Afghanistan
US bombs Pakistan —again
US drones killed 21 presumed Taliban militants in two separate strikes in Pakistan’s tribal region of North Waziristan. Ten drones were seen hovering over the area.
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Afghanistan
Red Cross confirms secret Bagram prison: BBC
The International Committee of the Red Cross has confirmed the existence of a secret US detention facility at Afghanistan’s Bagram Air Base, where several inmates were apparently tortured.
Afghanistan
Afghan girls targeted in suspected gas attack —again
Dozens of schoolgirls in Afghanistan were hospitalized after two apparent poisonous gas attacks on their schools, the latest in a spate of similar incidents.
Afghanistan
White House mulls making Bagram the new Gitmo
The US detention center at Bagram in Afghanistan could be expanded into a military prison for terrorist suspects detained around the world to replace the Guantánamo Bay facility.
Afghanistan
NATO “covered up” Afghan atrocity: London Times
A night raid by US and Afghan forces led to the deaths of two pregnant women, a teenage girl and two local officials in an atrocity that NATO then tried to cover up, survivors told the London Times.
Afghanistan
US claims right to hold Afghan detainees longer
A controversial policy that gives US forces in Afghanistan four days to question detainees is being changed to give soldiers more time to interrogate the captives, Gen. David Petraeus said.
Afghanistan
ACLU files suit over drone program
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit demanding the US disclose information on use of unmanned drones to conduct targeted killings.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Pentagon-backed death squads revealed
A Defense Department official set up a secret network of private contractors in Afghanistan and Pakistan to help track and kill suspected militants, the New York Times reports.
Afghanistan
Human Rights Watch urges Afghanistan to repeal amnesty law
The Afghan government should urgently act to repeal a law that provides an amnesty to perpetrators of war crimes and crimes against humanity, Human Rights Watch says.
Afghanistan
Pakistan: Who was behind Lahore blast?
A building of Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) in Lahore was targeted in a suicide blast, killing 13—but officials say it was beyond the Taliban’s capability.
Afghanistan
Sectarian war rocks north Afghanistan
Fierce clashes left some 50 fighters dead in northeast Afghanistan’s Baghlan province, pitting Taliban forces against their erstwhile allies in Gulbuddin Hekmatyar’s Hezb-e-Islami.
Afghanistan
Suicide blasts rock Kabul —again
At least 17 people were killed and 32 wounded when multiple suicide bombers attacked a hotel popular with foreigners and the surrounding area in the center of Kabul.