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Saturday, November 21, 2009 3:36 PM

Paktika

Type: Province

Name: Paktika

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

International Security Assistance Force

Dozens of militants die in Afghanistan

KABUL: Afghan authorities said Wednesday that local security forces backed by Nato troops killed more than three-dozen militants in a series of military operations across Afghanistan.Twenty-three Taliban militants were killed in an operation by Afghan ... [The News International - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Afghanistan, International Security Assistance Force, NATO, Coalition, Taliban

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

NATO

New Afghan government facing multiple tests

in an effort to ensure the oath-taking ceremony for re-elected President Hamid Karzai being held Thursday. The incumbent Afghan government is, nevertheless, subjected to threats not only from Taliban forces but also from the issue of growing corruption ... [People's Daily Online - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Taliban, Corruption, Afghanistan, NATO, Hamid Karzai

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Karzai inauguration: Views from Afghanistan

Hamid Karzai has been sworn in as Afghan president for a second elected term. In his inauguration speech, he announced a conference to tackle corruption and a national gathering to help bring peace to Afghanistan.Here, ordinary Afghans discuss the challenges ... [BBC - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Hamid Karzai, Corruption, Afghanistan

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Hamid Karzai

Karzai inauguration: Views from Afghanistan - BBC News

Entities: Hamid Karzai, Corruption, Afghanistan

First Reported 11/18/2009 - Updated 11/18/2009 - 1 Documents

Afghan forces battle the Haqqani Network in Paktika

Click to view slide show of the Haqqani Network. Pictured is a composite image of Siraj Haqqani. Afghan troops killed 23 Haqqani Network and foreign fighters during a clash in Afghanistan's eastern province of Paktika. The ... [The Long War Journal - 11/18/2009]

Entities: Haqqani Network, Taliban, Military/Armed Forces

First Reported 11/15/2009 - Updated 11/15/2009 - 1 Documents

LinkedIn Corp

6 Taliban militants killed in E Afghanistan

Increases the bookmarktwitterfacebookdiggGoogleWindowsliveDeliciousbuzzfriendfeedLinkedindiigoredditstumbleuponAfghan National Army (ANA) backed by NATO-led troops killed six Taliban militants in Afghanistan's eastern Paktika province on Sunday, provincial ... [People's Daily Online - 11/15/2009]

Entities: Taliban, Afghanistan, Afghan National Army, Improvised Explosive Device, LinkedIn Corp

First Reported 11/16/2009 - Updated 11/16/2009 - 1 Documents

Afghan Update for November 15 2009

Afghan-international security force killed a group of enemy militants and detained two suspected militants today in eastern Paktika province while pursuing a commander with ties to the local leadership and who was responsible for several attacks in ... [North Shore Journal - 11/16/2009]

Entities: Joint Force, Detained, Kandahar, Taliban

First Reported 11/16/2009 - Updated 11/16/2009 - 1 Documents

Afghanistan war deaths

Total number of U.S. military deaths since 2001 and names of the U.S. troops killed recently in the Afghanistan war, as announced by the Pentagon:910In hostile actions:In non-hostile actions:Fatalities649261Tallies may be incompletebecause of lags in ... [Washington Post - 11/16/2009]

Entities: Afghanistan, 2nd Infantry Division, United States Marine Corps Reserve, Fort Lewis (United States), 25th Infantry Division

First Reported 11/18/2009 - Updated 11/18/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Over three dozen rebels killed: Afghan officials

KABUL (AFP) - Afghan authorities said Wednesday that local security forces backed by NATO troops killed more than three dozen rebels in a series of military operations across insurgency-hit Afghanistan.The raids were announced on the eve of President ... [Yahoo! Canada - 11/18/2009]

Entities: International Security Assistance Force, Taliban, Hamid Karzai, Kabul, NATO

First Reported 11/18/2009 - Updated 11/18/2009 - 1 Documents (in Politics)

Clinton arrives in Kabul for Karzai inauguration (Roundup)

Kabul - US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrived in Kabul on Wednesday, a day ahead of the inauguration of President Hamid Karzai for a second term, a US embassy official said.Karzai was declared winner of Afghanistan's fraud-marred election ... [Monsters and Critics - 11/18/2009]

Entities: Kabul, Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, Hillary Clinton

First Reported 11/18/2009 - Updated 11/18/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

More than three dozen Taliban killed across Afghanistan

KABUL: Local security forces backed by NATO troops killed more than three dozen Taliban in a series of military operations across Afghanistan, Afghan authorities said on Wednesday. The raids were announced on the eve of President Hamid Karzai’s inauguration ... [Daily Times - 11/18/2009]

Entities: Taliban, Afghanistan, Legitimacy, Hamid Karzai

First Reported 11/10/2009 - Updated 11/10/2009 - 4 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

WH denies Afghan decision made

in Paktika Province, Afghanistan.STORY HIGHLIGHTSWhite House denies reports U.S. president decided to send more U.S. troops to AfghanistanMedia suggested President Barack Obama planned to send 40,000 more troopsWhite House 'doubtful' Obama will announce ... [CNN - 11/10/2009]

Entities: Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Jim Jones, National Security

Quotes

...town in Paktika province east of Afghanistan the troops eliminated nearly two dozen insurgents, a private television channel reported Wednesday. "Afghan and the Coalition forces killed 23 Taliban fighters in Barmal district Tuesday Tolo broadcast in its news bulletin."

23 Taliban insurgents killed in Afghanistan [Xinhua News Agency - 11/18/2009]

...militants hit their house in Afghanistan's eastern Paktika province, spokesman for provincial administration Hamidullah Zhawak said Tuesday. "A boy and a girl were killed and 13 other members of their family got wounded as a mortar shot by militants hit their house in Yaya Khil district Monday night" Zhawak told Xinhua

Two Afghan children killed, 13 members of same family wounded in E Afghanistan [Xinhua News Agency - 11/10/2009]

...The statement did not say how NATO arrived at the death figure. "It is the largest operation I've ever seen in Kunduz" Muhammad Omar, governor of Kunduz province, was quoted as saying in a NATO press release. "You've got the Taliban running all over the place...

NATO, Afghans claim 130 Taliban killed in Kunduz [Daily Times - 11/10/2009]

More Content

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Karzai inauguration: Views from Afghanistan - B... [New Straits Times - 11/19/2009]
Karzai inauguration: Views from Afghanistan [BBC - 11/19/2009]
New Afghan government facing multiple tests [People's Daily Online - 11/19/2009]
Dozens of militants die in Afghanistan [The News International - 11/19/2009]
More than three dozen Taliban killed across Afg... [Daily Times - 11/18/2009]
Clinton arrives in Kabul for Karzai inauguratio... [Monsters and Critics - 11/18/2009]
Over three dozen rebels killed: Afghan officials [Yahoo! Canada - 11/18/2009]
23 Taliban insurgents killed in Afghanistan [People's Daily Online - 11/18/2009]
23 Taliban insurgents killed in Afghanistan [Xinhua News Agency - 11/18/2009]
SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ADDS ORIGINAL SCRIPT... [United Nations - 11/16/2009]
SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON AL-QAIDA, TALIBAN... [United Nations - 11/16/2009]
SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ADDS ONE INDIVIDUAL ... [United Nations - 11/16/2009]
SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE APPROVES AMENDMENTS ... [United Nations - 11/16/2009]
Afghanistan war deaths [Washington Post - 11/16/2009]
Afghan Update for November 15 2009 [North Shore Journal - 11/16/2009]
An update on fighting hunger in Afghanistan and... [American Chronicle - 11/16/2009]
6 Taliban militants killed in E Afghanistan [People's Daily Online - 11/15/2009]
U.S. Army soldiers of 3/509 infantry 4BDE25ID T... [Yahoo! Canada - 11/12/2009]
Barack Obama 'risks Suez-like disaster' in Afgh... [Guardian.co.uk - 11/12/2009]
High unemployment rate means high military recr... [Christian Science Monitor - 11/12/2009]
Afghan army kill 5 Taliban militants, detain 14 [Xinhua News Agency - 11/12/2009]
3 Obama Advisers Favor More Troops for Afghanistan [New York Times - 11/11/2009]
Illinois Guard troops reflect [Chicago Tribune - 11/11/2009]
Afghan Red Crescent angry after NATO-led forces... [Reuters India - 11/11/2009]
Ill. troops reflect on their service [Chicago Tribune - 11/11/2009]
Top Obama Advisers Favor Adding Troops in Afgha... [New York Times - 11/11/2009]
U.S. Leaning Toward Plan for Increased Force in... [New York Times - 11/11/2009]
Veterans Day anew [Chicago Tribune - 11/11/2009]
Obamas Top Advisers Lean Toward Plan for 30,000... [New York Times - 11/11/2009]
130 insurgents killed in northern Afghanistan [GMA News.tv - 11/10/2009]

Blogs

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Afghan forces battle the Haqqani Network in Pak... [The Long War Journal - 11/18/2009] Click to view slide show of the Haqqani Network. Pictured is a composite image of Siraj Haqqani. Afghan troops killed 23 Haqqani Network ...
With Obama Rejecting All Afghan War Options, Sp... [Firedoglake - 11/12/2009] US paratroopers descend on Paktika Province, Afghanistan (photo courtesy of the US Army) [UPDATE: Within the hour, Rachel Maddow has spoken with an AP reporter ...
Two ISAF troops missing in western Afghanistan [The Long War Journal - 11/06/2009] Two soldiers serving with the International Security Assistance Force and operating in western Afghanistan have been reported missing. The two soldiers, whose ...
Haqqani Network, al Qaeda, behind attack on UN ... [The Long War Journal - 11/01/2009] Al Qaeda and the Haqqani Network coordinated last week's deadly assault on a UN guest house in the Afghan capital of Kabul. The attack, which killed five foreign ...
Allison Kilkenny: CIA Pays Off Another Afghan D... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 10/28/2009] The New York Times reports that Ahmed Wali Karzai, the brother of the Afghan president and a suspected player in the country's booming illegal opium trade, ...

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