THE FORGOTTEN WAR IN AFGHANISTAN

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11/14/14 KP: Suicide attack injures 3 NATO troops in Parwan province At least three service members of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) were injured following a suicide attack in northern Parwan province on Friday. Deputy interior minister for security Gen. Ayub Salangi said the incident took place on Friday afternoon in Sayad area of Bagram district.

11/14/14 KP: Suicide car bombing plot thwarted in capital Kabul The Afghan national security forces thwarted a suicide car bombing plot in capital Kabul on Friday. According to security officials, a suicide bomber was looking to carry out the attack using a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED).

11/14/14 usatoday: New Afghanistan commander reviews drawdown plans Many things have changed since President Obama announced in May that the U.S. would leave no more than 9,800 troops in Afghanistan next year. And now that decision may be getting a second look.

11/13/14 KP: Second suicide attack on NATO forces convoy in Nangarhar kills 1 civilian At least one civilian was killed following the second suicide attack on NATO forces convoy in eastern Nangarhar province on Thursday. According to local government officials, the incident around noon in Behsud district of Nangarhar province.

11/13/14 BNA: Nine Taliban Militants Killed In Afghan Clashes At least 9 Taliban insurgents were killed in recent clashes in Urozgan province last night. The insurgents targeted by Afghan security forces in Charcheno district, while they wanted to carry out several terrorist activities in the relevant areas of the province. A local official in the district told BNA, in the incident at least 9 Taliban militants including a local commander of them were killed.

11/13/14 BNA: Six Insurgents Join Herat Peace Process A group of 6 insurgents, who were previously active in anti-government activities surrendered their weapons and joined the peace process in Ferdosi district, Herat province today.

11/13/14 KP: Explosion in Kandahar leaves 1 dead, 5 others injured Afghan policemen in Herat provinceAt least six people, including children were killed or injured following an explosion in southern Kandahar province. According to local government officials, the incident took place on Thursday afternoon in Spin Boldak district. Provincial governor spokesman, Samim Khpolwak said the incident took place after explosives planted in a cart went off.

11/13/14 KP: Prominent religious cleric shot dead in Herat province Unknown gunmen shot dead a prominent cleric in western Herat province of Afghanistan late on Thursday, local officials said. The incident took place in the 12th police district of Herat city leaving the religious cleric Sheikh Azizullah Najafi critically wounded.

11/12/14 KP: Taliban leader among 6 killed in US drone strike in Nangarhar At least six Taliban militants were killed following a drone strike in eastern Nangarhar province, local officials said Wednesday. The airstrike was carried out late on Tuesday evening in Spinghar district. A spokesman for the Afghan National Police Border Protection Forces, Edris Momand said a Taliban group leader was among those killed.

11/12/14 KP: Taliban militants closes 26 schools in Nangarhar province The Taliban militants have closed at least 26 schools and two other educational institutes in Deh Bala district of eastern Nangarhar province. According to local government officials, the step by Taliban was taken after two members of the Taliban group were arrested by Afghan intelligence operatives.

11/12/14 BNA: Police Arrest Five More Persons In Kabul Bank Case Police have arrested five more persons in connection with the Kabul Bank case, BNA reported. The arrested persons include Atiqullah, chairman of Sediqyar Company and his deputy Mohibullah, Abdul Majid, a serving employee of the New Kabul Bank, Hajji Mahmoud and Mohibullah, a jobless person presently.

11/12/14 UN: Opium harvest in Afghanistan hits new high in 2014 – UN Opium cultivation and production in Afghanistan reached record levels this year, with the former increasing seven per cent to 224,000 hectares in 2014, and production levels potentially climbing as much as 17 per cent, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

11/12/14 NationalJournal: One in Six Iraq, Afghanistan Veterans Might Have PTSD More than one in six soldiers who served in the country's most recent wars may have post-traumatic stress disorder. That's the finding of the National Health Study for a New Generation of U.S. Veterans, according to the Veterans Health Administration, which sent out an update Wednesday on the study.

11/12/14 AFP: French aid worker stabbed by Afghan prisoner A French aid worker with the Red Cross in Afghanistan was stabbed in the throat by a prisoner during a visit to a jail to distribute winter clothes, police said Wednesday, adding the injury was not serious. The ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross) staff member was visiting Maimana jail in the remote northern province of Faryab on Tuesday when he was attacked.