Haqqani Network

Type: Organization

Name: Haqqani Network

First reported 15 hours ago - Updated 9 mins ago - 1 reports

U.S. to resume talks with Taliban

The end of the beginning ," the White House on Tuesday announced plans for direct talks with Afghanistan's Taliban militia, but cautioned against expecting any quick breakthrough that might speed the end of America's longest war. Among the likely items ... [Published Big News Network - 15 hours ago]

Entities: Taliban, United States, Bowe Bergdahl, Pro-Taliban, Haqqani Network

First reported 17 hours ago - Updated 11 mins ago - 3 reports

US And Taliban Set To Begin Peace Talks

The US and Taliban are set to begin peace talks with Afghan officials. It is hoped that the negotiations will eventually end the war in Afghanistan. The announcement was made by senior Obama administration officials on Tuesday morning.The discussions ... [Published Inquisitr - 16 hours ago]

Entities: Taliban, Peace Talks, Afghanistan, Bowe Bergdahl

First reported 18 hours ago - Updated 37 mins ago - 3 reports

US and$ Taliban to meet soon for first time, officials say

U.S. and Taliban representatives will meet soon for the first time to begin what are expected to be long and complex negotiations for a peaceful settlement to the war in Afghanistan, senior Obama administration officials said Tuesday.The officials told ... [Published NBCNews.com - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Taliban, NBC News Channel, Afghanistan, Government of Afghanistan, United States

First reported 12 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 1 reports

Taliban

Senior US General Encouraged by News of Taliban Talks

PENTAGON — The White House announced Tuesday that U.S. representatives will open direct talks with Taliban representatives in Doha, Qatar, within the next few days, aimed at finding a political solution to the Afghan war. The announcement is being welcomed ... [Published VOA News - 12 hours ago]

Entities: Taliban, Coalition, United States, Kabul

First reported 16 hours ago - Updated 15 hours ago - 2 reports

U.S. commander in Afghanistan skeptical Haqqanis will reconcile

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan cast doubt on Tuesday over whether insurgents with the Haqqani network could make peace, as the United States prepares to meet the Taliban in Doha for peace talks."All I've seen of ... [Published GlobalPost - 15 hours ago]

Entities: Afghanistan, United States, Doha (Qatar), Phil Stewart, Taliban

First reported 17 hours ago - Updated 17 hours ago - 1 reports

Afghan Coalition Forces Kill Extremists in Paktia Province

From an International Security Assistance Force Joint Command News Release KABUL, Afghanistan, June 18, 2013 A combined Afghan and coalition security force killed two extremists during a search for a senior Haqqani network leader in the Zurmat district ... [Published Big News Network - 17 hours ago]

Entities: Coalition, Haqqani Network, Afghanistan

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 1 reports

Afghan, Coalition Forces Kill Extremists in Paktia Province

A combined Afghan and coalition security force killed two extremists during a search for a senior Haqqani network leader in the Zurmat district of Paktia province. ... [Published American Forces Press Service News Feed - Jun 18 2013]

Entities: Coalition, Haqqani Network

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 1 reports

Karzai’s acerbic tone

In a private TV channel, an anchorperson interviewed President Hamid Karzai the other day, in which and outpourings were source of pain for the people of Pakistan. Pakistan made tremendous sacrifices during Afghan jihad and war on terror but India was ... [Published The Nation Pakistan - Jun 18 2013]

Entities: Pakistan, Mortimer Durand, Hamid Karzai

First reported Jun 15 2013 - Updated Jun 16 2013 - 3 reports

Al Qaeda facilitator targeted in eastern Afghanistan

Coalition and Afghan special operations forces targeted an al Qaeda facilitator in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar yesterday. He is the ninth al Qaeda operative or insurgent with ties to the terror group who has been targeted so far this year, ... [Published CSC Center for Strategic Communication - Jun 15 2013]

Entities: Al-Qaeda, International Security Assistance Force, Facilitator, Haqqani Network, Afghanistan

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 15 2013 - 1 reports

The Taliban make their moves

New Delhi, June 14 (ANI): Afghanistan watchers fear that the current trends in the violence in that country would make 2013 as violent as 2011, which was the most violent since 2001. This has been mostly the result of the spring offensive codenamed ‘Khaled ... [Published TruthDive - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: Taliban, Kabul, International Security Assistance Force, Afghanistan

First reported Jun 03 2013 - Updated Jun 04 2013 - 3 reports

Suicide bomber kills 10 Afghan students, 2 US soldiers

A suicide bomber killed 10 Afghan students, two US soldiers, and an Afghan Local policemen in an attack outside of a school in Paktia province, a haven for the al Qaeda-linked Haqqani Network. No group has claimed the attack. The suicide bomber who ... [Published The Long War Journal (Site-Wide) - Jun 03 2013]

Entities: Haqqani Network, International Security Assistance Force, Suicide Bomb, Taliban

First reported May 30 2013 - Updated May 30 2013 - 5 reports

Editorial: Afghanistan and its weary...

The Afghan authorities say that they have foiled a major attack on the Kabul that was being planned by the Pakistani-based Haqqani network. Raiding a property in the capital yesterday they discovered a large stock of arms and ammunition together with ... [Published Arab News - May 30 2013]

Entities: Taliban, Afghanistan, NATO, Hamid Karzai

Quotes

The Taliban statement announcing the Doha office said the group "doesn't want any threats from Afghanistan soil to other countries, and neither permits anyone to threaten other countries using Afghanistan soil"

Taliban defy peace bid with deadly attack on Americans [Published Yahoo! UK and Ireland - 1 hour ago]

"There are still a lot of things they want that are not in the U S game plan" he said

Obama calls U.S.-Taliban talks agreement 'important first step' [Published Los Angeles Times - 3 hours ago]

There is no agreement for a detainee exchange, but a senior administration official said the issue is a "topic for the types of discussions that the U S will have with the Taliban."

Peace talks with Taliban at hand, but ‘bumps in the road’ expected [Published Stars and Stripes - 4 hours ago]

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U.S., Taliban to meet in Qatar for talks on end... [Published Jihad Watch - 15 hours ago] "U.S. and Taliban representatives will meet soon for the first time to begin what are expected to be long and complex negotiations for a peaceful settlement to the war in Afghanistan." The U.S. entered Afghanistan to topple the Taliban from power and ...
White House Conference Call on Afghanistan – Ta... [Published Politisite - 17 hours ago] BACKGROUND BRIEFING BY SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS ON AFGHANISTAN Via Conference Call MS. HAYDEN: Hi, everyone. Thanks for joining us today. We have a call for you that is on Afghanistan. The call is on background with senior administration ...
Why Drones Work: The Case for the Washington's ... [Published Brookings Latest From Brookings - Jun 17 2013] Despite President Barack Obama’s recent call to reduce the United States’ reliance on drones, they will likely remain his administration’s weapon of choice. Whereas President George W. Bush oversaw fewer than 50 drone strikes during his tenure, Obama ...
Al Qaeda facilitator targeted in eastern Afghan... [Published CSC Center for Strategic Communication - Jun 15 2013] Coalition and Afghan special operations forces targeted an al Qaeda facilitator in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar yesterday. He is the ninth al Qaeda operative or insurgent with ties to the terror group who has been targeted so far this year, ...
Al Qaeda facilitator targeted in eastern Afghan... [Published The Long War Journal - Jun 15 2013] Coalition and Afghan special operations forces targeted an al Qaeda facilitator in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar yesterday. This is the ninth al Qaeda operative or insurgent with ties to the terror group who has been targeted so far this year, ...