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Defense.gov News Article: Afghan, Coalition Force Detains Haqqani Leader

Wakht News » Joint forces kill, detain 57 insurgents during last 24 hours 2011-08-03 12:44

Kabul – (Aug 03)

Afghan and Coalition forces have killed 14 and detained 43 insurgents during joint operations in various parts of the country during last 24hours.

A statement issued to Wakht News News Agency by the Ministry of Interior said Wednesday that these operations were carried out in Nangarhar, Baghlan, Kandahar, Paktia, Maydan Wardag, Khost, Paktika and Helmand provinces.

The statement added that during these operations 14 insurgents were killed, four wounded and 43 others detained.

The statement further said that two insurgents who wanted to emplace a roadside bomb died when the bomb they were planting exploded prematurely, in Southern Province of Farah.

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14 insurgents killed in Afghanistan - Home » Other Sections » Breaking News

KABUL (Xinhua) -- Afghan police during operations eliminated 14 Taliban and detained 43 more insurgents elsewhere in the country over the last 24 hours, Interior Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.

"Afghan National Police (ANP) with the assistance of the Afghan army and Coalition Forces launched 12 joint and independent operations over the past 24 hours in Nangarhar, Baghlan, Kandahar, Helmand, Maidan Wardak, Ghazni, Khost, Paktika and Paktia provinces," said the statement issued by Interior Ministry.

"As a result of these operations, 14 armed insurgents were killed, four wounded and 43 other armed insurgents were arrested,"

Police also found and defused a total of 17 Improvised Explosive Device (IED) and anti-vehicle mines elsewhere in the country over the same period of time, the statement further said.

In a separate incident, two more insurgents, who had the intention of planting an anti-vehicle mine along a road, were killed when their mine exploded prematurely in Dilaram district of the country's western Farah province on Tuesday, the statement added.

Taliban insurgents have yet to make comments.

The Taliban outfit, fighting Afghan and NATO-led troops, have intensified their activities against government interests and security forces since beginning May when the militants group announced to launch spring offensive against security forces all over the country.

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Defense.gov News Article: Combined Force Detains Insurgents, Seizes Weapons
KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 2, 2011 – A combined Afghan and coalition security force detained multiple suspected insurgents while searching for a Haqqani terrorist network leader in the Mata Khan district of Afghanistan’s Paktika province yesterday, military officials reported.
The target of the search is responsible for kidnappings and for attacks against Afghan forces, officials said.
While searching the area, the security force confiscated a machine gun, grenades, assault rifles, bomb-making materials and chest racks.
In other operations yesterday around Afghanistan:
-- A combined force in Baghlan province’s Pul-e Khumri district detained a Taliban leader who directed suicide-bomb attacks against Afghan and coalition forces.
-- In Helmand province’s Kajaki district, a combined force detained a suspected insurgent while searching for a man who directs Taliban operations in the area.
-- A combined force detained several suspected insurgents in Helmand’s Washer district while searching for a man who leads a Taliban roadside-bomb cell in Kandahar province.
-- Also in Helmand province, a combined patrol detained two suspected insurgents in Nahr-e Saraj while searching for a Taliban leader who builds roadside bombs and provides logistical support to other Taliban chiefs in the area.
-- A combined force detained a Haqqani network facilitator responsible for coordinating roadside-bomb attacks, along with several other suspected insurgents, in Khost province’s Terayzai district.
-- In Paktia province’s Zurmat district, a combined force detained a suspected insurgent while searching for a Haqqani network leader who directs attacks against Afghan and coalition forces.
-- A combined force in Nangarhar province’s Hisarak district killed an insurgent after the man attacked them during a search for the Taliban-appointed governing official for operations in the district. He is responsible for the movement of foreign fighters and weapons used in attacks against Afghan and coalition forces.
-- In Wardak province’s Nerkh district, a combined force detained multiple suspected insurgents while searching for a man who provides direct support to senior Hezb-E Islami Gulbuddin terrorist organization leaders.

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Bakhtar News Agency - Ammunition Discover in Baghlan province
The personnel of the National Security Department discovered a clandestine stack of ammunition in Khenjan district of Baghlan province last night. A source of the mentioned department in Baghlan province said, the seized ammunition including 38 different types of mines, 12 fires of rockets and 8 hand grenades. The source said, the ammunition belonged to the Taliban group and they used them in Terrorist and destructive activities

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100 militants killed in Afghan operation News

Over a hundred Taliban militants were killed in a three-day operation by Afghan and NATO-led forces in Afghanistan, Xinhua reported Saturday. Eighty militants were killed in Paktika province, 155 km east of Kabul over the past three days, the provincial government said in a statement Saturday.
‘The combined operations of Afghan and international troops have left 80 militants dead in Paktika,’ the statement said.
The operations were carried out in Marizko and Armai villages of the province. Air power was also used.
Mukhils Afghan, the spokesman for the provincial government, said there was no casualty among the civilian and security forces.
The Afghan and NATO troops killed 16 more militants during an overnight operation in the Helmand province, a stronghold of the Taliban about 550 km south of Kabul.
Eight more militants were killed in a Friday night raid on a Taliban hideout in Baghlan province, 160 km north of Kabul, provincial police chief Abdul Rahman Rahimi said.
‘Police raided Taliban hideout in Dand-e-Ghori district Friday night as a result eight rebels were killed,’ he told Xinhua.
The spring and summer have been traditionally the ‘fighting season’ in Afghanistan as both sides, militants and the security forces, attempt to consolidate their positions before the winter in the war-torn country, Xinhua said.

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A tale of two Taliban commanders

very interesting! The ordinery people hate Taliban and their activities in Kandahar, Paktia and Khowst but they fear to rise against Taliban. Now GOE aka AshrafGhaljey is claiming Taliban have support.

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Afghan police arrest 10-year-old would-be suicide bomber | Breaking News | Wire Update News | News Wires

KANDAHAR (BNO NEWS) -- Police in southern Afghanistan have arrested a 10-year-old Pakistani boy who had been instructed to carry out a suicide bombing, the government said on Sunday. Sediq Sediqqi, a spokesman for the Interior Ministry, said the child was arrested on Friday in the PD 10 area of Kandahar City in Kandahar province before he reached his intended target. He did not say where the boy, who was identified as Abdul Samad, had been instructed to blow himself up.


Samad was kidnapped in May by militants in Quetta, the largest city and the provincial capital of Balochistan Province in Pakistan. "He was taken to one of the terrorist education centers across the border and prepared for a suicide bombing," Sediqqi said.
In a statement, the ministry condemned the attempted bombing. "[The] Ministry of Interior Affairs strongly condemns this unforgivable, shameful, un-Islamic and inhumane act of the enemies of peace and stability for using the innocent children, Afghan and Islamic culture for suicide bombings," the statement said.
A spokesperson for the Kandahar provincial government's Media and Information Center also condemned the attempted attack. "Insurgents are encouraging little boys to carry out suicide attacks and this is an illegal effort and against the Islam as well," the spokesperson said. It was not immediately known which insurgent group had instructed the boy to carry out the attack. On May 1, four civilians were killed and 12 others were injured when a 12-year-old suicide bomber blew himself up at a crowded market in eastern Afghanistan.

Where are the support for Taliban? They force people to support them or get killed!

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Wakht News » 8 militants killed, wounded in Kandahar 2011-08-20 15:32
At least 4 government armed oppositions were killed and 4 other detained while being wounded during a clash with the security forces in Maiwand district, southern Kandahar province, Kandahar press office said Saturday.

A statement issued to Wakht News Agency that the armed militants attacked ISAF supply convoy in the area of Mirakhor, Maiwand district, resulting in killing 4 rebels and wounding 4 other.

The police had taken the entire killed dead bodies and wounded insurgents to the nearby compound.

This is worthy mentioning that no Afghan and security forces had sustained harms in the incident and the ISAF supply convoy could also cross the area with no damage.

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Some Taliban sick of war, want cash - Winnipeg Free Press

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- While American-led coalition forces continue to expand their bases throughout Afghanistan, applying maximum pressure on insurgents, the weight of war is growing heavy on many Taliban fighters who are exhausted and eager to lay down their arms, according to government officials and Taliban commanders interviewed by Postmedia News.
But a government and International Security Assistance Force program designed to persuade Taliban commanders to surrender their arms in return for amnesty and security is in disarray, they say.
Consequently, coalition forces may be missing a golden opportunity to bring this war to an end by forging peace deals with Taliban commanders who want to renounce violence as part of the government's peace and reconciliation program.
Part of the problem is distrust and a lack of confidence in the program on both sides, Afghan officials say. But these same officials accuse the coalition forces of ignoring peace and reconciliation opportunities that could ultimately undermine the entire insurgency.
"This is in the hands of the world community led by the United States," Abdul Hakim Mujahid, a former Taliban representative at the United Nations and now deputy director of President Hamid Karzai's High Peace Council in Kabul, said. "They have their own interests, and they are not interested in solving the crisis in Afghanistan."
Interviews with Taliban leaders indicate their insurgency is crumbling under the might of the coalition forces.
Taliban eagerness to lay down their arms, however, is by no means a stampede in the waiting. Still, some high-placed provincial commanders have surrendered and the overall numbers are in the thousands and therefore not insignificant, officials say.
One peace council official, who wished to remain anonymous, said about 2,000 Taliban commanders of various ranks and soldiers have joined the peace program since it began in October 2010. He said this includes the former Taliban shadow governor in the northern province of Kunduz, Noorul Aziz. It also includes the military commander for Oruzgan province in central Afghanistan, Mullah Toor Jan.
Commanders who have signed onto the peace program claim many other commanders want to lay down their arms but don't trust the government and coalition forces to stand by their promises.
The peace council official said the council is in negotiations with about 1,500 Taliban commanders and soldiers.
"There are more and more commanders willing to renounce violence," Haji Abdul Wahab, deputy director of the National Directorate of Security in Kandahar province, said. "The problem is the central government doesn't have the resources to entice the Taliban commanders ready to renounce violence."
Karzai started the peace council last year to negotiate with Taliban leaders and to oversee the peace and reconciliation program for Taliban commanders and their troops. Funding comes from the ISAF.
Under the program, Taliban fighters who lay down their arms and renounce violence are promised amnesty, security for themselves and their families, jobs, and a payment of $220 a month for three months. Their foot soldiers would get $150 a month.
"Kandahar is the main effort," one senior American official said on the condition of anonymity. "This is where the Taliban can make a claim to state power."
So far in Kandahar province, which is the cradle of the Taliban movement, five commanders and more than 100 followers have signed onto the program. Three of these commanders joined the program this month.
In interviews with Postmedia News, they say they decided to surrender because they were exhausted from the constant fighting and believe it is harming their country.
Unfortunately, authorities admit, these Taliban members are being hung out to dry.
"The central government is not supplying the promised jobs and security," Abdul Wahab said.
He said he is negotiating with "three or four big commanders each with 100 men or more who are ready to join the peace process and renounce violence." But unless the ISAF and the government keep their promises, they won't come in, he said.
The government airs radio announcements and works through village elders and other informal networks to try to persuade Taliban commanders to lay down their arms.
They believe if enough district and provincial leaders join the program, the Taliban leadership headed by Mullah Omar in Pakistan will have no choice but to make peace.
So far, there is no sign the Taliban leadership wants to negotiate peace. The United States, Afghanistan and Pakistan recently have held trilateral talks but have failed to convince the Taliban to join.
U.S. President Barack Obama earlier this year claimed the U.S. is talking with the Taliban leadership but so far there has been no confirmation of this, and Hakim Mujahid indicated to Postmedia News the Taliban leadership is not participating in any talks.
The Pakistani government has stated it supports the peace process. But history shows that the Pakistan government often claims to want peace while its national security forces continue to support and encourage the insurgents.
Pakistan security officials last year arrested the Taliban's military leader, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, after he was reportedly trying to open peace talks with the Afghan government.
Security for Taliban commanders eager to submit to the peace and reconciliation program is particularly important in the Taliban strongholds of Kandahar and Helmand.
Insurgents have infiltrated every district of these provinces. So Taliban members who renounce violence cannot return to their villages and farms. They have to hide. And for that they need security and money, they say.
"This is one of the reasons the country is going down," a frustrated Abdul Wahab said. "There is no fairness or balance. In the northern part of the country, the security is good and the Taliban can go out and work. But in Kandahar, they can't work or go out. But they need money to live. But the peace council treats them all the same. I'm sure if the peace council gave more favourable terms, more Taliban would come in. The Taliban can't put their forces in danger. The process is being delayed because the support from the central government is not there. So the peace process is not working."
Abdul Wahab said he believes most Taliban field commanders are ready to surrender to the program.
He said 70 per cent of the Taliban insurgents fight either to protect their property or because they believe the government is corrupt and the ISAF have invaded their country. The final 30 per cent are "masterminds working for and paid by others" such as the Pakistanis or the Saudis.
He said he believes all of these people would be ready to lay down their arms if the government and ISAF lived up to their promises and paid them what they need to live secure lives.
Abdul Wahab said the program is critical to peace in Afghanistan because it has the potential to destroy the Taliban's command structure.
"It affects strongly their lines of command," he said. "It's hard to find someone they can trust. It spreads distrust through the ranks. We provide the kind of facility that really affects their movements, their lines of command."
Every Taliban member who joins the peace and reconciliation program agrees to be interrogated by ISAF and Afghan officials and must disclose the names of other Taliban members, their whereabouts, locations of safe houses and weapons caches, strategies and any other information coalition forces require.

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Explosives and suicide vests seized in Kandahar | Demotix.com

Afghan intelligence agents seized 1,000 kilograms of explosives and 33 suicide vests in southern Kandahar province on Wednesday, an official said.
The explosives were recovered from a coach in the Shahr-i-Safa area between Kandahar and Zabul provinces, said the provincial intelligence chief, Brig. Gen. Mohammad Naeem Momin.
Addressing a news conference, the National Directorate of Security director said the explosives had been placed skillfully in bundles of second-hand clothes. Both the drivers, who wanted to deliver the explosives to terrorists in the two provinces, were arrested.

''The five alleged criminals, who were detained with 1000kg explosives and 33 suicide vests, are lined up.''

please take a look on the pictures of these cowardices.

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Bakhtar News Agency - Nine Armed Oppositions Arrest In Kandahar

Wednesday, August 17, 2011 Kandahar (BIA) Afghan security personnel arrested nine armed oppositions in an operation in Zhary district of Kandahar province.
Afghan security personnel arrested nine armed oppositions in an operation in Zhary district of Kandahar province. The Kandahar press office said to BIA, the operation carried out in Karez-Lock-Wazirak area, Zhary district in which nine armed opposition were arrested. The source said, in this operation three Motorcycles and some quantity of narcotic including hashish and opium seized by security forces. According to and other report, two armed oppositions were killed and two others were wounded in an operation of security personnel in Panjwaee district of Kandahar province. In this operation a person who wanted to plant a mine on the road was killed in explosion of his mine. The source said, in this operation two warheads, three rocket shells, one suicidal vest and a remote control of mine seized.

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The Taliban's War On Children | Asia | Editorial

As the tides of war turn against them in Afghanistan and Pakistan, as government and ISAF forces drive deep into territory they once controlled, the Taliban are increasingly targeting children as both victims and weapons of war.

The Taliban, never great proponents of education, have a long history of attacking schools and students, particularly girls. But in recent months, especially since last February's ISAF push to drive them from their strongholds in Helmand and Kandahar provinces, the Taliban have increasingly begun to use children as human shields and weapons.

At least 50 battlefield reports filed by U.S. Marine officers since March 2010 list cases of children used in combat by the Taliban. One report describes an incident in the city of Marjah last year: the Taliban "placed five children shoulder to shoulder on [the roadway] to cover their movements. Once the children were placed, the Taliban element mounted their motorcycles and escaped."

Other reports describe children as young as three being sent into fire zones to drag wounded Taliban fighters to safety, to plant bombs and retrieve weapons.

But the Taliban's horrific exploitation of children is not limited to combat zones. According to the Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict, a non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C., in order to catch patrolling army and policemen off-guard, the Taliban are fitting children with explosive vests and sending them up to uniformed men standing at checkpoints or sitting in police vehicles.

In an incident that took place in late June, several men approached an eight-year-old girl and told her to take a bag to a nearby police contingent. As she approached a police vehicle, militants standing at a safe distance remotely detonated the bomb in the bag. The policemen survived. The girl did not.

The Taliban fighters are minimizing risk to themselves by directly exposing children to danger. They turn the most vulnerable into weapons and send them into lethal situations, knowing that they have no chance of survival.

These are acts of desperation on the part of the Taliban. The United States stands with the people of Afghanistan and Pakistan who have been victimized by the Taliban.

So, since the number of adults among the Taliban run out they look today for children.

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Taliban look for children

As the tides of war turn against them in Afghanistan and Pakistan, as government and ISAF forces drive deep into territory they once controlled, the Taliban are increasingly targeting children as both victims and weapons of war.

The Taliban, never great proponents of education, have a long history of attacking schools and students, particularly girls. But in recent months, especially since last February's ISAF push to drive them from their strongholds in Helmand and Kandahar provinces, the Taliban have increasingly begun to use children as human shields and weapons.

At least 50 battlefield reports filed by U.S. Marine officers since March 2010 list cases of children used in combat by the Taliban. One report describes an incident in the city of Marjah last year: the Taliban "placed five children shoulder to shoulder on [the roadway] to cover their movements. Once the children were placed, the Taliban element mounted their motorcycles and escaped."

Other reports describe children as young as three being sent into fire zones to drag wounded Taliban fighters to safety, to plant bombs and retrieve weapons.

But the Taliban's horrific exploitation of children is not limited to combat zones. According to the Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict, a non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C., in order to catch patrolling army and policemen off-guard, the Taliban are fitting children with explosive vests and sending them up to uniformed men standing at checkpoints or sitting in police vehicles.

In an incident that took place in late June, several men approached an eight-year-old girl and told her to take a bag to a nearby police contingent. As she approached a police vehicle, militants standing at a safe distance remotely detonated the bomb in the bag. The policemen survived. The girl did not.

The Taliban fighters are minimizing risk to themselves by directly exposing children to danger. They turn the most vulnerable into weapons and send them into lethal situations, knowing that they have no chance of survival.

These are acts of desperation on the part of the Taliban. The United States stands with the people of Afghanistan and Pakistan who have been victimized by the Taliban.

The Taliban's War On Children | Asia | Editorial

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US Marines destroy drug traffickers car as they intercept 5 tons of drugs worth £6m | Mail Online
Royal Navy Sea King helicopters in Afghanistan have been instrumental in the seizure of more than five tons of drugs with a street value of more than £6million.

The advanced surveillance radar fitted to the aircraft has also helped coalition forces to capture 15 suspected insurgents and uncover six tons of explosives and hundreds of weapons and radios over recent months, the Ministry of Defence said.
Dramatic pictures released by the MoD show a burning car destroyed by U.S. Marines after being caught trafficking drugs in Helmand.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz1VlAbrAdr

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Today, earlier this morning, the people of Hilamd killed 5 Taliban with stones. I hope you heard that great news.