fighters after they attacked a civilian convoy in Zabul province. The bombing at a power station building in Helmand province on Saturday killed two people and wounded eight others. Spain is considering sending more troops to Afghanistan, but they would not be deployed in the South.
Posted by Bill Roggio on March 30, 2008 2:23 PM | Entry
Mullah Beradar, the deputy emir of the Taliban, announced the latest Taliban offensive in a letter on the Internet. Coalition forces detained four Taliban fighters during a raid in Helmand province. Canada and Belgium announced the signing of 19 development contracts in Kandahar province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on March 28, 2008 8:27 PM | Entry
Afghan officials say the Afghan National Army is close to reaching 70,000 combat-ready soldiers. One Danish soldier was killed and another injured during a massive firefight with insurgents in Helmand's Gereshk district. Nearly quarter of a million Afghans are without phone service due to recent attacks against cellular towers. Taliban fighters are also feeling the strain and may cease their attacks on the antennas according to a spokesman.
Posted by Matt Dupee on March 27, 2008 6:13 AM | Entry
The Taliban have threatened to launch a "spring offensive" using new techniques to increase attacks throughout the country. One Afghan policeman was killed and two others wounded when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb in Helmand. Afghan officials say the fate of a kidnapped American aid worker remains a mystery two months after her abduction.
Posted by Karen Coulson on March 26, 2008 7:31 AM | Entry
Two ISAF soldiers were killed when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb in Kandahar. A massive Coalition air and ground blitz in Uruzgan killed 40 Taliban including an unnamed commander. The Taliban assassinated a pro-government cleric in Helmand. Coalition forces killed four Taliban and arrested three others during a raid in Zabul.
Posted by Matt Dupee on March 23, 2008 8:15 AM | Entry
Afghan police arrested three individuals and confiscated 1.5 tons of opium in eastern Nangarhar province. Afghan police and US advisers stormed a Taliban stronghold in Zabul, killing three Taliban and arresting three others. The district governor of the Khanaqa district in northern Jowzjan province was killed in a knife attack this morning. A highway commander for northern Kunduz province was assassinated late Friday night.
Posted by Matt Dupee on March 22, 2008 8:59 AM | Entry
The Taliban released a video showing the suicide bombing of the Sabri district headquarters in Khost province that killed two US soldiers earlier this month. Maulvi Jalaluddin Haqqani, a top Taliban strategist and leader of the Haqqani Network, issued a message in the tape, praising the suicide attack.
Posted by Matt Dupee on March 20, 2008 6:51 PM | Entry
Riots broke out at Pul-i-Charkhi prison, a high-security jail on Kabul’s outskirts, leaving an unknown number of inmates wounded. Another cellular phone antenna was badly damaged in Kandahar province. Six members of a family were killed during a US raid in Khost. Helmand’s new governor supports holding talks with the Taliban.
Posted by Matt Dupee on March 19, 2008 8:07 PM | Entry
Afghan security forces gunned down two insurgents wanted for a recent attack against a mobile phone mast in western Afghanistan, five others were arrested. More than half of the 3,200 US Marines being deployed to southern Afghanistan have landed in Kandahar. Turkey will not send combat troops for the NATO mission in Afghanistan.
Posted by Matt Dupee on March 18, 2008 11:36 AM | Entry
Four NATO soldiers and three Afghan civilians have been killed by a suicide bomber in Helmand’s Gereshk district, according to regional reports. Two of those killed are listed as Danish troops. NATO has confirmed the death of a Canadian soldier who was killed while on foot patrol in Kandahar province.
Posted by Matt Dupee on March 17, 2008 6:39 AM | Entry
Four Taliban were killed in Nangarhar province after attacking a police post; three others were killed in Helmand’s Musa Qala district. Students returned back to school the next day following a Taliban attempt to burn down a newly built school in Kandahar. Wireless providers have conceded to the Taliban, shutting down service at night.
Posted by Matt Dupee on March 16, 2008 8:06 PM | Entry
A secondary school in Kandahar attended by 1,200 students was burned to the ground by suspected Taliban terrorists. Another cellular tower was severely damaged during an insurgent attack, this time in eastern Laghman province. NATO members could offer more than 1,000 new troops for Afghanistan at the alliance's April 2-4 summit in Bucharest.
Posted by Matt Dupee on March 15, 2008 1:20 AM | Entry
Afghan and Coalition forces countered an ambush in Zabul province, killing three insurgents including a local commander, Mullah Mohammad Rhain. The Afghan government's decision to arrest General Rashid Dostum may fuel unrest in the country, especially in the northern provinces. US forces raided a Taliban safe house in Khost and arrested 11 insurgents.
Posted by Matt Dupee on March 14, 2008 6:48 AM | Entry
Afghan officials say 41 Taliban fighters, including their commander Toorjan Eshaqzai, were killed during Coalition gunship strikes in southern Helmand and Nimroz provinces. A suicide car bomber detonated near a convoy carrying US troops close the Kabul airport killing at least six civilians and wounding 18. Coalition forces raided a hideout of Chechen fighters in Zabul province, killing three and wounding six.
Posted by Matt Dupee on March 13, 2008 8:00 AM | Entry
A roadside bomb explosion wounded three Romanian soldiers who were on patrol in Zabul province. A suicide car bomber detonated next to a Canadian armored vehicle in Kandahar City, wounding one Canadian soldier and killing an Afghan civilian. Coalition forces attacked a high-level meeting of Haqqani network commanders. Another cellular phone tower was badly damaged in Herat province.
Posted by Matt Dupee on March 12, 2008 9:35 PM | Entry
The UN says violence in Afghanistan is at its highest point since the US-led invasion in Oct. 2001. Ten Taliban, including local commanders Mullah Sayed Rahim and Khan, have been killed since a security operation was launched last week in Oruzgan province. Insurgents attacked nine cell towers since last month.
Posted by Matt Dupee on March 11, 2008 6:35 AM | Entry
Coalition forces arrested 10 suspected Taliban insurgents during a raid against a known Taliban commander in Uruzgan province. British forces purchased three unmanned Predator B drone aircraft, also known as Reaper, and will deploy them against Taliban insurgents in southern Afghanistan. Harsh winter weather and the soaring price of wheat has created a debilitating food crisis throughout Afghanistan.
Posted by Matt Dupee on March 10, 2008 10:23 AM | Entry
Afghan police thwarted a Taliban ambush against the police station in northwestern Badghis province. Two Taliban were killed and three others wounded. A district intelligence chief for eastern Khost province was shot to death by unknown assassins while traveling to his office in the Mandozai district. More than 10,000 Afghans took to the streets to protest Danish and Dutch cartoons deemed insulting to Islam.
Posted by Matt Dupee on March 9, 2008 12:49 PM | Entry
British troops are being attacked four times a day on average in the southern Afghan province of Helmand, according to official figures. A roadside bomb struck a civilian car in Helmand province Saturday, killing three people, including two children, and wounding another. UN chief Ban Ki-moon plans to appoint Norwegian diplomat Kai Eide as his special representative to Afghanistan.
Posted by Matt Dupee on March 8, 2008 11:29 AM | Entry
The rogue Afghan soldier who shot a US soldier to death last year in the western province of Herat has been sentenced to death. Taliban insurgents damaged a fourth cell-phone tower in Zabul province. Afghan police confiscated more than a half ton of opium in Helmand’s Washir district.
Posted by Matt Dupee on March 7, 2008 3:31 PM | Entry
Seven Taliban fighters were detained in the Garmsir district in Helmand province. The Taliban attacked a communications tower in the Shar-e-Safa district in Zabul province. The US has restarted the use of Uzbekistan as a supply base. NATO may ask Russia to provide logistical support.
Posted by Bill Roggio on March 6, 2008 6:49 PM | Entry
The CENTCOM commander said he did not expect a Taliban spring offensive, but NATO would instead launch one. Afghan and Coalition forces confirmed a Taliban leader was killed in Ghazni province on Feb. 25. "Several" Taliban were killed during an operation in Gershk district in Helmand province. Afghan protesters burned Danish and Dutch flags in protest of the Mohammed cartoons and a soon-to-be released film criticizing Islam.
Posted by Bill Roggio on March 5, 2008 10:01 PM | Entry
Twenty Taliban fighters were killed during a Coalition raid in Sangin, Helmand province. The elderly governor of Helmand province, Assadullah Wafa, has been moved from his post. Afghanistan's intelligence chief has rejected an assessment by the US who said 10 percent of the country is under Taliban control.
Posted by Matt Dupee on March 3, 2008 6:40 AM | Entry
The Taliban destroyed a second cell tower in Kandahar province, and possibly a third in Uruzgan province. A Canadian solider was killed in an IED attack in Kandahar. Afghan and Coalition forces detained six Taliban in a raid in Zabul province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on March 2, 2008 7:02 PM | Entry
The Taliban destroyed a cellular tower along the main highway in the Zhari district of Kandahar province one day after the the warning to shut the communications down at night expired. The Talban raided towns in the Arghandab district in Zabul province and conducted kidnappings, beatings, vandalism, and theft.
Posted by Bill Roggio on February 29, 2008 12:53 PM | Entry
Afghan commandos captured 17 Taliban during operations near the Tirzaye and Sabari districts in Khost province. Five police and one child were killed in an IED attack in Khost. Two Polish soldiers were killed in an IED attack in Paktika province. The US may make up for any troop deficiencies in the South; France may deploy combat troops in the East; Norway will send additional trainers.
Posted by Bill Roggio on February 26, 2008 11:00 AM | Entry
Afghan National Security Forces cleared Taliban forces from the towns of Karez deh Baba and Kajaki in Helmand province. A Taliban spokesman threatened to blow up cellular towers across Afghanistan if the signals are not turned off at night. The Taliban believes the US is using the signals to track its fighters.
Posted by Bill Roggio on February 25, 2008 11:26 AM | Entry
"A number of insurgents were killed" during two operations targeting a Taliban leader in the Kajaki district of Helmand province.The governor of Kandahar escaped an assassination attempt; three police were killed in the blast. The deputy commander of Canada's battle group recommended an additional brigade be deployed to Kandahar. "If countries like Germany and France were not so afraid of committing forces, this problem would be solved readily," said Major Richard Moffet.
Posted by Bill Roggio on February 24, 2008 4:13 PM | Entry
British forces killed Taliban commander Mullah Abdul Matin and his associate in northern Helmand province. Afghan police arrested 10 members of bombing cell behind the recent major attacks in Kandahar. A suicide bomber killed two civilians in an attack on a NATO convoy in the Mandozai district of Khost province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on February 22, 2008 5:37 PM | Entry
General Dostum has been suspended as chief of staff to the military's commander-in-chief. Afghan soldiers detained 11 Taliban fighters and seized 1,000 pounds of heroin in Helmand province. Afghan and Coaliton forces detained 11 Taliban fighters in Zabul province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on February 20, 2008 5:57 PM | Entry
A car bomb targeting a police patrol in Kandahar City killed two civilians and wounded three. Afghan and Coalition forces detained seven Taliban fighters in the Qalat district in Zabul province. Australia will send additional military trainers.
Posted by Bill Roggio on February 19, 2008 1:15 PM | Entry
A Taliban suicide bomber killed 37 civilians and wounded more than 30 in an attack on a Canadian convoy in Spin Boldak in Kandahar province. Four Canadian soldiers were wounded. The death toll in the Feb. 17 suicide attack in the Arghandab district in Kandahar has risen to more than 100, including 35 auxiliary policemen, making it the largest suicide attack since 2002.
Posted by Bill Roggio on February 18, 2008 3:13 PM | Entry
A suicide bomber killed 80 Afghanis and wounded 70 in an attack on a large gathering of people attending an outdoor dog fighting competition in Kandahar. Abdul Hakim Jan, the leader of a local anti-Taliban auxiliary police force in the strategic Arghandab district, was killed in the bombing. The attack is the largest in the country since the war began.
Posted by Bill Roggio on February 17, 2008 9:00 AM | Entry
The Taliban killed four Afghan police in an ambush in Nimroz province. A former Taliban commander was detained for possession of 18 boxes of ammunition in Maidan Wardak province. Germany may increase the number of troops after the October 2008 mandate expires. The brutal winter has claimed 926 Afghanis' lives so far.
Posted by Bill Roggio on February 15, 2008 2:23 PM | Entry
The Taliban killed one Italian soldier and wounded another during an attack in the Sarobi district of Kabul province. Three Afghan soldiers were killed and three were wounded in an IED attack near Musa Qala in Helmand province. Coalition forces killed one Taliban and captured three in a raid in Uruzgan province. Australia is unable to provide more troops to serve in Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on February 13, 2008 3:19 PM | Entry
The Taliban kidnapped about 20 Arabs and Afghans in Farah province; six are still captive. Afghan soldiers captured a key Taliban IED facilitator in Khost province. British and Afghan forces seized one ton of opium and 20 kilograms of white heroin in Helmand province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on February 12, 2008 11:31 PM | Entry
Taliban leader Mullah Omar called on the citizens of NATO countries to pressure their governments to withdraw from Afghanistan. The governor of Kandahar dodged an assassination attempt as an IED exploded near his convoy. Norway closed its embassy after receiving threats.
Posted by Bill Roggio on February 11, 2008 4:23 PM | Entry
A senior US official said Mullah Omar and the Taliban leadership are hiding in Pakistan. "They run the shura council, they run the strategic command and control out of the city of Quetta," the official said. US forces detained three members an IED cell near the Pakistan border in the Bermel District of Paktika province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on February 9, 2008 9:12 PM | Entry
Two civilians and one Afghan soldier were killed by a suicide bomber in the eastern province of Ghazni. According to the UN, Afghan opium production in 2008 might decline slightly from 2007's record levels, but the output continues to rise steeply in the southern provinces, which account for 69 percent of the country's total crop. The report went on to say the Taliban could stand to reap nearly $100 million from this year’s poppy harvest.
Posted by Matt Dupee on February 8, 2008 7:57 AM | Entry
France may deploy 700 combat troops in southern Afghanistan. A suicide car bomb wounded three NATO soliders after detonating near a convoy in Khost province. US forces captured Shah Noor, a Taliban leader in southern Afghanistan behind attacks on Highway 1.
Posted by Bill Roggio on February 7, 2008 11:37 PM | Entry
US forces say they have arrested a Taliban commander named Shah Noor, also known as Agha Khan, in southern Zabul province last month. One Coalition soldier was killed in Helmand province and seven Taliban were killed in an airstrike after they laid a landmine in the Panjwai district. Taliban militants in southern Afghanistan are launching fewer direct attacks on Canadian troops because they suffer heavy casualties from such operations.
Posted by Matt Dupee on February 6, 2008 6:58 AM | Entry
A Taliban spokesman confirmed the South Korean government paid a hefty ransom for the release of 21 South Korean hostages seized by the Taliban last October. Two roadside bombs killed seven people in southern Afghanistan, five of them civilians from the same family. Afghan officials confirmed two Taliban commanders were killed in the Farah province raid on Sunday.
Posted by Matt Dupee on February 5, 2008 12:20 PM | Entry
Afghan police ended their week-long cordon of warlord General Rashid Dostum’s home in Kabul. ISAF airstrikes killed nine Taliban fighters in the Bakwa district of Farah province. Police killed nine Taliban during a clash in the Deh Rawood district of Uruzgan province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on February 4, 2008 2:40 PM | Entry
Corrupt Afghan cops, judges, and jailers are sabotaging the war effort in Afghanistan. Canadian Major General Marc Lessard will lead 12,000 NATO soldiers that are part of the Regional Command South, which covers six Afghan provinces. The Norwegian government is unable to meet the US request for increasing its military participation in Afghanistan.
Posted by Matt Dupee on February 3, 2008 7:22 AM | Entry
Mullah Mohammad Salaam, the governor of Musa Qala, criticized Mullah Omar and the Taliban for perverting the Koran. Afghan and ISAF forces killed "several" members of a Taliban weapons facilitation network in Uruzgan province. Belgium will deploy four F-16 fighters and 140 additional soldiers.The governor of Kandahar denied allegations he tortured prisoners.
Posted by Bill Roggio on February 2, 2008 2:47 PM | Entry
A suicide bomber killed Helmand's deputy governor and five others, and wounded 18 during an attack on a mosque in the province. Another suicide bomber killed one and wounded four during an attack against a bus transporting Army personnel in Kabul. "The greatest threat to Afghanistan's future is abandonment by the international community," said Richard Boucher, the US State Department's pointman for Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on January 31, 2008 5:01 PM | Entry
NATO requested Germany send combat troops to Afghanistan. The Taliban beheaded four Afghan roadworkers captured last week; three others were killed in IED attacks. Eight Taliban fighters were killed and three policemen were wounded during a clash in Uruzgan province. A Taliban spokesman denied his forces were behind the kidnapping of an American aid worker.
Posted by Bill Roggio on January 30, 2008 4:46 PM | Entry
Nearly 500 women gathered in Kandahar to protest the abduction of the American aid worker and her translator. Afghan officials remain clueless about the missing pair’s whereabouts. Afghan Taliban leaders are publicly distancing themselves from Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud, but denied he has been relieved of his command.
Posted by Matt Dupee on January 29, 2008 11:01 AM | Entry
A 49-year-old American woman and her translator were abducted by gunpoint in Kandahar city. Afghan officials claimed they have evidence Iran is supplying weapons to the insurgents after a recent arms cache was discovered and confiscated in western Afghanistan. British PM Gordon Brown denied British involvement in Helmand had allowed the Taliban to return.
Posted by Matt Dupee on January 26, 2008 10:28 PM | Entry
One US soldier was killed and three others were wounded during a Coalition operation against insurgents in eastern Kunar province. The targeted Taliban cell was wiped out by ensuing air strikes. Four Afghan security officers were killed in Khost after their vehicle struck a roadside bomb. Afghan officials confiscated 130 landmines in western Afghanistan imported from Iran.
Posted by Matt Dupee on January 25, 2008 11:46 AM | Entry
ISAF said "several" Taliban fighters were killed during an airstrike in Ghazni province, and nine Taliban were captured during a ground operation. A local doctor claimed nine Afghan policemen and two civilians were killed in the airstrike. One Canadian soldier was killed and two wounded in an IED attack in Kandahar.
Posted by Bill Roggio on January 24, 2008 6:01 PM | Entry
Afghan National Security Forces killed one Taliban fighter and captured nine during operations in Helmand province. The Taliban killed two truck drivers, wounded two, and torched 13 trucks belonging to a road construction company in the Girshk district in Helmand. President Karzai said the Afghan war threatens to spread throughout the region.
Posted by Bill Roggio on January 23, 2008 7:00 PM | Entry
Seven Taliban fighters and one British soldier were killed in fighting near Musa Qala in Helmand province. A Coalition CH-47 Chinook helicopter made an emergency landing in Sorobi district in Kabul Province. The Canadian Army will put Afghan police through the second phase of an "intensive training" program.
Posted by Bill Roggio on January 21, 2008 6:22 PM | Entry
US and Afghan forces killed 20 Taliban and wounded 10 as the fighters cross the border from Pakistan to attack US and Afghan forces in Kunar province. Taliban attacks in Helmand, Kandahar, and Zabul provinces claimed 12 lives. The Taliban assassinated the provincial head of Afghanistan's National Reconciliation Commission in Zabul.
Posted by Bill Roggio on January 20, 2008 11:40 PM | Entry
General David McKiernan has been named the new commander of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force. The US will deploy 500 MRAPs to Afghanistan. A Taliban leader and four fighters were captured in Zabul province. The Taliban claimed it shot down an unmanned aerial vehicle in central Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on January 19, 2008 11:34 AM | Entry
US Secretary of Defense Gates is trying to defuse tensions over comments that NATO forces are not prepared for counterinsurgency operations. The US ambassador met the former Taliban commander who is now the governor in Musa Qala. Afghan forces will lead more operations in eastern Afghanistan this year. Police built new checkpoints in Badghis province. A former US congressman has been charged with lobbying for the Islamic American Relief Agency, which funneled funds to Gulbuddin Hekmatyar.
Posted by Bill Roggio on January 17, 2008 12:12 PM | Entry
The Taliban took credit for a coordinated bombing and small-arms assault that killed six security guards and a Norwegian journalist at the five-star Serena Hotel in Kabul. Four Canadian soldiers were wounded in an IED attack in Kandahar province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on January 14, 2008 1:03 PM | Entry
The Taliban killed 10 police in a small-arms attack in Kandahar province. There was a suicide attack in Helmand province. Two Dutch soldiers and two Afghan soldiers were killed in friendly fire incidents in Uruzgan province. Afghan police and soldiers detained three Taliban fighters in Nangarhar Province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on January 13, 2008 9:46 PM | Entry
NATO targeted a Taliban commander responsible for attacks in Kapisa, Parwan, and Kabul Provinces. The commander was believed to be meeting with other Taliban leaders in Kapisa province. Afghan police found a Taliban weapons cache hidden in a school after destroying Taliban fighting positions in Uruzgan province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on January 12, 2008 6:46 PM | Entry
The Pentagon is considering a plan to send 3,000 Marines to Afghanistan for a one-time, seven-month deployment to help blunt an expected Taliban spring offensive. "The commanders need more forces there," said a Pentagon spokesman. "Our allies are not in the position to provide them."
Posted by Bill Roggio on January 9, 2008 11:25 PM | Entry
A former Taliban commander was named governor of Musa Qala. Taliban commander Mullah Naqaibullah told the BBC he bribed Afghan authorities to get out of jail. Two police and two civilians were killed in an IED attack in the Nadi Ali district in Helmand province. A suicide bomber wounded five policemen in Spin Boldak in Kandahar province. Two ISAF soldiers were killed in an IED attack in Kot, while two Canadian soldiers were killed when their armored vehicle rolled over in Kandahar.
Posted by Bill Roggio on January 8, 2008 1:25 PM | Entry
The Afghanistan Islamic Council warned President Karzai not to allow foreign aid groups to conduct missionaries. Afghan and ISAF forces arrested "several" Taliban fighters in Kandahar. A Taliban commander was captured in Ghazni province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on January 5, 2008 10:45 PM | Entry
Seven Afghan police and an Indian engineer were killed after a Taliban suicide-bomber detonated near their convoy in Nimroz province; 11 policeman and an Indian road worker were wounded. The Afghan Defense Ministry said over 200 Taliban and 17 of their commanders were killed during the December operation to retake Helmand’s Musa Qala district. Kandahar Police arrested six Taliban fighters in the Panjwai district. M777A2 lightweight 155mm howitzers have been deployed to several US bases.
Posted by Bill Roggio on January 3, 2008 7:10 PM | Entry
Five Taliban fighters were killed while trying to build a suicide car bomb in Kandahar province. Two Taliban bomb emplacers were killed when their IED detonated in Ghazni province. Ten Taliban fighters were killed while attacking a police station in Helmand province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on January 2, 2008 6:06 PM | Entry
The Taliban killed 27 Afghan police and soldiers in attacks in southern and eastern Afghanistan. Sixteen police were killed in an attack on a police outpost in Kandahar; one was killed were in a bombing in Paktia, four were killed in a bombing in Uruzgan, and two were killed in Musa Qala in Helmand.
Posted by Bill Roggio on December 31, 2007 5:19 PM | Entry
Mullah Omar relieved Mullah Mansoor Dadullah of his command; Dadullah rejected the claim, but a Taliban spokesman stated Omar will release an audio to confirm. Coalition forces captured nine Taliban and killed "several" in Zabul province. Ten Afghans were killed in Taliab ambushes in Helmand and Wardak province. A Canadian soldier was killed in an IED attack in Kandahar province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on December 30, 2007 12:35 PM | Entry
UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown will face pressure from Parliament to explain why MI6 conducted negotiations with the Taliban. Afghan security forces said over 150 Taliban were killed during several days of fighting in the Charchini district of Uruzgan province. The fighting is still ongoing. Afghan and Coalition forces detained three Taliban fighters during a raid in Nangarhar Province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on December 26, 2007 10:51 PM | Entry
Afghan officials have officially declared the Taliban responsible for the November 6 suicide bombing in Baghlan province that killed over 59 school children and six visiting Parliamentarians. Four Taliban operatives were arrested in connection with the attack. Two British nationals have been ordered to leave the country after officials accused them of aiding the Taliban with money and guns. President Karzai is set to visit Pakistan tomorrow to discuss the ongoing cooperation against the Taliban and al Qaeda as well as security issues along the border.
Posted by Bill Roggio on December 25, 2007 12:14 PM | Entry
The Taliban executed seven captives, most of them security personnel and truck drivers, after the group made an attempt to escape from their "jail" in Ghazni province. The Afghan Defense Ministry said 10 Taliban were killed and four Afghan soldiers were injured following a weekend skirmish in Kandahar. Three Canadian soldiers suffered injuries after their vehicle struck an IED in Kandahar’s Arghandab district. Spain announced it will continue its ISAF commitment with over 700 soldiers stationed throughout the west and northwest without setting a time-line.
Posted by Bill Roggio on December 23, 2007 2:37 PM | Entry
US Secretary of Defense Gates said there would be no troop surge for Afghanistan. Additional mine resistant armored vehicles, known as MRAPs, are bound for Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on December 22, 2007 12:03 PM | Entry
The CENTCOM commander arrived in Kabul to discuss the Afghan strategy. President Karzai will visit Pakistan in late December. Afghan and ISAF forces killed "several" Taliban fighters during a two-day engagement in Uruzgan province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on December 19, 2007 10:22 PM | Entry
Mullah Omar mocked the Afghan takeover of Musa Qala. The Taliban killed 15 security guards in an ambush in Farah province. The German kidnapped in Herat is wanted for fraud. An ISAF airstrike killed several Taliban in the Kajaki district of Helmand province. Afghan forces killed an IED cell as it planted a bomb in Kandahar province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on December 18, 2007 5:38 PM | Entry
Coalition forces killed two senior Taliban commanders in Helmand province. Forty-one Taliban were killed in a raid in Zhari in Kandahar province. Twenty Taliban were killed during an operation in the Jalai district of Kandahar. A car bomb detonated outside the Kabul police headquarters; five civilians were killed and several police officers were wounded.
Posted by Bill Roggio on December 17, 2007 7:45 PM | Entry
Afghan troops killed four Taliban fighters in a clash near the town of Musa Qala in Helmand province; the Taliban has fired rockets into the town. Afghan soldiers uncovered a Taliban safe house near Musa Qala that contained IED-making materials, suicide vests, and uniforms of senior insurgent leadership. Two prepared insurgent sniper positions were also discovered.
Posted by Bill Roggio on December 16, 2007 12:12 PM | Entry
A car packed with rockets exploded near the residence of the governor of Kabul, killing five people and injuring five more. Canadian engineers are planning to build a new forward operating base in Arghandab, a strategically vital district north of Kandahar City.
Posted by Bill Roggio on December 15, 2007 5:13 PM | Entry
An unexplained explosion took place in close proximity to the Indian Consulate in eastern Jalalabad. ANA and Coalition forces discovered a Taliban safe house in Musa Qala. IED components, opium, and suicide-bomb vest were confiscated. A huge Taliban weapons cache was discovered by Coalition forces in Zabul province. Mullah Sangeen, a deputy of Taliban Emir Siraq Haqqani, was killed by Coalition forces in eastern Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on December 14, 2007 5:59 PM | Entry
The Afghan Ministry of Defense said hundreds of Taliban were killed, wounded, or detained in the battle for Musa Qala. Two ISAF soldiers were killed and three wounded in an IED attack in eastern Afghanistan. Thirteen prisoners at Guantanamo Bay were transferred to Afghan custody.
Posted by Bill Roggio on December 13, 2007 5:13 PM | Entry
More than 50 Taliban have been killed moving from Musa Qala and attempting to overrun the district center of Sangin in Helmand province. Several hundred Taliban were involved in the attack in Sangin, but were beaten back by Afghan and NATO forces. UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown said he would not negotiate with the Taliban.
Posted by Bill Roggio on December 12, 2007 10:29 PM | Entry
Taliban fighters ambushed a convoy supplying goods to a NATO base in Kandahar; five Afghan police and eight Taliban died during the three-hour-long clash. Dutch and Australian forces continue to pound Taliban positions outside of Camp Holland in central Uruzgan province. A Taliban suicide car bomber struck a Canadian column in Kandahar province leaving two civilians seriously injured. The Afghan government announced the two senior Taliban commanders arrested in Musa Qala this weekend is a case of mistaken identity.
Posted by Bill Roggio on December 11, 2007 6:15 PM | Entry
Afghan and ISAF forces retook Musa Qala after the Taliban abandoned the town; fighting is ongoing at the outskirts. An airstrike killed a Taliban weapons facilitator in Musa Qala. The Taliban hanged a 12-year-old boy for "spying" in Sangin in Helmand province. Canadian and Afghan forces killed 31 Taliban and captured eight in Kandahar's Panjwai district. Four were killed in an Afghan Army helicopter crash.
Posted by Bill Roggio on December 10, 2007 10:41 AM | Entry
Two local Taliban commanders have been captured during the assault on Musa Qala in Helmand province. The governor of Helmand offered amnesty for Taliban who surrendered. Canadian troops raided two bomb factories in Panjwai in Kandahar province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on December 9, 2007 8:21 PM | Entry
Twelve Taliban, including a commander, have been killed in the opening round of fighting at Musa Qala. Afghan and NATO forces defeated Taliban ambushes in Farah and Helmand provinces.
Posted by Bill Roggio on December 8, 2007 3:51 PM | Entry
British, US, Estonian, and Danish troops have been inserted by helicopters on the outskirts of Musa Qala City. A large ANA unit is in a blocking position as the three-pronged assault on Musa Qala has begun. Coalition forces thwarted an ambush in Farah province leaving 17 Taliban dead including a local commander. Three Taliban died after a roadside bomb they were planting prematurely exploded.
Posted by Bill Roggio on December 7, 2007 5:12 PM | Entry
Helmand Governor Asadullah Wafa declares the Coalition's assault on Musa Qala has begun. ISAF drops leaflets over the city urging the remaining residents to flee the city center. ISAF forces are reportedly within two miles of Musa Qala City. A British recon soldier was killed and two others were wounded after their patrol engaged an IED near Musa Qala.
Posted by Bill Roggio on December 6, 2007 4:56 PM | Entry
A suicide bomber killed 12 and wounded dozens in an attack in Kabul. ISAF confirmed it killed Taliban senior commander Mullah Ikhalas in a strike in the Musa Qala district of Helmand province. ISAF forces killed "several" Taliban fighters during operations against foreign fighter and weapons facilitation networks in Helmand. The US and Afghan governments pledged to expand the Afghan Army and provide more equipment.
Posted by Bill Roggio on December 5, 2007 1:19 PM | Entry
Twenty-two civilians were wounded after a suicide bomber targeted an ISAF column in Kabul. Coalition forces captured four Taliban in a raid in Uruzgan province. The Afghan Army is conducting clearing operations in the western regions of Paktika province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on December 4, 2007 5:20 PM | Entry
A Coalition airstrike killed Mullah Sainy, the Taliban commander who kidnapped an Italian journalist last March; four other Taliban died in the raid. Coalition spokesmen said Sirajuddin Haqqani is misusing his father's legacy. A suicide bomber killed four near a construction site. While a vast majority of Afghans support the Coalition and ISAF efforts, support for the Taliban has grown in Helmand and Kandahar provinces.
Posted by Bill Roggio on December 3, 2007 6:22 PM | Entry
ISAF and Afghan security forces killed over 40 Taliban fighters and captured 14 during operations in Kandahar province. Afghan forces conducted operations in Chenartu in Kandahar. The Afghan Army is expected to reach full strength by March 2008. Three Taliban were killed while planting an IED in Paktia.
Posted by Bill Roggio on December 2, 2007 11:38 PM | Entry
Osama bin Laden urged NATO forces to leave Afghanistan. ISAF states it targeted and killed a Taliban commander, not construction workers during a strike in Nuristan. Four civilians were killed and eight wounded during bombings in Kandahar province. Two Danish soldiers were killed during combat operations in the Girshk district in Helmand province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on November 29, 2007 5:14 PM | Entry
The governor of Nuristan province said NATO airstrikes killed 12 civilian road workers. The Taliban beheaded a man in the Jaghato district in Maidan Wardak province. Afghan National Security Forces destroyed a weapons cache in the Sherzad District in Nangahar Province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on November 28, 2007 2:46 PM | Entry
A suicide bomb in a market in central Kabul killed two civilians and wounded four; Gulbuddin Hekmatyar claimed responsibility for the attack. A British friendly fire incident in late September killed two Danish soldiers in Helmand province. Afghan commandos captured seven Taliban during an operation in Zormat district in Paktia province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on November 27, 2007 11:15 AM | Entry
Almost half the members of the parliament walked out over the investigation of the Baghlan suicide bombing and resulting actions by security guards. Four soldiers were killed in an IED attack and four civilians were killed in a suicide attack in Paktia province. Eleven Taliban, including two commanders, and one policemen were killed in fighting in Ghazni province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on November 26, 2007 1:24 PM | Entry
Coalition airstrikes killed 76 Taliban fighters as they massed near the Pakistani border in the Patan and Chauni regions in Paktia province; Afghan forces captured an additional 12. Afghan and ISAF forces recaptured the Gulistan district in Farah province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on November 25, 2007 2:23 PM | Entry
A Taliban suicide bomber killed nine, including six children and an Italian soldier, and wounded 12 during an attack in Kabul province. Afghan Army commandos killed six Taliban fighters and captured six during an operation in the Tagab Valley of Kapisa Province. Coalition forces captured five Taliban during an operation targeting weapons smugglers in Zabul Province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on November 24, 2007 7:09 PM | Entry
The Taliban recaptured the Gulistan district in Farah province. The Taliban beheaded seven police officers after overrunning their checkpoints in Kandahar's Arghandab district; six other police are missing. One Australian solider and three civilians were killed during fighting in Tarin Kowt in Uruzgan province. ISAF forces killed several extremists and captured two while targeting a foreign fighter facilitation cell in the Nawa district of Ghazni province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on November 23, 2007 10:46 AM | Entry
President Karzai said contact from Taliban leaders has increased over the past year.
NATO's logistics have not been affected by Pakistan's state of emergency. The Senlis Council calls for the doubling of NATO troops, the removal of caveats, and NATO operations in Pakistan's NWFP.Posted by Bill Roggio on November 22, 2007 8:40 PM | Entry
NATO and Afghan forces killed over 50 Taliban in fighting in the Charchino and Dihrawud districts in Uruzgan province. The Senlis Council warned that the security situation has reached "crisis proportions" and the Taliban's resurgence across the state has been "proven beyond doubt."
Posted by Bill Roggio on November 21, 2007 10:23 AM | Entry
US and Afghan troops killed 14 Taliban fighters after a company-sized formation attacked in Uruzgan. Afghan police detained a suicide bomber in Kabul. The Global Islamic Media Front demanded Germany and Austria withdraw their troops from Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on November 20, 2007 3:38 PM | Entry
Canadian troops stormed the town of Sangisar in Kandahar province, the birthplace of the Taliban; up to 40 Taliban were killed. A suicide bomber detonated outside the governor's house in the town Zaranj, in Nimroz province; six police were killed and 14 wounded. Security guards may have killed many of the children after firing on a crowd after the suicide attack in Baghlan. NATO support for the Afghan mission is waning.
Posted by Bill Roggio on November 19, 2007 8:43 AM | Entry
An Afghan police commander said over 100 Taliban have been killed during fighting in Kandahar's Zari district since Saturday. The Taliban murdered five policemen captured several months ago and hung them from trees in Uruzgan. A suicide bomber killed only himself in an attempted attack on US forces in Nangahar province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on November 18, 2007 10:27 AM | Entry
US forces killed 23 Taliban fighters and captured 11 while disrupting a weapons transfer in the Garmsir district in Helmand province. Ten Taliban fighters were killed in the Zari district of Kandahar. Up to nine police may have been killed in a Taliban attack in the western province of Ghor. The Afghan denfense minister said the US will speed up the transfer of weapons for the army.
Posted by Bill Roggio on November 17, 2007 10:58 AM | Entry
Afghan police and US troops killed 20 Taliban fighters in the Deh Rawud district of Uruzgan province and another five were killed in the Nayesh district. Five police were killed in a suicide attack in the Zari district of Kandahar. ISAF forces and Afghan police capatured two foreign fighter facilitators in the Deh Chopan district of Zabul province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on November 16, 2007 1:36 PM | Entry
British soldiers have pushed to the outskirts of the Taliban controlled district of Musa Qala in Helmand province. "Several" Taliban fighters and facilitators were killed in Helmand's Garmsir district. Afghan and ISAF forces captured one foreign fighter facilitator during an operation in the Qalat district of Zabul province. The Taliban murdered a boy for teaching English in Paktia province. A US F-15 fighter jet squadron is back in operation in Afghanistan after being grounded.
Posted by Bill Roggio on November 15, 2007 12:12 PM | Entry
Afghan troops retook Farah's Gulistan district. Fifteen Taliban and three civilians were killed in fighting in Helmand's Garmsir district. Two ISAF soldiers were killed and one wounded in an IED attack in eastern Afghanistan. A suicide bomber wounded five civilians in Kandahar. Five foreign fighter facilitators were captured during an operation in Ghazni province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on November 12, 2007 6:28 PM | Entry
Six ISAF and three Afghan soldiers were killed in a Taliban ambush in eastern Afghanistan; eight ISAF troops and 11 Afghan soldiers were wounded during the fighting. "Several" Taliban were killed during fighting near the Nahr Surkh District of Helmand province. The ISAF and the Afghan military denied the Taliban controlled the Tarin Kowt-Kandahar road.
Posted by Bill Roggio on November 10, 2007 5:50 AM | Entry
Fifty-nine schoolchildren were killed in the Baghlan suicide attack on November 6. Ball bearings were used in the Baghlan attack; police detained two suspects. The Taliban killed the Shah Joy district chief and nine police officers in Zabul province. Seven members of an IED cell were captured in Uruzgan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on November 9, 2007 10:21 AM | Entry
Both the Taliban and Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's Hizb-e-Islami denied conducting the suicide attack in the northern province of Baghlan. Some in Afghanistan believe the attack was a political assassination. US Navy and French warplanes have replaced the F-15s grounded in Afghanistan due to an unknown structural problem.
Posted by Bill Roggio on November 7, 2007 9:18 PM | Entry
The Taliban seized the Khak-e Sefid district in the western province of Farah; this is the third district in Farah to fall in the past week. Afghan and NATO forces captured six Taliban fighters and killed two during a raid in Ghazni province. South Korea will withdraw its 210 troops in the north by the end of the year.
Posted by Bill Roggio on November 5, 2007 9:06 AM | Entry
At least 60 Taliban were killed during fighting in Uruzgan province; two NATO soldiers were also killed. The US positively identified a Taliban leader captured in September as Rahmatulla, the the former Taliban commander of Andar district in Ghazni province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on November 4, 2007 1:17 PM | Entry
Taliban commander Mullah Mansour Dadullah issued a tape admitting links to al Qaeda in Iraq and denied links with Iran. Afghan troops recaptured Arghandab district north of Kandahar City from the Taliban. Over 50 Taliban were killed in fighting in Herat. Afghan forces killed "several" Taliban fighters as they set up mortar positions in Uruzgan province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on November 1, 2007 12:47 PM | Entry
The Taliban overran the Gulistan district center in Farah province; thirty Taliban, four police and six civilians were killed in the fighting. Afghan intelligence captured three Pakistani Taliban trainers traveling from Uruzgan to Kandahar. Six Taliban were captured in Kandahar City. An Afghan intelligence chief and three officers were killed in an IED attack in the Qarghai district of Laghman province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on October 30, 2007 11:55 PM | Entry
A key pro-Taliban tribal leader in Musa Qala in Helmand province may side with the government. Over fifty Taliban were killed or wounded during fighting in Uruzgan province. Several Taliban were killed and five captured during a raid in Kunar province. A policeman and two civilians were killed in a suicide bombing in Lashkar Gah in Uruzgan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on October 29, 2007 10:31 PM | Entry
Afghan and NATO forces killed over 80 Taliban fighters during fighting in the Musa Qala Wadi region of Helmand province. Several Taliban fighters were also killed in the Shah Wali Kowt District of Kandahar province. A suicide bomber killed five Afghans soldiers and one civilian in an attack at the gate of the Bermel military base in Paktika province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on October 28, 2007 9:52 AM | Entry
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said, "I am not satisfied that an alliance, whose members have over 2 million soldiers, sailors, marines, and airmen, cannot find the modest additional resources that have been committed for Afghanistan." Thirteen Taliban and 5 police were killed in fighting throughout Afghanistan. ISAF forces have launched an operation to dislodge the Taliban from Tarin Kowt in Uruzgan province. An Australian SAS commando was killed during fighting in Uruzgan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on October 25, 2007 4:09 PM | Entry
Twelve Taliban were killed in Wardak province and five were captured in Kandahar province. One US soldier was killed and two wounded during a clash in Kunar province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on October 23, 2007 5:08 PM | Entry
Afghan and NATO forces killed over three dozen Taliban during fighting in the Musa Qala Wadi region of Helmand province. US forces killed 20 Taliban during a battle in the Korengal Valley in Kunar province on the border with Pakistan; three civilians were killed and eight wounded during the battle. Britain may send more troops to Afghanistan amidst fears of a Candian and Dutch withdrawal.
Posted by Bill Roggio on October 21, 2007 10:54 PM | Entry
NATO and Afghan forces killed over 12 Taliban during a firefight in the Musa Qala Wadi region of Helmand Province. Afgan police killed four Taliban in Logar province. The US will deploy a National Guard brigade to conduct the Afghan security forces training mission.
Posted by Bill Roggio on October 20, 2007 10:14 PM | Entry
Afghan forces have focused on the taking out the Haqqani network in eastern Afghanistan, which is led by Siraj Haqqani, the son of Taliban leader Jalaluddin. Four Taliban were captured in the Shajoy district of Zabul. The number of international trainers for the Afghan army and police is set to quadruple.
Posted by Bill Roggio on October 19, 2007 12:25 PM | Entry
The top NATO general in Afghanistan said the Iranian military was involved in a shipment of sophisticated explosive devices captured last month. Nine NATO troops were wounded in an ambush in Kandahar. Slovakia will double its forces in country. The Afghan government shut down two more private security companies.
Posted by Bill Roggio on October 18, 2007 10:24 PM | Entry
A suicide bomber killed his family as his mother attempted to stop him from carrying out his attack. A Danish soldier was killed in a Taliban attack in Helmand province. US forces captured five Taliban in Paktika province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on October 16, 2007 10:32 AM | Entry
Taliban leader Mullah Omar published a speech on a jihadi website. "Neighbors should help Afghans drive Western forces from Afghanistan as they had done during Soviet Union’s invasion,” Omar said. He also said the Taliban should do everything possible to minimize civilian casualties. A Taliabn suicide bomber killed one policeman and six civilians in Spin Boldak on the Pakistani border.
Posted by Bill Roggio on October 13, 2007 11:27 AM | Entry
Four police were killed and seven wounded in a bombing in Girshk in Helmand province. Police killed one Taliban and wounded two near Herat in western Afghanistan. Mullah Naqib, a powerful Afghan leader in Kandahar, died of a heart attack. Germany extended its mission in Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on October 12, 2007 11:57 PM | Entry
Eight Taliban fighters were killed and three capture, and four police were wounded in clashes in Kandahar's Zhari district. Coalition forces engaged 10 Taliban fighters in prepared positions in Zabul. The government freed five Taliban prisoners in exchange for a German and four Afghan hostages. The government shut down two private security firms; 10 more may be closed down.
Posted by Bill Roggio on October 11, 2007 10:40 AM | Entry
The US airstrike in Paktika province killed 16 members of Tahir Yuldashev's Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan. The fighters were Chechen, Uzbek, and Pakistani; one Uzbek was captured. Four Taliban were captured in Paktia. A suicide bomber wounded three civilians in Lashkar Gah, while an IED attack killed an Australian soldier.
Posted by Bill Roggio on October 8, 2007 11:19 PM | Entry
A suicide car bomb attack killed four Afghan civilians and one US soldier in Kabul today. This is the third suicide attack inside Kabul in eight days. The US is expanding the Bagram military base by one-third to accommodate more troops in country.
Posted by Bill Roggio on October 6, 2007 11:34 PM | Entry
NATO and Afghan forces killed 20 Taliban fighters in Kandahar province and "several" in Paktia province. The US Army is deploying teams of civilian anthropologists in eastern Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on October 5, 2007 6:44 PM | Entry
Mustafa Abu al Yazid, al Qaeda's commander in Afghanistan, released a video where he claimed Osama bin Laden is alive and the Taliban is winning on the battlefield. Mullah Mansour, the Taliban military leader, released a video praising suicide bombers.Twenty Taliban were killed in fighting in the Shah Wali Khot district in Kandahar. Two police were killed in Ghazni and five Dutch soldiers were wounded in Uruzgan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on October 4, 2007 6:23 AM | Entry
A Taliban suicide bomber killed 13 and wounded 10 in an attack on a bus in Kabul. Eight police, a woman, and her baby were killed in the attack, which was the second major suicide bombing in Kabul in four days. The US is offering rewards of $200,000 for mid-level Taliban and al Qaeda leaders, and posting the notices in Afghan villages.
Posted by Bill Roggio on October 2, 2007 7:55 AM | Entry
NATO and Afghan forces killed 20 Taliban in Helmand province. Two Taliban were killed, one wounded, and six captured in Zabul province. Police captured an IED maker in Nangarhar. The Taliban murdered a 15-year-old boy for possessing US money; the Taliban stuffed the bills in his mouth and hung him from a tree.
Posted by Bill Roggio on October 1, 2007 1:41 PM | Entry
President Hamid Karzai offered to negotiate with Mullah Omar and said he would give the Taliban a government ministry; the Taliban rejected the offer. The Taliban released its Constitution of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. The French deployed a squadron of Mirage 2000D air-to-ground fighters at Kandahar Airfield.
Posted by Bill Roggio on September 30, 2007 6:59 AM | Entry
A Taliban suicide bomber killed 27 Afghan soldiers and wounded 21 in an attack on a bus in Kabul. Police arrested six Taliban fighters in Ghazni province. The Afghan government negotiated for the release of four captured Red Cross workers; they have been freed from captivity.
Posted by Bill Roggio on September 29, 2007 2:09 AM | Entry
The Taliban said it mistakenly kidnapped four Red Cross workers, and would release them shortly. Two Danish soldiers were killed during an attack on their base in Helmand province. A battalion of The Royal Gurkha Rifles has deployed to Helmand.
Posted by Bill Roggio on September 28, 2007 2:41 AM | Entry
Taliban spokesman Yousuf Ahmadi and his brother were captured in Helmand province. Spain will not send troops to Afghanistan, while Norway declined putting its troops in combat situations. The UK will deploy a company of Royal Marines Commandos.
Posted by Bill Roggio on September 27, 2007 2:34 AM | Entry
Afghan Army soldiers, backed by advisors, killed 104 Taliban during a battle near Musa Qala Wadi in Helmand province, and NATO forces killed another 65 in a battle in Uruzgan. British Special Boat Service commandos helped free two captured Italian soldiers. A suicide bomber killed five police in Spin Boldak, Kandahar province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on September 26, 2007 3:45 AM | Entry
A suicide bomber killed one French soldier and wounded eight Afghan soliders in an attack on a convoy in Kabul. Afgan and NATO forces killed 40 Taliban in Helmand province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on September 22, 2007 5:07 AM | Entry
Twelve Taliban fighters were killed in Uruzgan province as they used children as human shields. Over 2,500 troops launched an offensive in the Girshk district. Both the UN and Germany extended the Afghan missions. NATO's senior commander in Afghanistan said Iran's military knew of a major arms shipment captured at the border in Farah province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on September 20, 2007 3:35 PM | Entry
Afghan and NATO forces killed 27 Taliban in fighting in Helmand and Ghazni province. Three police were killed in a suicide attack in Ghazni province. The governor of Ghazni claimed two Taliban commanders involved in the kidnapping of South Koreans were killed. President Karzai urged Canada to extend its mission beyond 2009, while Poland extended for another year.
Posted by Bill Roggio on September 19, 2007 10:01 AM | Entry
US forces captured Inayatullah, a senior al Qaeda leader and Afghan national, earlier this year and have moved him to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Over 10 Taliban fighters were killed after attacking a joint Afghan-British patrol in Helmand province. Nine Taliban were captured in Kandahar. A US airstrike killed at least one Taliban fighter in a village east of Kabul that facilitates "Arab, Chechen and Taliban" terrorists. The Taliban kidnapped a Bangladeshi aid worker south of Kabul.
Posted by Bill Roggio on September 17, 2007 5:28 AM | Entry
Afghan and British forces killed "several" Taliban and captured two during a raid in the Garmsir district in Helmand province. The newly-formed Afghan National Army Commandos conducted their first mission in the Sherzad district of Nangahar Province; three Taliban were captured.
Posted by Bill Roggio on September 15, 2007 11:25 PM | Entry
Afghan and ISAF forces killed over 45 Taliban in the Deh Rawood district of Uruzgan. Ten Taliban were captured in the Garmsir district of Helmand Province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on September 13, 2007 6:08 PM | Entry
The Afghan government is investigating a Taliban offer to negotiate a peace agreement. Afghan and British forces killed seven Taliban fighters and wounded eight during an operation in the Sangin District of Helmand province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on September 11, 2007 11:58 PM | Entry
A Taliban suicide bomber killed 13 police and 15 civilians in a motorcycle attack on a market in Girshk in Helmand province. Police captured a Taliban district commander of Andar in Ghazni and four fighters. Two Taliban were wounded in a raid on a compound in Ghazni.
Posted by Bill Roggio on September 10, 2007 1:46 PM | Entry
Forty-two Taliban were killed by Afghan and ISAF forces in the Sha Wali Kot district of Kandahar while seven Taliban were killed in an operation in Zabul. Afghan security forces broke up a suicide bombing cell of 50 Taliban and "foreign" operatives in Logar province. The cell was planning and carrying out attacks in Kabul.
Posted by Bill Roggio on September 9, 2007 5:33 AM | Entry
Afghan border police near Herat seized a 10-ton weapons cache from Iran, China, and Russia. Afghan and ISAF forces killed over 20 Taliban in the Meian Nashin district of Kandahar province. Afghan forces killed a local Taliban commander and several fighters in Hyderabad in Helmand province. Afghan Army forces beat off a Taliban attack on a tribal meeting in the Upper Gereshk Valley of Helmand province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on September 7, 2007 5:51 PM | Entry
Almost 50 Taliban were killed in fighting in the Sha Wali Kot district district in northern Kandahar; about 24 were killed the prior day. Police and British troops killed abut 24 Taliban while defeating ambushes in Musa Qalah wadi in Helmand province. About 230 civilians were killed and 600 wounded in Taliban bombings this year, while about 500 police were killed in fighting since March.
Posted by Bill Roggio on September 6, 2007 5:42 PM | Entry
Afghan National Security Forces captured the provincial Taliban commanders of Paktika and Nangarhar, and a Taliban leader and seven fighters in Panjshir. "Several militants" were killed during an operation in Ghazni. The Taliban are back in control of the Panjwaii and Zari districts in Kandahar province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on September 4, 2007 4:19 PM | Entry
US and Afghan forces killed 25 Taliban in an attack on a command center southwest of Kandahar city. Seven Taliban were killed after ambushing an Afghan and British force in Musa Qali Wadi in Helmand province. US forces killed one al Qaeda operative in Paktia province. Australia said its role in Afghanistan is dependent on the Dutch mission.
Posted by Bill Roggio on September 2, 2007 8:26 PM | Entry
Over 70 Taliban were killed and 20 captured during fighting in Ghazni and Helmand provinces. South Korea insists it did not pay a ransom to the Taliban to release its kidnapped citizens.
Posted by Bill Roggio on September 1, 2007 11:37 PM | Entry
At least 12 Taliban were killed after ambushing an Afghan and British patrol in Musa Qala in Helmand province. Five ISAF soldiers, one Afghan soldier, and four civilians were wounded and two Afghan soldiers were killed in a suicide attack outside of Kabul's international airport. Ten Afghan civilians were wounded in a rocket barrage at a base in Nuristan. A helicopter was damaged in an RPG attack while in flight in Nuristan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on August 31, 2007 6:50 PM | Entry
A NATO airstrike killed Mullah Berader, a top Taliban commander and member of the Shura Majlis. The Taliban threatened more kidnappings after releasing the remaining seven Korean hostages. "We will do the same thing with the other allies in Afghanistan, because we found this way to be successful," said a Taliban spokesman. Seven Taliban suspects were detained in Ghazni province and another six were captured in Nangarhar.
Posted by Bill Roggio on August 30, 2007 11:50 PM | Entry
Twelve of 19 South Koreans have been released by the Taliban as South Korea begins its withdrawal from Afghanistan. Six Afghans were killed and 12 wounded in a suicide bombing in Paktia province. A key Taliban commander and six fighters were captured in Paktia on Monday.
Posted by Bill Roggio on August 29, 2007 7:57 PM | Entry
ISAF and Afghan forces killed over 100 Taliban after being ambushed in Kandahar's Shawali Kot district; one Afghan soldier was killed. Seven more Taliban were killed in the same district and 12 were killed in Musa Qala in Helmand province on Monday. Three ISAF soldiers were killed and six wounded in a suicide attack in eastern Afghanistan. South Korea will withdraw troops and missionaries after the Taliban said it would release 19 Korean hostages.
Posted by Bill Roggio on August 28, 2007 9:21 PM | Entry
Afghan and ISAF forces are conducting Operation Pelk Mesher in Musa Qala, Helmand province. Three US soldiers and two Afghan soldiers were killed during a Taliban ambush in Kunar province, according to the provincial police chief. One Dutch soldier was killed and another wounded in an IED attack in Uruzgan province. One US soldier was killed by small-arms fire in Ghazni province during a dismounted patrol.
Posted by Bill Roggio on August 27, 2007 1:01 PM | Entry
Afghan troops attacked Taliban mortar positions inside Pakistan, killing 19 fighters. Afghan police said 25 Taliban were killed in Ghazni province. ISAF said 12 Taliban were killed after ambushing troops in Helmand province, while the Taliban claimed 18 civilians in a "wedding party" were killed in an airstrike.
Posted by Bill Roggio on August 26, 2007 9:13 PM | Entry
A suicide bomber hit a foreign convoy near Kabul, wounding six. A rocket struck a hospital in Kabul, no casualties were reported. One Taliban was killed and two captured in Khost province. Germany will boost aid in Kunduz, Takhar, and Badakhshan provinces by about $250 million, while Australia will send $125 million in aid to Uruzgan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on August 25, 2007 5:37 PM | Entry
One Taliban was killed and 11 captured after attacking Coalition and Afghan forces in Nangarhar province. Seven memebrs of an IED cell, including the cell leader, were captured in Kandahar. Eighteen Taliban were captured after ambushing Afghan and Coalition forces in Kapisa province. Three British troops were killed and two wounded in a friendly fire incident in Helmand province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on August 24, 2007 12:35 PM | Entry
The Taliban kidnapped the mayor of Gershk in Helmand province and a district chief in Logar province. Two Canadian soldiers were killed and two journalists wounded in an IED attack in Kandahar. Fighting has broken out in Kapisa province north of Kabul. The German hostage held by the Taliban appeared in a videotape.
Posted by Bill Roggio on August 23, 2007 2:45 AM | Entry
The Taliban attacked a US forward operating base in Nuristan province while dressed as Afghan soldiers. Two Afghan soldiers were killed and 11 US soldiers were wounded. The governor of Khost province survived an assassination attempt. The Czechs plan to send a 200-strong provincial reconstruction team to Logar province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on August 22, 2007 3:19 PM | Entry
Fifteen Taliban were killed in fighting in Ghazni and Helmand provinces. Police arrested a suspect in the bombing attack that killed three Germans outside Kabul.
Posted by Bill Roggio on August 21, 2007 4:45 PM | Entry
Afghan police freed a kidnapped German aid worker one day after her abduction; police said her captors were criminals, not Taliban. Ten Taliban were killed as they attacked a base in Sangin district in Helmand province. Two civilians were beheaded in the province of Paktia. Afghan and ISAF forces captured an IED cell leader. An Afghan general said four Iranian communications experts are assisting the Taliban in Helmand province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on August 20, 2007 10:10 PM | Entry
A Candian soldier was killed in an IED attack in Kandahar province. A suicide bomber killed four members of a security company and wounded three in Uruzgan province. A German woman was kidnapped in a Kabul restaurant. She has appeared on a video calling for the release of prisoners.
Posted by Bill Roggio on August 19, 2007 3:04 PM | Entry
Taliban leader Mullah Omar called for all Afghans to "put aside all of our internal, regional and linguistic differences and get united against the enemy." A suicide bomber attacked a logistics convoy heading to the Zari district; 15 were killed and 26 wounded, most were civilians. Twelve Taliban were killed after ambushing a Afghan/ISAF convoy in Helmand province. The Taliban said talks with the South Koreans over the fate of 19 Korean hostages have failed.
Posted by Bill Roggio on August 18, 2007 9:45 AM | Entry
ISAF forces killed four Taliban and wounded two in a clash in the Sangin district of Helmand province. A suicide bomber killed the chief of Zari district in Kandahar province along with two of his children; three of his children were wounded. ISAF forces killed five civilians and wounded three during a clash with the Taliban in eastern Afghanistan. ISAF created Regional Battle Group South, which "can be deployed to support operations in Kandahar, Zabol, Oruzgan or Helmand." Britain plans to increase troops and aid to Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on August 17, 2007 9:27 PM | Entry
Pakistan said it reinforced the border in Kurram agency to prevent al Qaeda and Taliban fighters from escaping the battle at Tora Bora. Police captured eight Taliban behind a weapons ring smuggling missiles into Kabul. South Korea and the Taliban resumed direct talks to negotiate the release of the 19 remaining hostages.
Posted by Bill Roggio on August 16, 2007 9:35 PM | Entry
US and Afghan forces launched an offensive in Tora Bora. Three Germans were killed in an IED attack outside Kabul. The Attorney General ordered the arrest of a senior official of the Interior Ministry on charges of embezzlement.
Posted by Bill Roggio on August 15, 2007 11:43 PM | Entry
Afghan intelligence officials claimed Iran is smuggling weapons into western Afghanistan as Iranian President Ahmadinejad visits the country. The first Polish soldier was killed in combat in Gardez.
Posted by Bill Roggio on August 14, 2007 4:16 PM | Entry
The Taliban released two of the 21 South Korean hostages. Afghan police killed nine Taliban fighters in Kandahar province, while five police were killed in an IED attack.
Posted by Bill Roggio on August 13, 2007 1:45 PM | Entry
Fighting in eastern Afghanistan resulted in over two dozen Taliban fighters and four NATO soldiers killed. A clash between Afghan forces and the Taliban in Qal-e-Naw on Friday resulted in 20 Taliban fighters and seven Afghan troops killed.
Posted by Bill Roggio on August 12, 2007 1:44 PM | Entry
Four Taliban were killed and two captured during two assaults on Firebase Anaconda in Uruzgan province on Saturday. Five Canadian soldiers were lightly wounded in an IED attack in Kandahar. The Taliban claimed it will release two South Korean hostages.
Posted by Bill Roggio on August 11, 2007 11:36 PM | Entry
NWFP Governor Jan Aurkzai told the Pak-Afghan peace jirga that peace will not be achieved without negotiating with the Taliban. The Afghan Army, backed by Coalition advisors and air support, defeated a large Taliban ambush on a patrol near the town of Washir in Helmand Province. Ten Taliban were confirmed killed and dozens others are believed to be killed or wounded. Six suspected Taliban were captured in the Jadran district of Paktia province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on August 10, 2007 10:23 AM | Entry
South Korea said it would withdraw its aid workers from the country, an Afghan news outlet reported. The Afghan Army said it was prepared to attack the Taliban to free the Korean hostages. A found surface-to-air missile may have been intended for use in a civilian airliner attack.
Posted by Bill Roggio on August 8, 2007 1:12 PM | Entry
Over two dozen Taliban fighters were killed after their frontal attack on a firebase in Uruzgan was repelled by US and Afghan forces. Twenty more Taliban fighters were killed after attacking police checkpoints in Kandahar and Zabul. The Taiban may swap South Korean hostages for captured female Taliban supporters.
Posted by Bill Roggio on August 7, 2007 2:42 PM | Entry
Six police in Kunar province and four police in Logar province were killed in Taliban attacks. Four Afghan workers were kidnapped in Kunar. A suicide bomber killed three civilians in an attack on an ISAF convoy.
Posted by Bill Roggio on August 6, 2007 2:50 AM | Entry
An estimated 100 Taliban fighters were killed in Thursday's airstrike in Helmand province. An ISAF investigation suggested there were few if any civilians killed in the bombing.
Posted by Bill Roggio on August 4, 2007 11:46 PM | Entry
[UPDATE2] The NATO airstrikes in the district of Baghran in Helmand province resulted in two Taliban commanders killed, including Mullah Rahim. Mullah Mansoor Dadullah, the new commander of the Taliban in southern Afghanistan, was a target. He was said to be attending a rally and beheading of a "US spy."
Posted by Bill Roggio on August 3, 2007 11:09 PM | Entry
The Taliban claimed to have kidnapped an Indian engineer working in Baghlan province. The Taliban and South Korean are seeking a venue to conduct negotiations for the release of the 21 Korean hostages. Afghan authorities are investigating claims that 200 civilians were killed in an airstrike that targeted two Taliban commanders in the Baghran district in Helmand province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on August 3, 2007 2:43 PM | Entry
The Afghan government denied a military operation was underway to free the 21 Korean hostages held by the Taliban. The Taliban murdered four judges in Ghazni province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on August 1, 2007 10:03 PM | Entry
Afghan security forces found the body of the second South Korean kidnapping victim near Ghazni city, while the Taliban threaten to resume killings by noon tomorrow. A suicide car bomber wounded six while attacking a NATO convoy outside of Kabul. The Taliban attempted to hijack a U.N. food shipment in Farah province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on July 31, 2007 12:15 PM | Entry
The Taliban claimed to have executed the second South Korean hostage after the latest deadline past. Twenty-one more hostages are in custody. The government sacked the provincial police chiefs of Daykundi and Wardak provinces.
Posted by Bill Roggio on July 30, 2007 4:34 PM | Entry
The Taliban fired their first heat-seeking anti-aircraft missile on a U.S. C-130 flying in southwestern Nimroz province. The SA-7 was believed to have been smuggled from Iran. A former Taliban member and tribal leaders are negotiating with the Taliban for the release of the 22 Korean hostages.
Posted by Bill Roggio on July 28, 2007 10:39 PM | Entry
U.S. and Afghan forces killed 25 Taliban in Nuristan province; 2 U.S. troops were killed and 13 wounded during the fight in a district that borders Pakistan. The U.K. may deploy more troops to Afghanistan as they increase their presence in Helmand province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on July 27, 2007 8:33 PM | Entry
Afghan and U.S. forces killed over 50 Taliban fighters after being ambushed in Musa Qala; another ten Taliban were killed in Kandahar. The South Korean envoy said the Taliban "will be held accountable" for murdering a Korean hostage, while the Taliban argues over the terms of release. Al Qaeda is playing an increasing role in leading and coordinating Taliban attacks.
Posted by Bill Roggio on July 26, 2007 6:03 PM | Entry
A Taliban spokesman said one of the 23 South Korean hostages has been killed after the Afghan government refused to negotiate. Eight Koreans are reported to have been freed. A kidnapped German journalist and two Afghan assistants were freed. Upward of 75 Taliban were killed after ambushing U.S. and Afghan forces in Helmand province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on July 25, 2007 9:04 AM | Entry
Afghan forces have surrounded the Taliban kidnappers of 23 South Korean church members, while the Taliban extended the deadline for South Korea's withdrawal by 24 hours. U.S. troops killed 50 Taliban fighters in Helmand province, while Afghan force killed 14 in Zabul. Police killed a Taliban commander in Logar province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on July 23, 2007 11:41 AM | Entry
The Taliban claimed it killed the two German hostages, but the German government said this has not been confirmed. South Korea said it will withdraw from Afghanistan by the end of the year just days after 18 citizens were captured. Twenty-five Taliban were killed in Farah province, while 15 Taliban were killed in clashes with police in Maidan Wardak and Zabul provinces.
Posted by Bill Roggio on July 21, 2007 8:12 PM | Entry
The Taliban kidnapped 18 South Korean Christians in Ghazni province. The Taliban claimed it shot down a U.S. helicopter in Nuristan province, while NATO said the helo made a forced landing and all on board survived. The UAE may be the first Arab country to deploy troops in Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on July 20, 2007 3:42 PM | Entry
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, an ally of al Qaeda and the Taliban and leader of Hizb-i-Islami Gulbuddin, has declared a cease-fire. Hekmatyar later denied calling for a cease-fire. The Taliban kidnapped two Germans working for the UN.
Posted by Bill Roggio on July 19, 2007 3:42 PM | Entry
Eleven Afghans, including nine police, were killed in Taliban attacks in Khost, Paktia, Zabul, and Logar. Five al Qaeda linked operatives were captured in Nangahar. The governor of Kapisa was fired by the central government.
Posted by Bill Roggio on July 18, 2007 9:37 PM | Entry
Up to 30 Taliban have been killed in the Gershk district of Helmand province during Operation Little Storm. The Taliban beheaded another "U.S. spy," the seventh in the past 10 days.
Posted by Bill Roggio on July 14, 2007 2:48 AM | Entry
Eleven Taliban were killed in Uruzgan, and six police were killed in Khost. The Taliban used a young boy in a bombing at a market in Helmand province. The U.S. donated 186 aircraft to the Afghan Air Force.
Posted by Bill Roggio on July 12, 2007 11:49 PM | Entry
A Taliban suicide bomber killed 19 civilians while targeting a NATO patrol in a market in Uruzgan province. Thirteen children were among those killed, and eight Dutch soldiers were wounded in the strike. Two Canadian soldiers were wounded in an IED attack on their tank in Kandahar province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on July 10, 2007 6:39 PM | Entry
An estimated 100 Taliban were killed during fighting in Kunar, Uruzgan, and Farah provinces. ISAF denied killing civilians during an airstrike in Kunar province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on July 6, 2007 10:47 PM | Entry
Twenty Taliban were killed during fighting in Ghazni and Zabul provinces. Six Canadian troops were killed in an IED attack on their convoy in the Panjwai district of Kandahar. A US general stated the high civilian death estimates are innaccurate.
Posted by Bill Roggio on July 4, 2007 11:59 PM | Entry
Fifty Taliban were killed in Zirlan Tangi in the Tora Bora region of eastern Nangarhar after crossing the border from Pakistan. Thirty-three Taliban were killed in airstrikes against positions in the Zhari district of Kandahar; four were captured. Afghan police arrested a Saudi citizen who has spent the past eight years fighting along side the Taliban.
Posted by Bill Roggio on July 3, 2007 3:24 PM | Entry
Seven police were killed in an IED attack outside Kandahar City. One NATO soldier was killed in a suicide attack in southern Afghanistan on Sunday. An estimated 600 civilians have been killed in Afghanistan this year. The European Commission has allocated €200 million to the legal system and police.
Posted by Bill Roggio on July 2, 2007 7:24 PM | Entry
Afghan auxiliary militias have been on the front lines in the fight against the Taliban in Uruzgan province. Suicide bombers targeted a convoy of US security contractor in Kabul and an ISAF convoy in Paktika; two Americans and two Afghans were killed. The Taliban are enforcing sharia and collecting taxes in Musa Qala. The Taliban released 18 deminers kidnapped six days ago.
Posted by Bill Roggio on June 28, 2007 4:57 PM | Entry
Over 80 Talliban were killed and another 20 captured by NATO and Afghan forces operating in Ghazni, Helmand, and Paktika provinces. Eighteen deminers are reported to have been kidnapped in Ghazni.
Posted by Bill Roggio on June 24, 2007 2:26 AM | Entry
The airstrike in Paktika that resulted in the death of 7 Afghan children targeted Abu Laith al Libi, al Qaeda commander in Afghanistan. Afghan troops retook Yahyakhel district in Paktika and Mianeshin district in Kandahar from the Taliban. Three Canadian troops were killed in an IED attack in Kandahar's Panjwai district
Posted by Bill Roggio on June 20, 2007 11:56 AM | Entry
The Taliban have taken control of the Mian Nisheen district of Kandahar Province. Afghan police foiled a major bombing in Kandahar City. Canada's Public Safety Minister called the video of Taliban/al Qaeda suicide bombers heading to the West a 'PR move':
Posted by Bill Roggio on June 19, 2007 10:53 AM | Entry
Up to 200 Taliban and civilians were killed in fighting in Uruzgan over the past 3 days. An airstrike on an al Qaeda madrassa and mosque in Paktika resulted in several al Qaeda and seven children killed; the children were used as human shields. Up to 250 Taliban and al Qaeda are believed to have reoccupied the mountain complex of Tora Bora on the Nangahar border.
Posted by Bill Roggio on June 18, 2007 2:37 PM | Entry
The Taliban claimed responsibility for bombing a bus in Kabul that killed at least 35, including police. It is unknown if this was a suicide bombing.
Posted by Bill Roggio on June 17, 2007 2:16 PM | Entry
A suicide car bomber killed 5 and wounded 4 during an attack on a convoy outside Kabul. Two local Taliban commanders were confirmed killed during operations in Ghazni and Zabul provinces. Rumors persist that Taliban military commander Jalaluddin Haqqani died; the latest report said in the UAE.
Posted by Bill Roggio on June 16, 2007 10:53 AM | Entry
A suicide bomber killed 10, including a Dutch soldier and 4 Afghan children, in an attack on a NATO convoy in Uruzgan. An unconfirmed report indicated senior Taliban commander Jalaluddin Haqqani died of Hepatitis. Afghanistan's defense minister denied Iran is arming the Taliban. France will send 150 trainers for the Afghan Army.
Posted by Bill Roggio on June 15, 2007 11:40 AM | Entry
NATO and Afghan forces killed 26 Taliban during two engagements in Kandahar province. A NATO airstrike killed Mullah Mahmud Baluch, the Taliban commander of Helmand and Nimroz provinces. A NATO general said the Taliban failed to successfully launch its spring offensive.
Posted by Bill Roggio on June 14, 2007 10:00 AM | Entry
The Taliban claimed to have captured a NATO soldier and a UAE security officer in the Sangin district of Helmand province. NATO and Afghan forces killed 15 Taliban in 2 clashes in Zabul. A Canadian soldier was killed and 2 wounded in an IED attack in Kandahar. Two IEDs were diffused at a hospital in Kandahar. Buses from Pakistan have been banned from entering the Chaman border crossing point.
Posted by Bill Roggio on June 13, 2007 1:59 PM | Entry
NATO's top general in Afghanistan stated Iran is supporting the Taliban. Seven police officers were killed in a friendly fire incident after police attacked a US convoy at night. Twenty-four Taliban were killed in fighting on Monday.
Posted by Bill Roggio on June 12, 2007 7:47 AM | Entry
Afghan and NATO forces killed 57 Taliban in 2 clashes: 30 were killed after attacking government buildings in the Murghab district in Badghis province, and 27 were killed in Zabul. The Taliban fired rockets at a building where President Karzai was giving a speech, but no casualties were reported.
Posted by Bill Roggio on June 10, 2007 9:03 AM | Entry
Thirteen Taliban and 6 police were killed in clashes and roadside bombings in Kandahar and Zabul. Elders from the village of Gaweshak in Ghazni province "decided to no longer supply or provide safe houses for Taliban extremist fighters." Afghan police beat back an attack against a police station in Ghazni. A large weapons cache was found in Kabul.
Posted by Bill Roggio on June 8, 2007 6:45 PM | Entry
Over 30 Taliban were killed or wounded during airstrikes in Helmand province. The Taliban released 4 health workers and the beheaded body of a fifth in exchange for the body of mullah Dadullah. Abu Laith al-Libi eulogized Mullah Dadullah in a video.
Posted by Bill Roggio on June 7, 2007 9:08 AM | Entry
[UPDATE2] Shah Mansoor Dadullah, the new military chief for the southern zone and younger brother of the slain Taliban military commander Mullah Dadullah, has appeared in his first videotaped interview with al Jazeera. Mullah Sher Mohammad, the Taliban's regional commander in Panjwai, the birthplace of the Taliban in Kandahar, has been captured.
Posted by Bill Roggio on June 5, 2007 7:42 PM | Entry
Another 30 Taliban were killed when a boat on the Helmand River was sunk by NATO and Afghan forces. A NATO airstrike killed 24 Taliban in the Shah Wali Kot district of Kandahar province. nine Taliban and 1 Afghan solider were killed in fighting in Khost and Paktia.
Posted by Bill Roggio on June 5, 2007 12:14 PM | Entry
Sixty Taliban are confirmed to have drowned after their boat on the Helmand River in the Kajaki region sunk. UK Prince Harry will deploy to Afghanistan after being denied a deployment in Iraq. The Taliban warned Afghan civilians a major operation will happen soon.
Posted by Bill Roggio on June 3, 2007 10:17 AM | Entry
Up 60 people were killed, including an unknown number of Taliban, when a boat sunk on the Helmand River in the Kajaki district. Ten Taliban and 5 members of a police commander's family were killed after the Taliban attacked his home. A bicycle bomb injured several people in an attack near a mosque in Uruzgan Province
Posted by Bill Roggio on June 2, 2007 2:21 PM | Entry
NATO and Afghan forces killed 27 Taliban, including 20 in the Zhari district of Kandahar and 6 in Paktia province. Seven Taliban leaders were captured in Ghazni and Khost provinces.
Posted by Bill Roggio on June 1, 2007 7:59 PM | Entry
A Chinook helicopter crash killed 7 ISAF troops in the Kajaki district of Helmand province. The Taliban claimed to have shot down the helo. The Taliban killed 16 Afghan police in an ambush in Zabul province. Iranian-made AK-47s, C-4 plastic explosives, mortars and EFPs are being supplied to the Taliban.
Posted by Bill Roggio on May 31, 2007 9:22 AM | Entry
Over 20 Taliban and 7 police were killed in fighting in Jalalabad, Uruzgan, Nuristan and Frarah provinces. The full contingent of Australia's special forces is now in country. About 1,000 supporters of Rashid Dostrum demanded the resignation of the governor of Jawzjan province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on May 30, 2007 11:21 AM | Entry
NATO and Afghan forces killed 24 Taliban after being ambushed in Helmand province. Police in the northern province of Jowzjan killed 13 protesters that support General Abdul Rashid Dostum and wounded 35. Police in Khost captured Mujahid, al Qaeda commander, and Syed Gulab, a Taliban commander in Nangahar.
Posted by Bill Roggio on May 29, 2007 9:25 AM | Entry
Ten Taliban and 2 police were killed after the Taliban conducted an ambush in Kandahar, while the U.S> captured 2 al Qaeda in Khost, including a cell leader. A Taliban spokesman claimed the Taliban has launched a new operation. "We will target our enemies and use our tactics — suicide bombs, remote-controlled (roadside bombs) and ambushes." The Taliban released 3 Afghan hostages.
Posted by Bill Roggio on May 27, 2007 8:46 AM | Entry
NATO forces killed 3 Taliban and captured another during operations in southern Helmand province. One Canadian soldier was killed in an IED explosion during Operation Hoover west of Kandahar city. A district police cheif and 4 policemen were killed in an explosion in eastern Paktika province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on May 25, 2007 2:06 PM | Entry
Afghan and NATO forces killed 18 Taliban in engagments in Sangin and Girshk districts in Helmand. Six police were killed in an IED attack in Paktia. Pakistani oil transporters have suspended shipments into Afghanistan due to attacks on their vehicles in the NWFP. There is confusion over the identity of the new Taliban military commander.
Posted by Bill Roggio on May 24, 2007 9:59 AM | Entry
A Finnish soldier and Afghan civilian were killed in a roadside bombing in the northern province of Maymana. A suicide bomber killed a policeman and civlian in Kabul. Pakistani President Musharraf endorses negotiations with the Afghan Taliban.
Posted by Bill Roggio on May 23, 2007 9:30 AM | Entry
Ten Taliban were killed after attacking a police checkpoint in the Zari district inKandahar, and another two were killed in Paktia. A senior British Army source said the Taliban are using Iranian supplied SA-7 Strela surface to air missiles against NATO aircraft, as well as other Iranian supplied weaponry.
Posted by Bill Roggio on May 22, 2007 9:18 AM | Entry
NATO and Afghan forces killed 25 Taliban in the Sangin district of Helmand province. The Taliban claimed it will step up its urban bombing campaign.
Posted by Bill Roggio on May 21, 2007 3:13 PM | Entry
"A significant number of Taleban extremist leaders were successfully targeted and killed in a precision airstrike last night", ISAF stated. Thirty Taliban were killed, 18 wounded and 11 captured in an ISAF/Afghan operation in Ghazni. A suicide bomber killed 14 and wounded 31 in an attack on a market in Gardez.
Posted by Bill Roggio on May 20, 2007 8:32 AM | Entry
Three German soldiers were among 8 killed in a suicide attack in Kunduz. NATO and Afghan forces killed 20 Taliban after being ambushed in Kapisa province. Sixty seven Taliban, including "Chechen, Arab and Pakistani fighters," were killed after attempting to ambush NATO and Afghan forces Paktia province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on May 19, 2007 11:02 AM | Entry
A Taliban suicide car bomber attacked a government convoy in Kandahar, an killed civilians and wounded the Information and Culture Minister. A NATO airstrike on a Taliban convoy in Farah province killed 14 Taliban and wounded 10.
Posted by Bill Roggio on May 18, 2007 11:31 AM | Entry
Afghan & Pakistani troops exchanged fire on the Khost-Kurram border. The attack on the ISAF/Afghan delegation in Kurram was carried out by an "individual reported to be wearing a Pakistan Frontier Corps uniform." The Taliban killed 7 police in a twin suicide bombing attack in Kandahar. The Taliban captured a close confidant of Mullah Dadullah who provided the intel that led to his death.
Posted by Bill Roggio on May 17, 2007 11:11 AM | Entry
Three Taliban leaders who were exchanged for the Italian journalist were killed in the strike that also killed Mullah Dadullah. Seven Afghan police were killed and 4 are missing after an ambush in Nuristan. An ISAF convoy was hit with an IED in Herat. Tribesmen protested outside the Pakistani embassy in Kabul after border clashes.
Posted by Bill Roggio on May 16, 2007 10:55 AM | Entry
NATO air strikes against Taliban hideouts in the Jalai district in Kandahar province reportedly killed commanders Mullah Abdul Hanan, Mullah Zekria and Mullah Zarif, along with about 60 fighters. The Taliban has named Mullah Bakht Mohammad as Mullah Dadullah's replacement. The Canadian Army is beginning to train the Afghan Army.
Posted by Bill Roggio on May 15, 2007 9:43 AM | Entry
Mullah Omar confirmed Mullah Dadullah's death, vowed revenge and called on human rights organizations to force the government to hand his body back over to the Taliban. NATO stated one soldier was killed and 4 wounded after being "ambushed by unknown assailants near Teri Mangel, Pakistan." A Canadian has been detained on suspicion of being an al Qaeda suicide bomber.
Posted by Bill Roggio on May 14, 2007 2:36 PM | Entry
Mullah Dadullah, the Taliban's most senior military commander, was killed by NATO and Afgan forces in Helmand province. NATO and Afghan forces killed 55 Taliban in 2 operations in Paktika province near the Pakistani border. The U.S. is building "super-madrassa" in Afghanistan to prevent parents from sending their children to schools in Pakistan. Iran claimed to have expelled over 85,000 Afghan refugees over the past 3 weeks.
Posted by Bill Roggio on May 13, 2007 10:17 AM | Entry
NATO said it killed over 70 Taliban and wounded another 30 during a week long battle to clear the Nari Saraj district of Helmand province. At least 20 Taliban were killed in the Sangin district. NATO forces also destroyed a large weapons cache in central Helmand. The foreign minister was dismissed after failing to halt Iran's deportation of over 50,000 Iranian refugees.
Posted by Bill Roggio on May 12, 2007 10:56 AM | Entry
The US confirmed at least 21 civilians were killed during a battle in Helmand on May 8. Eight Taliban and 4 police were killed in fighting in Ghazni and Helmand provinces, and an additional 10 Taliban were killed in an airstike in Helmand. The British are again negotiating with the Taliban in Helmand. The Taliban have released the second French aid worker.
Posted by Bill Roggio on May 11, 2007 4:25 PM | Entry
Warlord Rashid Dostum said he could raise 10,000 mujahideen to fight alongside NATO forces and route the Taliban. Local tribesmen killed 3 Taliban in the Sangin district of Helmand. Pakistan said it has completed the first section of the border fence with Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on May 10, 2007 11:47 AM | Entry
The US will maintain its expanded force structure in Afghanistan thru 2008. Locals are claiming that 21 civilians were killed during an airstrike in Sangin district in Helmand, but ISAF has neither confirmed nor denied.
Posted by Bill Roggio on May 9, 2007 9:14 PM | Entry
The Taliban ambushed a NATO convoy in Kandahar, and one civilian was killed in the cross fire. A UN driver was murdered in Kandahar City. NATO said its troops will remain in country for years. A Pakistani-Afghan jirga will meet in August.
Posted by Bill Roggio on May 8, 2007 1:09 PM | Entry
Afghan police killed 17 Taliban after an ambush in Farah province. One person was killed and 5 wounded during a Taliban rocket attack in Kabul. Over 100 Afghan police have been killed in the past 2 months. Canadian troops have received artillery.
Posted by Bill Roggio on May 7, 2007 5:46 PM | Entry
NATO claimed 10 Taliban commanders were killed during last week's fighting Herat, including one of those released in exchange for the Italian reporter. Seventeen Taliban and 8 Afghan police were killed during a clash in Farah province. Canadian troops have set up a base in Spin Boldak, on the Pakistani border.
Posted by Bill Roggio on May 6, 2007 12:55 PM | Entry
Three known IED facilitators were captured in Khost. NATO is investigating claims that up to 50 civilians were killed during attacks on Taliban positions in Herat. Pakistan and Afghanistan are forming the long awaited tribal jirga to discuss the security situation.
Posted by Bill Roggio on May 4, 2007 12:28 PM | Entry
A roadside bomb killed 1 and wounded 22, while a former premier was assassinated in Kabul. A british soldier was killed in fighting in Helmand, while a Australian soldier was wounded in a suicide attack in Uruzgan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on May 3, 2007 8:16 PM | Entry
Seven Taliban and 5 Afghan soldiers were killed after the Taliban attacked the convoy of the Czech charge d'affaires. Kandahar police killed 5 Taliban, while the Taliban beheaded a police officer. ISAF is building 3 patrol bases in Girshk district in Helmand province. The government will recruit 19,000 more police officers.
Posted by Bill Roggio on May 2, 2007 1:45 PM | Entry
Afghan and NATO troops killed 75 Taliban in the first day of an assault in the Sangin district of Helamnd province. Afghan police killed 4 Taliban and wounded 7 after beating off a Taliban attack on teh Spera district police center in Khost province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on May 1, 2007 3:05 PM | Entry
A NATO and Afghan forces killed 136 Taliban in a weekend offensive in the Zerkoh Valley of Herat. U.S. forces killed 14 Taliban in Khost. NATO and Afghan forces launched Operation Silicon in the Sangin district of Helmand province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on April 30, 2007 8:54 AM | Entry
A U.S. raid on a car bomb cell in Nangarhar province resulted in 4 Taliban and 2 women killed. Protests broke out after locals claimed all those killed were civilians. US forces are pressing the attack against the Taliban in Helmand province via the air.
Posted by Bill Roggio on April 29, 2007 1:40 PM | Entry
NATO and Afghan forces killed 29 Taliban during operations in the southern and eastern provinces. Helmand Khost, Helmand and Zabul. The Taliban freed a female French aide worker; her male counterpart is still in custody..
Posted by Bill Roggio on April 28, 2007 12:12 PM | Entry
[UPDATE2] Afghan security forces, backed by the U.S. Army, retook the Giro district in Ghazni province after the Taliban overran the district earlier today. Afghan and US forces encountered no resistance, and are searching nearby villages for Taliban remnants.
Posted by Bill Roggio on April 27, 2007 5:22 PM | Entry
The Taliban seized the Giro district in Ghazni province, and killed the mayor, police chief and 3 policemen during the assault. Six Taliban and 3 police were killed in a clash in the Qarabagh district of Ghanzi. French presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy said he would consider pulling French troops out of Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on April 27, 2007 8:08 AM | Entry
The Taliban admits its fighters are trapped in the Chora district in Uruzgan, but claims Mullah Dadullah is not among them. Eleven Afghan security forces and 7 Taliban were killed in fighting nationwide. US Special Forces killed 5 Taliban in Paktia. India is providing trainers for the Afghan Army.
Posted by Bill Roggio on April 26, 2007 10:58 AM | Entry
Taliban attacks in Paktika, Herat and Ghazni killed 19 Afghan soldiers and civilians. Thirteen Taliban were killed by ISAF and Afghan forces during fighting in Farah and Zabul. The Canadian Parliament defeated a bill advocating a pullout of Afghanistan in 2009.
Posted by Bill Roggio on April 25, 2007 11:15 AM | Entry
[UPDATE2] Afghan security forces claim to have surrounded over 200 Taliban, possibly including Taliban military commander Mullah Dadullah, as Taliban military leaders "gathered for a meeting in the mountain village of Keshay in Uruzgan province on Saturday."
Posted by Bill Roggio on April 23, 2007 7:58 PM | Entry
Taliban bombers in Khost and Nangahar killed 11 and wounded 40. The Canadian people and government are debating the country's involvement in Afghanistan after a spate of casualties in Kandahar province. The Taliban has demanded France withdraw or its aid workers will be murdered.
Posted by Bill Roggio on April 23, 2007 8:25 AM | Entry
NATO and Afghan forces killed 27 Taliban in engagements in Helmand and Herat provinces, and another 10 in fighting in Kapisa. Five al Qaeda were captured in Nangahar province. Afghan and Pakistan troops clashed over the border fence.
Posted by Bill Roggio on April 20, 2007 1:12 AM | Entry
The Taliban killed 5 UN workers in a roadside bombing in Kandahar, while the Taliban conducted attacks in the northern provinces of Kapisa and Herat. The U.S. claimed Iranian made weapons have been intercepted inside Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on April 17, 2007 7:02 PM | Entry
The Taliban killed almost 700 civilians last year. NATO claimed "several key extremist leaders from the ongoing insurgency" were killed during attacks last week in Helmand province. A Taliban suicide bomber killed 10 police in the northern city of Kunduz.
Posted by Bill Roggio on April 16, 2007 7:22 PM | Entry
NATO and Afghan forces killed 16 Taliban and wounded 10 in fighting in Paktika. An Arab al Qaeda member was among them. Six more Taliban were killed in Helmand's Sangin district. German reconnaissance planes are in operation in Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on April 15, 2007 4:59 PM | Entry
NATO and Afghan forces killed 24 Taliban during a strike in Garmsir district in Helmand province. A suicide bomber killed 7 Afghan border police in Khost. The Taliban aired a video of 2 captured French aid workers.
Posted by Bill Roggio on April 14, 2007 9:14 AM | Entry
NATO and Afghan forces killed 35 Taliban in fighting near Sangin district in Helmand province, and another 3 in Ghazni province. Over 300 Afghan police are in training in Lashkar Gah. Canada is set to purchase another 100 Leopard 2 tanks for use in Kandahar.
Posted by Bill Roggio on April 13, 2007 12:44 PM | Entry
NATO airstrikes killed 13 Taliban in Helmand proivince, while 4 Taliban were killed when their roadside bomb detonated prematurely. Two Canadians were killed in an IED attack in Kandahar. Australia is set to send an additional 450 troops, including 300 Special Forces.
Posted by Bill Roggio on April 12, 2007 12:00 AM | Entry
Eight Afghan soldiers and an unknown number of Taliban were killed during fighting in Zabul province over the past 2 days. The Taliban murdered 2 truck drivers who were supplying U.S. bases in Paktika and kidnapped 3 others. The Afghan Army has moved a battalion of troops into Helmand province to support Operation Achilles.
Posted by Bill Roggio on April 10, 2007 2:53 PM | Entry
Six Canadian soldiers were killed in Kandahar after their LAV armored vehicle was hit with a roadside bomb. The Taliban has distributed "night letters" in 18 villages in Logar province. Negotiations with elements of the Taliban is causing a break between the Karzai government and northern politicians.
Posted by Bill Roggio on April 9, 2007 9:54 AM | Entry
NATO and Afghan forces have retaken the Sangin district from the Taliban in Helmand province after yesterday's air assault. Five police were killed and 4 wounded during a Taliban attack in Zabul. Seven were killed, including 3 from a de-mining team, after the Taliban attacked in Farah.
Posted by Bill Roggio on April 7, 2007 10:31 PM | Entry
NATO forces conducted an air assault in the Sangin Valley in Helmand province. Afghan police raided a madrassa in Farah province and arrested 22 suspected Taliban. A suicide bomber killed 4 in Kabul, including a policeman who attempted to stop the attack. The foreign minister rejected a German politician's plan to negotiate with the Taliban.
Posted by Bill Roggio on April 6, 2007 1:40 AM | Entry
NATO killed 10 Taliban in fighting in Helmand province. The Taliban has kidnapped 2 French aid workers in Nimroz province. Canada will rent 20 German Leopard tanks for use in Kandahar province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on April 5, 2007 1:03 AM | Entry
A leading German politician has called for negotiations with the Taliban. A clash between police and poppy farmers in Nangarhar province led to 1 killed and 20 wounded. A 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck in the northeastern province of Badakhshan while over 110 have been killed in floods.
Posted by Bill Roggio on April 3, 2007 7:34 PM | Entry
Thirteen Taliban and 3 police were killed during fighting in southeastern Afghanistan. Five Afghans were killed and 10 wounded after a suicide car bomb hit the Mehtar Lam PRT. Three children were killed in a suicide bomb attack on an Afghan Army convoy Laghman province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on April 2, 2007 7:15 PM | Entry
NATO and Afghan forces have captured several Taliban leaders over the past 2 days, including a commander in Khost, an unnamed commander in Helmand and the team responsible for the assassination attempt on a senior tribal leader in Kandahar. Eight Taliban and 5 police were killed after the Taliban attacked a police station in Uruzgan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on March 31, 2007 4:53 PM | Entry
The Afghan Army, back by local militia, killed 70 Taliban and cleared 400 Taliban from the Nad Ali district in Helmand province. Two Taliban were killed and 12 captured during operations in Nangarhar and Paktia provinces. The US is considering supporting local Afghan and Pakistani tribesman against al Qaeda.
Posted by Bill Roggio on March 30, 2007 9:51 PM | Entry
[UPDATE2] The first Afghan Army only operation resulted in 122 Taliban killed and 27 wounded during 6 days of fighting in Helmand province. The Taliban want to exchange captured hospital personnel for captured fighters.
Posted by Bill Roggio on March 29, 2007 8:01 PM | Entry
A suicide bomber on a motorcycle killed 4 and wounded 12 in an attack in the main market in Kabul. The target was Kamulladeen Khan Echekzai, a powerful Afghan elder from Kandahar with knowledge of Taliban activities in Pakistan. Afghan detainees at Bagram and GITMO will be transferred to the Pul-i-Charkhi jail in Kabul.
Posted by Bill Roggio on March 29, 2007 9:47 AM | Entry
The Taliban suicide bomber killed 4 police outside the provincial police station in Lashkar Gah, Helmand. Two Canadians were wounded after a suicide bomber attacked their convoy in Kandahar. Eight Taliban were captured in raids in Kunar, Khost and Girshk.
Posted by Bill Roggio on March 27, 2007 3:38 PM | Entry
Twenty Taliban were killed and 22 captured in operations in Wardak and Ghazni provinces. Mullah Abdul Ali, a Taliban commander in Farah province, was captured and three others were killed after attempting to kidnap Indian contractors.
Posted by Bill Roggio on March 26, 2007 11:03 PM | Entry
NATO and Afghan security forces killed 23 Taliban during engagements in Paktika, Helmand and Kandahar provinces. Villagers in Farah province killed 3 Taliban after they tried to attack a group of Afghan and Indian engineers surveying a dam. Australia will likely deploy a contingent of Special Air Services.
Posted by Bill Roggio on March 25, 2007 12:22 PM | Entry
Nine Taliban and 2 police were killed in fighting in Uruzgan and Zabul provinces. A district police chief from Zabul was captured then beheaded by the Taliban. The UN is extending its Afghan mission for one year.
Posted by Bill Roggio on March 24, 2007 12:07 PM | Entry
NATO and Afghan forces killed 69 Taliban, and lost 9 police during fighting in Girshk in Helmand province. NATO forces are still working to secure the region around the Kajaki Dam as reconstruction is halted. The Taliban plans further kidnappings of reporters after successfully securing the release of 5 senior Taliban leaders.
Posted by Bill Roggio on March 23, 2007 2:38 PM | Entry
NATO and Afghan forces killed 40 Taliban and captured 8 during combat operations in Girshk in Hemand province. Poppy cultivation in southern Afghanistan is "out of control," according to the UN. German support for a presence in Afghanistan is dwindling.
Posted by Bill Roggio on March 22, 2007 10:56 AM | Entry
Abdul Latif Hakimi, the previously captured Taliban spokesman, was one of those released in exchange for the Italian journalist. The journalist's Afghan interpreter was not part of the exchange, which sparked a protest. Australia is considering sending more troops.
Posted by Bill Roggio on March 21, 2007 1:20 PM | Entry
The Afghan government confirmed Taliban prisoners were exchanged for the Italian journalist, who witnessed a beheading during captivity. Three Taliban were killed during fighting in Helmand province. German soldiers oppose the deployment of Tornado surveillance planes as the intel may be used to kill Taliban or al Qaeda.
Posted by Bill Roggio on March 20, 2007 9:20 AM | Entry
A Taliban suicide bomber targeting a Canadian convoy in Kandahar killed a child and wounded four others. Two police were killed in a battle with the Taliban in Farah province. The Taliban chopped off the noses and ears of workers transporting supplies for NATO in eastern Afghanistan. Almost half of the 224 schools in Helmand are closed due to the Taliban.
Posted by Bill Roggio on March 18, 2007 10:03 AM | Entry
NATO will conduct a "rolling series" of operations to pursue the Taliban in the south. Dutch troops have pushed to the Uruzgan-Helmand border in support of Operation Achilles. Italy is negotiating with the Taliban over the release of a journalist. The US is donating $750 million for border security.
Posted by Bill Roggio on March 16, 2007 2:14 PM | Entry
Bulgaria is planning on sending an additional 335 troops. The US will donate power generators to provide energy for Kabul. Afghan minister Ismail Khan criticized US human rights groups for calling leaders warlords and the Karzai government for failing to implement Islamic law.
Posted by Bill Roggio on March 15, 2007 11:34 AM | Entry
ISAF forces killed Mullah Jamaluddin, the deputy Taliban commander of Garmsir district in Helmand. The Bakwa district police commander and 8 policemen were killed in an IED attack in Farah. Three suicide bombers killed 4 civilians in Helmand and Kandahar. The Kandahar bomber crossed the border from Pakistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on March 13, 2007 4:15 PM | Entry
Twelve police and 10 Taliban were killed in clashes in Kandahar and Farah over the weekend. The US is deploying the 'Shadow Wolves,' which includes members of the Navajo, Sioux, Lakota and Apache Indian tribes, to hunt Taliban in on the Pakistani border. Thirty members of Hizb-i-Islami are joining the peace process.
Posted by Bill Roggio on March 12, 2007 8:57 AM | Entry
Mullah Naqib, an influential tribal leader in Kandahar, and 8 others were seriously wounded in a roadside bomb attack on his convoy. Naqib negotiated the Taliban transfer of power in 2001 and has been critical of the group. Gulbuddin Hekmatyar now claims he has not split with the Taliban.
Posted by Bill Roggio on March 10, 2007 4:47 PM | Entry
Afghan and Iranian border forces clashed after the Iranians entered Afghan territory. One soldier from each side was killed. Eight suspects have been arrested for the murder of a German aid worker. Canadian forces were hit by two suicide attacks in Kandahar on Thursday, while one NATO was killed during combat operations in the south.
Posted by Bill Roggio on March 9, 2007 3:07 PM | Entry
Taliban commander and suicide cell leader Mullah Mahmood was captured in Kandahar while wearing a Burka. A " (bomb-making) expert and logistics officer for the Tora Bora Front" was captured in Jalalabab, while five more al Qaeda were arrested in Khost. Canada is providing 200 troops as a blocking force for Operation Achilles in Helmand province. The Taliban's website has been blocked in Pakistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on March 7, 2007 10:59 AM | Entry
The Taliban have acknowledged that Mullah Obaidullah is in Pakistani custody. The Taliban claim to have captured Nawzad district in Helmand. Kabul police arrested 6 members of a 'terror squad' in Kabul. Two Afghan forest rangers were killed and 7 captured by the Taliban. Nine civilians were killed during an airstrike in Kapisa. Over 2,000 Afghans in Khost demonstrated against suicide bombings.
Posted by Bill Roggio on March 5, 2007 10:49 AM | Entry
Mullah Dadullah said Taliban are fighting in Iraq. Two civilians were killed and 16 wounded in a bicycle bombing in Herat. A policeman was killed and 12 civilians were wounded in 2 attacks in Kunar province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on March 3, 2007 7:00 AM | Entry
Afghan and NATO forces killed 12 Taliban during a clash in Zabul province. The International Narcotics Control Strategy Report indicated that "Afghanistan’s opium production hit a record high last year and said that the narcotics trade was undermining Afghan democracy and security."
Posted by Bill Roggio on March 2, 2007 11:34 AM | Entry
Osama bin Laden is alive and well, and interacting with the Taliban leadership, said Taliban military commander Mullah Dadullah. Two were killed and 48 wounded in an IED attack in Farah province. U.S. forces killed 3 Taliban in Zabul.
Posted by Bill Roggio on March 1, 2007 9:22 AM | Entry
A Taliban suicide bomber killed 18 outside the main Kabul base where VP Cheney was visiting. A suicide bomber killed 2 civilians during an attack on a provincial official in Kandahar. The Taliban are executing informants after 3 senior commanders were killed in the last 3 months.
Posted by Bill Roggio on February 27, 2007 8:49 AM | Entry
A district minister and police commander in Bakwa in Farah province were arrested for links to the Taliban. Taliban commander Yunis Khalis has formed the "Tora Bora" group. A suicide bomber killed a policeman in Khost. The Brits will send 1,400 additional troops to Helmand province. Turkey will add 200 troops. Canada pledges an additional $200 million in reconstruction aid.
Posted by Bill Roggio on February 26, 2007 1:57 PM | Entry
Two senior Taliban commanders, Mullah Khair Gul and his deputy Mullah Amin Gul, were captured in Paktika, and NATO forces are in pursuit of their fighters. The Taliban commander Mullah Dadullah claimed he has deployed 6,000 fighters to Afghanistan
Posted by Bill Roggio on February 22, 2007 10:14 AM | Entry
NATO expects the Taliban to increase suicide and IED attacks. A Spanish soldier was killed and 2 more wounded when their ambulance hit a mine south of Herat. The Italian government lost a vote on support for the Afghan mission. Australia will add 450 troops. Canada's Liberal party will support the Afghan mission until 2009.
Posted by Bill Roggio on February 21, 2007 11:48 AM | Entry
The Afghan Army backed by NATO forces retook the remote district of Bakwa in Farah province. A suicide bomber wounded 7 US soldiers while he attempted to attack a hospital in Khost province. A US soldier was killed during combat operations in Kunar.
Posted by Bill Roggio on February 20, 2007 1:40 PM | Entry
The Taliban have captured the remote district of Bakwa in the western province of Farah. Over 300 Taliban are said to have stormed the town. The Taliban attacked a NATO convoy in Kandahar City, and five civilians were wounded in the ensuing gunfight. Three police were killed and three wounded during poppy eradication operations in Farah. The Taliban claimed it shot down the CH-47 with a 'SAM-7' [likely the Sa-7 Strela].
Posted by Bill Roggio on February 19, 2007 3:44 PM | Entry
A US CH-47 helicopter crashed in Zabul province, killing 8 and injuring 14. Early indications are the helo went down due to engine failure. As Sahab, al Qaeda's production company, released a videotape of a suicide bombing and Taliban military commander Mullah Dadullah endorsing the tactic.
Posted by Bill Roggio on February 18, 2007 9:34 AM | Entry
The Taliban executed three 'spies', beheading two and hanging one, in the Grishk district of Helmand province. Seven police were wounded in a landmine explosion in Farah province. One Taliban was killed and five captured during operations in Nangarhar and Paktika. Pakistan urges Afghanistan to negotiate with the Taliban.
Posted by Bill Roggio on February 17, 2007 8:14 PM | Entry
US forces killed 1 Taliban and captured six during raids in Eastern Afghanistan. "Our war preparations, especially in southern Afghanistan and in Helmand province, are complete and for this our 10,000 fighters are ready to take up arms the moment they are ordered," said Mullah Abdul Rahim, the Taliban's operational commander for southern Helmand province. The Czech government plans on donating helicopters and small arms to the Afghan military.
Posted by Bill Roggio on February 16, 2007 2:43 PM | Entry
The Afghan government wants to negotiate with the Taliban in Musa Qala to get them to leave without fighting. Afghan security forces captured Taliban commander Mullah Duad Trabi in Khost. A rocket attack forced 2 USAID workers to leave the Kajaki Dam project in Helmand.
Posted by Bill Roggio on February 15, 2007 4:08 PM | Entry
The Taliban have taken the Helmand district of Washir, while an attack on the Kajaki dam was repulsed. 22 Taliban were killed during the fighting. The Taliban is implementing IED tactics. Norway will send 150 special forces, but to Kabul.
Posted by Bill Roggio on February 13, 2007 11:52 AM | Entry
Six Taliban were killed and 12 captured, while five police were killed during fighting in Helmand and Zabul provinces. The US claimed it killed a Taliban commander, but the Taliban spokesman said Helmand commander Mullah Abdel Hanan survived the attack. A Canadian Senate report said Canada should reconsider its mission if NATO does not up its support.
Posted by Bill Roggio on February 12, 2007 3:02 PM | Entry
Police and British troops killed 10 Taliban during fighting in the Kajaki and Sangin districts in Helmand province. The Taliban killed 4 police and wounded 3 in an ambush in Kandahar. A blast in Mazar-i-Sharif destroyed a shopping center and wounded 23.
Posted by Bill Roggio on February 10, 2007 11:26 AM | Entry
The Taliban is digging in at Musa Qala. NATO has offered minor support for upcoming operations, and question the utility of sending more troops. Afghans are forming an ideological opponent to the Taliban. Russia is considering relieving Afghanistan of its $10 billion debt.
Posted by Bill Roggio on February 9, 2007 4:47 PM | Entry
Afghan forces detained 8 'terrorists who confessed to a string of killings in the southern city of Kandahar,' while two Taliban were killed in a battle in Zabul. A senior defense official said NATO must launch an offensive against the Taliban. "It will be a bloody spring," according to Said Jawad, the US ambassador to Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on February 8, 2007 1:49 PM | Entry
US troops captured 2 al Qaeda operatives in Nangahar province, in a region 12 miles from the Pakistani border. Eight police were killed in bombing attacks. Germany approved the deployment of Tornado jets for surveillance missions, "but they would not be allowed to use their bombs or missiles to carry out attacks." NATO is unlikely to fulfil troop commitments in Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on February 7, 2007 4:13 PM | Entry
NATO killed Mullah Abdul Ghafour, a senior Taliban leader, during an airstrike outside of Musa Qala, a Taliban stronghold in Afghanistan. Ghafour was a corps commander in western Afghanistan during the Taliban regime. U.S. Army General Dan McNeill has assumed command of NATO's ISAF mission.
Posted by Bill Roggio on February 4, 2007 8:32 AM | Entry
Twenty Taliban were killed by police in Farah, while another 7 were killed in fighting in Paktika. Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf again claims Mullah Omar is in Afghanistan, not Pakistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on February 3, 2007 12:38 PM | Entry
NATO said it, and not the Taliban, will be on the offensive this year. NATO is looking to preempt the Taliban in Helmand and Kandahar provinces. The US is preparing to retake Musa Qala, a Helmand district the UK abandoned to the Taliban last fall.
Posted by Bill Roggio on February 1, 2007 1:49 AM | Entry
The international community agreed to increase reconstruction and step up the development of local security forces. The UK is prepared to increase the number of troops in country. Thirty Taliban were killed during fighting in Helmand province. A security contractor was killed several days ago in an attack on a US base in Khost.
Posted by Bill Roggio on January 31, 2007 2:46 PM | Entry
Twelve were wounded, including 10 soldiers in a suicide bombing in Herat. Afghan tribal leaders in Kandahar believe Pakistan is supporting the Taliban. Human Rights Watch claimed 1,000 civilians were killed in 2006, almost all by the Taliban. The Dutch will not participate in poppy eradication programs.
Posted by Bill Roggio on January 30, 2007 9:33 AM | Entry
President Karzai calls for talks with the Taliban. A Taliban commander was killed during fighting in Zabul. Three Taliban were captured and an unknown number killed during fighting in Uruzgan and Khost over the weekend.
Posted by Bill Roggio on January 29, 2007 12:26 PM | Entry
The Taliban claimed having 2,000 suicide bombers prepared for its latest "Spring Offensive." The Taliban executed a 'spy' in Paktia. Five terrorists were captured in Khost. The US Undersecretary of State said “there is a problem of forces coming from Pakistan into Afghanistan to attack and then to return to Pakistan to seek refuge and refitting.”
Posted by Bill Roggio on January 28, 2007 10:38 AM | Entry
NATO believes it killed "a senior Taliban leader and his deputies" in an airstrike on a base near Musa Qala. President Bush is requesting $10.6 billion in aide, and is extending the tour of a combat brigade by 4 months. NATO is expecting another combat brigade to deploy in the south. The Taliban wants to move their camps from Pakistan into Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on January 26, 2007 5:41 AM | Entry
3,200 soldiers’ tours in Afghanistan have been extended four months. NATO-led troops battling resurgent Taliban militants will shortly be reinforced with another combat brigade. Afghanistan’s opium fields up by 150 percent since 2002, but the fields will not be sprayed this year.
Posted on January 25, 2007 7:26 AM | Entry
12 Taliban and 11 policemen died in two clashes in Uruzgan and Kandahar provinces of southern Afghanistan. The US may send more troops and money to Afghanistan to fight the Taliban and its allies. Iran is stirring up trouble between Shia and Sunni factions in Herat.
Posted on January 24, 2007 6:59 AM | Entry
The Pakistani military claims NATO forces bombed a Pakistani Army unit in North Waziristan, killing 1 and wounding two. NATO claimed it attacked Taliban firing rockets from within the border in Paktika. A suicide bomber detonated amid a crowd of workers outside Camp Salerno in eastern Afghanistan, killing 10 and wounding at least 14 others. The government is initiating a new offensive in the Opium War.
Posted by Bill Roggio on January 22, 2007 3:53 PM | Entry
NATO forces captured the Taliban commander of Panjwai district, Kandahar in Helmand province. An Afghan security guard and an interpreter stopped a suicide bomber outside of a US base in Kabul. US SecDef Gates considers sending more US troops to Afghanistan after meeting with President Karzai.
Posted by Bill Roggio on January 17, 2007 9:49 AM | Entry
Twelve Taliban and one British soldier were killed during fighting in Helmand province. British troops, strapped to the wings of Apache attack helos, attempted to rescue their fallen comrade. Lt Gen Eikenberry wants more NATO troops to fight the Taliban.
Posted by Bill Roggio on January 16, 2007 11:25 PM | Entry
"30 Taliban were killed and another 20 were wounded" during 2 days of NATO and Afghan operations in Helmand province. The Canadians established police stations across Panjwai, Kandahar, and will rely on the police to rebuff a Taliban spring offensive. Japan is increasing military ties with NATO.
Posted by Bill Roggio on January 14, 2007 3:09 PM | Entry
NATO killed 13 Taliban in an airstrike on a headquarters Helmand province. USAID will begin work on a major hydroelectric dam in Helmand. Germany considers deploying Tornado fighter-bombers.
Posted by Bill Roggio on January 12, 2007 3:37 PM | Entry
NATO and Afghan forces killed upward to 150 Taliban fighters in air and ground strikes after the Taliban crossed the Pakistani border. The Taliban crossed from Waziristan into Paktika province. The Taliban spokesman denies this.
Posted by Bill Roggio on January 11, 2007 1:39 PM | Entry
Twenty-five Taliban, including two mid-level commanders, surrendered to the Afghan government. British, Afghan, Estonian and Danish troops battled the Taliban in Helimand province. The government is recruiting thousands of auxiliary troops.
Posted by Bill Roggio on January 10, 2007 10:32 PM | Entry
UK troops destroy a Taliban training camp in Helmand province. The Taliban call the Pakistani plan to fence the border a 'conspiracy,' as Pakistan starts construction. The Canadians donated $10 million to the Afghan police. Afghan police kill 2 Taliban and capture 4 in Zabul.
Posted by Bill Roggio on January 8, 2007 3:56 PM | Entry
A former secretary general of NATO said the Afghan mission "may sound death knell for NATO" as the countries are unwilling to commit troops to the fight. "I think we ought to ask ourselves if this doesn't work, what on earth NATO is for?" The European allies are also giving little money to the Aghan government, with the US first, India second and Japan third in annual donations to the Afghan government [PDF, page 47]. Two women and 2 children are killed in a Taliban roadside bombing.
Posted by Bill Roggio on January 7, 2007 10:57 AM | Entry
The Taliban burned a school in Kunar province. One NATO soldier was wounded in an IED attack in Kandahar, while 4 more were wounded in a suicide attack in Paktika.
Posted by Bill Roggio on January 6, 2007 2:57 PM | Entry
The Afghan Army killed 18 Taliban in Helmand, including Mullah Azizullah, a regional commander. Pashtuns on both sides of the border oppose the Pakistani plan to mine and fence the border.
Posted by Bill Roggio on January 5, 2007 9:29 AM | Entry
Mullah Omar, in an email to Reuters, said he has not seen Osama bin Laden since late 2001. A Taliban roadside bomb in Uruzgan killed 5 Afghan soldiers. Some US politicians suggest legalizing poppy growth in Afghanistan for medicinal use.
Posted by Bill Roggio on January 4, 2007 1:31 PM | Entry
Afghan and NATO forces killed 20 Taliban in Helmand. The Taliban claim to have taken over the Washir district in Helmand, but Afghan government issued a denial. Pakistan's PM will visit Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on January 3, 2007 7:37 PM | Entry
ISAF is targeting the Taliban leadership. Mullah Dadullah claims 2007 will be filled with "suicide and guerrilla attacks on NATO, American and coalition forces." The Taliban conducted a rocket attack from inside the Pakistani border, and burned down a school for refugees. France said it is not withdrawing from Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on January 2, 2007 2:43 PM | Entry
Coalition forces captured a terrorist in Kunar province. A police chief in Farah was captured during a Taliban raid. Two Afghan police in Herat were killed by Taliban bombs, and another was wounded.
Posted by Bill Roggio on January 1, 2007 10:39 AM | Entry
General Eikenberry expects the Taliban to increase attacks and "will try to attack border security posts, extend their suicide bombings, and attack district centers in groups of 25 to 100 fighters." Mullah Obaidullah Akhund said Saddam's execution "will boost the morale of Muslims." Iran said the US presence in Afghanistan is the source of instability in the country. Canada has pulled reporters from the theater due to a liberal embed policy.
Posted by Bill Roggio on December 30, 2006 9:59 PM | Entry
Mullah Omar spoke, and claimed the west will run from Afghanistan, and called the tribal jirgas a trap. "I am confident that the enemy will run away in degradation and embarrassment ." Ten Taliban were killed after attacking a police station, and another seven were killed in an airstrike in Khost.
Posted by Bill Roggio on December 29, 2006 8:12 AM | Entry
The Taliban confirmed Mullah Akhtar Usmani was killed last week in an airstrike in Khost, after initials denials. Afghanistan arrested a Pakistani ‘suicide bomb supplier.’ Iran is attempting to extend its influence inside Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on December 27, 2006 10:14 PM | Entry
NATO has has confirmed Mullah Akhtar Usmani was killed in an airstrike in Helmand. A NATO airstrike killed 5 Taliban in Helmand, including a mid-level Taliban commander, while two more were killed when a bomb they built exploded prematurely. More signs point to Pakistan's support for the Taliban.
Posted by Bill Roggio on December 24, 2006 6:54 PM | Entry
Over fifty Taliban were killed during an operation in Kandahar's Panjwai district since the weekend. Mullah Ubaidullah Akhund is leading the Taliban in southern Afghanistan. A Taliban command said the truce in Helmand is proof KArzai and the Coalition are weak. Kabul has been free of suicide attack for 2 months due to intensive operations south of the capital. A look at the incremental positive changes in security and reconstruction in Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on December 20, 2006 8:30 AM | Entry
Four Taliban were killed in an airstrike in Kandahar. Canadian forces are again on the offensive in Kandahar's Panjwaii district, part of the larger Operation Falcon Summit. The Taliban have executed two “spies,” beheading one and stabbing another, then “hanging his body from a tree.”
Posted by Bill Roggio on December 19, 2006 9:52 AM | Entry
The governor of Kandahar claims the former Taliban minister of for the promotion of virtue and prevention of vice (the religious police) has been killed in an airstrike along with 30 Taliban. The Taliban denies he was killed. An Afghan general is being held for spying for Pakistan. France may send troops to the battle lines, after announcing it will withdraw 200 special forces from eastern Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on December 18, 2006 9:08 PM | Entry
A roadside blast killed one NATO soldier and injured two others in eastern Afghanistan. NATO troops launched an offensive in the South. Sen. McCain calls on NATO partners to provide more troops to fight the Taliban.
Posted on December 16, 2006 1:48 PM | Entry
NATO forces killed up to 80 Taliban during an ambush in the Musa Qala district. The British handed over the town to the Taliban in October. The government has initiated two reconstruction projects in Laghman province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on December 4, 2006 9:09 AM | Entry
Three Afghans are killed and three NATO soldiers wounded after a suicide bomber attacked a convoy. Four Taliban were killed after attacking a police checkpoint in Zabul. U.S. troops accidentally killed one Afghan police officer and wounded another. The Taliban claim to have shot down a missing civilian helicopter.
Posted by Bill Roggio on December 3, 2006 7:06 AM | Entry
NATO pledged about 500 more troops for Afghanistan. About 2,500 are needed. NATO claims the Afghan security forces will be ready to begin taking control by 2008. The U.S. is donating helicopters and planes to the Ministry of Defense.
Posted by Bill Roggio on November 29, 2006 1:27 PM | Entry
Shura member Mullah Ami claims Mullah Omar is leading the Taliban from Afghanistan and that the Taliban control “80 percent areas of over seven Afghan provinces.” A look at the Taliban operating from Baluchistan and Mujahideen Shura. The Taliban said it released two Pakistani reporters. Two NATO soldiers were killed in a suicide strike in Kandahar.
Posted by Bill Roggio on November 27, 2006 10:06 AM | Entry
Fifty-seven Taliban and one NATO soldier were killed during fighting in southern Afghanistan. A suicide bomber kills 15 in an attack in Paktika. French and German troops may be used as a reserve force in southern Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on November 26, 2006 10:22 AM | Entry
Mullah Dadullah said the Taliban attacks have slowed due to the onset of winter, and will intensify next summer. Seven Taliban were killed in Kandahar, and 11 terrorist were detained in Khost. One NATO soldier is killed and another wounded during a rocket attack in Ghazni.
Posted by Bill Roggio on November 24, 2006 10:02 AM | Entry
Taliban attacks have declined sharply over the past month, despite Mullah Omar's claim the fighting will increase. The minister of defense will double the size of the Army over the next two years, to 70,000. NATO says about about 2,500 troops are needed. Germany will not allow its troops to fight in the south.
Posted by Bill Roggio on November 23, 2006 12:02 AM | Entry
Eleven Taliban were killed in fighting in eastern Afghanistan. Two Canadian troops were wounded in an IED strike in the Pashmul district of Kandahar. A woman legislator was attacked in Kandahar City, her husband was killed.
Posted by Bill Roggio on November 22, 2006 11:21 AM | Entry
Spiegel looks at the German involvement in Afghanistan and the political 'caveats' that limits NATO from managing the fight. “A notebook, always within reach, contains the political factors -- and they take precedence... It contains 102 clauses that regulate the latitude for deployments and movements of the various national troop contingents.”
Posted by Bill Roggio on November 21, 2006 4:44 PM | Entry
The directors of the CIA and DIA stated the Taliban and al Qaeda are resurgent in Afghanistan due to safe havens along the Pakistani border. Canada's defense minister claimed many Taliban leaders have been killed in fighting in the south, and 1,500 more troops are needed.
Posted by Bill Roggio on November 16, 2006 6:59 PM | Entry
Ten al Qaeda are killed during an airstrike in Kunar province. Over 60 Taliban have been killed in fighting in eastern Afghanistan, and 7 were killed in Helmand province. The hardcore Taliban cadre must be eliminated, says a British general. The U.S., Afghanistan and Pakistan are considering a joint intelligence center in Kabul.
Posted by Bill Roggio on November 12, 2006 12:30 PM | Entry
NATO kills 15 insurgents in eastern Afghanistan after a patrol is attacked. Canadian forces, Afghan police killed 28 Taliban in the Zari district of Kandahar. The French are seriously considering withdrawing the 200 special forces (our sources say this is due to anger over the Musa Qala agreement.) India will host an international conference on Afghan reconstruction.
Posted by Bill Roggio on November 9, 2006 12:54 AM | Entry
Thousands of Afghan Pashtuns protested Pakistan's interference inside Afghanistan, and claim Pakistan is harboring the Taliban. Schools are being reopened in Helmand province. The Afghan Army will take up to 10 years to develop.
Posted by Bill Roggio on November 7, 2006 10:19 PM | Entry
NATO launched an attack on Taliban positions north of Kabul in Kapisa province. Nine Taliban were arrested during operations in Laghman province, and police posts were attacked in in Maidan Wardak and Logar provinces. Seven Taliban were killed in Helmand province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on November 5, 2006 8:14 AM | Entry
Fifty-five Taliban are killed in fighting in Ururgan. A NATO airstrike killed 12 Taliban in Kandahar. Three NATO troops are killed in a bombing in Nurestan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on October 31, 2006 11:07 AM | Entry
Fifty-five Taliban and one NATO soldier are killed during fighting in Uruzgan. The Taliban claim they will continue to fight through the winter and will take Kabul. NATO blames Pakistan for the Taliban's infiltration into Afghanistan. The Dutch have taken over command of the south.
Posted by Bill Roggio on October 30, 2006 8:57 AM | Entry
al Qaeda has threated Canada with “an operation similar to New York, Madrid, London” if the country does not withdraw from Afghanistan. This isn't the first attempt at threatening the NATO members. The Canadian Army has been particularly effective in fighting and killing the Taliban in the south.
Posted by Bill Roggio on October 29, 2006 12:06 AM | Entry
The Taliban rejects Karzai's offer of talks. NATO and the U.S. condemn the Taliban's use of human shields in the latest fighting in Kandahar. Upwards of 90 civilians may have been killed. A look at the recent fighting in Panjwai, and the role of close air support in southern Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on October 28, 2006 10:22 AM | Entry
NATO accused the Taliban of using civilians as a human shields, which led to the high civilian casualties in Kandahar. Poland is speeding up the deployment of its para battalion, and will not restrict the movement of the unit as some NATO countries do currently.
Posted by Bill Roggio on October 26, 2006 7:20 PM | Entry
Taliban spokeman Mohammad Hanif repeated the claim that U.S. and Afghan forces withdrew from Tana in the Ali Sher district of Khost province. See “NATO Talks with the Taliban?” An American intelligence source denies the claim. The U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan has “expressed deep unease over the British military's ceasefire with the Taliban” in Musa Qala and said the truce should not be repeated.
Posted by Bill Roggio on October 25, 2006 12:01 AM | Entry
President Karzai seeks the support of Pakistani politicians to make the cross border tribal jirga a success. Mulla Omar issued an Eid statement and claimed the Taliban will step up attacks against "foreign forces."
Posted by Bill Roggio on October 22, 2006 4:37 AM | Entry
The Taliban claim victory after British troops withdraw from Musa Qala in Helmand province. A suicide bomber killed two children and a British Marine in Lashkar Gah. "Gunmen" murdered and robbed 8 Afghan workers in Korengal. Pakistan's tribal belt is the Afghan Taliban's main source of weaponry.
Posted by Bill Roggio on October 20, 2006 2:47 AM | Entry
Over 40 Taliban were killed in two seperate engagements. In a battle on the Pakistani border in Paktia, across from North Wazistan, 24 were killed. "Among the dead there are Pakistan nationals, Chechens and people from other countries, as well as Afghans." Sixteen Taliban were killed in an airstrike in Uruzgan, including an unidentified mid-level Taliban commander.
Posted by Bill Roggio on October 17, 2006 5:10 PM | Entry
A new jihadi group claims to have 90 fighters and is active in the provinces of Kunar and Nuristan. Seven were killed in several Taliban attacks , including 2 British soldiers in Kandahar. Over 200 French special forces may be pulled from Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on October 16, 2006 12:54 AM | Entry
Canada's defense minister demands NATO countries remove restriction on troops that prevent their deployment to combat zones. Over 80 Taliban have been killed in several engagements over the weekend. A suicide bomber attacked a bus in Kabul, wounding 16, including 10 policemen. Coalition forces arrested a bomb maker in Farah province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on October 10, 2006 1:56 AM | Entry
The Taliban claims responsibility for a remote-controlled mine that killed three district officials today. Violence flares in the Eastern provinces as the terrorists attempt targeted assasinations. General Richards warned yesterday that the situation must improve or the Taliban will gain public support.
Posted on October 9, 2006 8:57 AM | Entry
Karzai calls for a jirga with the Pashtun tribes along the border, and asks for Pakistan to not “fake” it. Two extremists were detained in the western province of Farah.
Posted by Bill Roggio on October 7, 2006 1:28 AM | Entry
Senator Frist says the Taliban should be involved in the Afghan government. Brigadier Ed Butler, who recently negotiated a withdrawal with the Taliban in Musa Qala, said the Taliban have been "tactically defeated" in some areas. Three Taliban, along with six Afghan police and soldiers, and five civilians were killed in fighting over the past 2 days. Three NATO soldiers were wounded in a suicide attack in Kabul, one bomber was arrested.
Posted by Bill Roggio on October 3, 2006 2:08 AM | Entry
A suicide bomber kills 12 and wounds over 40 in a crowded Kabul market. Two weeks ago, the Kabul police broke up an al Qaeda bombing cell.
Posted by Bill Roggio on September 30, 2006 9:41 AM | Entry
Two Taliban and one policeman were killed after the Taliban attacked a police checkpoint in Zabul. A Canadian soldier was killed in the Panjwai district of Kandahar after setting off a land mine. Afghan and Coalition forces disable several roadside bombs in Paktika province, which sits across the border from Waziristan.
Posted by Bill Roggio on September 29, 2006 4:56 PM | Entry
Cause and effect: attacks are up 300% since the signing of the Waziristan Accord. Over 30 Taliban were killed, including 25 in a battle in Garmser, Helmand province. A Canadian convoy in Kandahar was attacked by a suicide bomber, only one civilian was injured. A known IED expert and terrorist cell leader is captured in Kunar.
Posted by Bill Roggio on September 28, 2006 1:45 AM | Entry
The Taliban murdered Kandahar's director of the Ministry of Women's Affairs. Coalition forces kill 10 Taliban in Paktika Province during Operation Mountain Fury. Twenty three Taliban in Helmand were killed during ISAF operations.
Posted by Bill Roggio on September 25, 2006 8:35 PM | Entry
Afghan Army and ISAF forces killed over 63 Taliban during fighting over the past few days in Helmand and Uruzgan provinces. Forty Taliban were killed during a strike on a Taliban base in Helmand's Girishk district. An outnumbered Afghan force with embedded NATO trainers defeated the Taliban during a six day battle in Garmser. Operation Wyconda Pincer in Farah has ended.
Posted by Bill Roggio on September 24, 2006 9:40 AM | Entry
Twelve Afghan military officers were arrested for providing weapons to the Taliban. ISAF forces arrest 12 Taliban for involvement in bombing attacks in Pashmul, Kandahar.
Posted by Bill Roggio on September 23, 2006 2:31 PM | Entry
Afghan police killed 25 Taliban after an attack on an outpost in Chora district, Uruzgan province. The Taliban killed 19 construction workers in an ambush in Kandahar.
Posted by Bill Roggio on September 22, 2006 2:54 PM | Entry
General Jones claims 1,000-1,500 Taliban died in fighting during Operation Medusa, the NATO reinforcement is being fulfilled, and the drug trade is a serious problem. France has declined sending more troops to help in the south.
Posted by Bill Roggio on September 21, 2006 10:16 AM | Entry
"We must destroy terrorist sanctuaries beyond Afghanistan, dismantle the elaborate networks in the region that recruit, train, finance, arm and deploy terrorists," President Karzai said during his speech at the UN. On CNN, he said Taliban leaders are hiding in Pakistan. NATO has agreed to increase the deployment of troops and air assets.
Posted by Bill Roggio on September 20, 2006 5:41 PM | Entry
Afghan police believe they have captured the Kabul al Qaeda cell. My sources in Kabul are skeptical. Eleven Taliban were killed by Afghan police during fighting in the south. ISAF and Afghan troops have launched Operation Wyconda Pincer in Farah province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on September 19, 2006 9:48 PM | Entry
al Qaeda has conducted 3 suicide attacks in one day. Four Canadian soldiers were killed by a bicycle bomber in Pashmul. A suicide car bomber detonated at an ANA checkpoint in Kabul. The checkpoint was established to search for the car. Eleven were killed by a suicide bomber outside the main mosque in Heart. The target was the city's police chief.
Posted by Bill Roggio on September 18, 2006 9:22 PM | Entry
Operation Medusa has ended. The Canadian Royal Regiment led the fighting, but British special forces played a key role in Operation Medusa, along with Dutch, Danish, U.S. and Afghan troops
Posted by Bill Roggio on September 17, 2006 9:04 AM | Entry
Over 50 Taliban an 8 Afghan police were killed in battles across Afghanistan. Poland will send 1,000 troops to boost the NATO mission, while Latvia will send an additional 20. An aerial photograph of over 190 Taliban gathering at a funeral and the failure to strike calls the rules of engagement into question.
Posted by Bill Roggio on September 14, 2006 9:39 AM | Entry
U.S. Forces capture HIG chief and al Qaeda ally Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. Afghan and Coalition forces retake Garmsir in Helmand province, killing 20 Taliban. NATO requested reserve force of 1,000 troops over 18 months ago.
Posted by Bill Roggio on September 12, 2006 1:24 AM | Entry
Sunday's Taliban death toll has been revised upwards to 186 (see related post, which has been updated). Canada is sending an additional 15 tanks and 120 troops to Afghanistan. The Afghan Ambassador to the U.S. says Osama “is spending most of his time in Pakistan.” A suicide bomber strikes at the funeral of Hakim Taniwal, the governor of Paktia province, murdering 5 and wounding 10. Taniwal was killed during a suicide attack because “He'd managed to ease out a number of rather obnoxious militia.
Posted by Bill Roggio on September 11, 2006 11:36 AM | Entry
Canadian troops are establishing forward positions in the Panjwai district of Kandahar; 700 Taliban are said to be surrounded, 21 Taliban were killed. The Taliban claim responsibility for a suicide bombing in Kabul that killed 18. The target was a U.S. convoy near the embassy. Afghan police beat back a Taliban attack in Wardak, killing 8 and capturing 8.
Posted by Bill Roggio on September 8, 2006 11:30 AM | Entry
U.S. forces conduct a major operation in the Konrangal River Valley in Kunar, along the border with Pakistan. Musharraf visits Afghanistan, calls al Qaeda and the Taliban a “common enemy” but refuses to rout them out of North Waziristan. Three British soldiers were killed in separate engagements in the volatile Helmand province.
Posted by Bill Roggio on September 7, 2006 2:33 AM | Entry
Two al Qaeda were arrested in Khost in possession of “weapons, night vision equipment and various electronic devices,” as a suicide bomber killed a “ teacher and a government employee” in the same province. The Afghan government is establishing a National Security Coordination System.
Posted by Bill Roggio on September 6, 2006 9:45 AM | Entry
A suicide bombing in along Jalalabad Road in Kabul killed 2 German soldiers and 5 Afghan civilians. In the south, 16 Taliban and 3 police were killed during clashes. Over 100 Dutch troops have been temporarily re-assigned to the southern Afghan province of Kandahar to assist with Operation Medusa.
Posted by Bill Roggio on September 4, 2006 4:12 PM | Entry
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