before you jump in: Mullah Omar and the FBI List

read it before jump in :) today many tweets came out: Mullah Mohammad Omar removed from the FBI's Most Wanted List Alex took his time and ran around some circles: --- Storified by Alex Strick v L Rumours spun out of control on twitter when it was suggested that Mullah Mohammad Omar had been removed from the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorists list.Pakistani blogs and media...

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R.I.P. - Staff Sgt. Joseph J. Altmann

DOD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Staff Sgt. Joseph J. Altmann, 27, of Marshfield, Wis., died Dec. 25, in Kunar province Afghanistan, of injuries suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with small arms fire. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. For more information, media may contact the 3rd Brigade Combat Team at 808-655-00...

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Dec. 27., 2011. - ISAF Joint Command Evening Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan – A coalition security force discovered a weapons and drug cache during a routine patrol in Zharay district, Kandahar province, today. The cache consisted of four improvised explosive devices found at different locations. Each IED had approximately 11 pounds (5 kilograms) of homemade explosives. The security force destroyed three of the four IEDs...

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Afghan girl rescued after locked up in toilet for 6 months

PUL-I-KHUMRI (PAN): Police rescued a teenage married girl who was kept locked-up in a toilet for six months by her in-laws in northern Baghlan province, officials said. The 15-year-old was found locked up-in the toilet after her parents informed police, the second police district chief, Col. Fazal Rahman, told Pajhwok Afghan News. Girl locked up for months rescued by...

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Lebanese al Qaeda operative eulogizes Jordanian killed in Afghanistan

A Lebanese al Qaeda fighter recently praised a fellow Jordanian operative who was killed in Afghanistan sometime in 2010. Before his death, the Jordanian had helped several "brothers" enter the Afghan-Pakistan theater to wage jihad. In an interview published by al Waqa Magazine, Abu Zubaydah al Lubnani recounted his time with Haythem bin Mohammed al Khayat by Bill...

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Monitoring the dangerous Pakistani border: OP Mustang (+video)

By Clarissa Ward at CBSNEWS video embeding disabled on CBSNEWS currently, so you need to navigate to the site --- (CBS News)  The Afghan government Monday signaled that it may be open to peace talks with the Taliban. In the meantime, Taliban fighters keep slipping back and forth across the border with Pakistan. American soldiers are on a mission to stop them and CBS...

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NATO drone emergency landing in Paktia province (+update)

Tuesday, December 27, 2011 – According to local authorities in eastern Afghanistan, a drone belonging to NATO-led International Security Assistance Force on Tuesday made an emergency landing in eastern Paktia province. Paktia provincial governor spokesman Rohullah Samoon confirming the incident said, the emergency landing of the NATO drone took place in Ahmadabad district...

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Dec. 27., 2011. - ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan (Dec. 27) — An Afghan led and coalition supported security force captured a Taliban facilitator during an operation in Pul-e ‘Alam district, Logar province, today.  The facilitator moved weapons and explosives used in attacks against coalition forces. Additionally, he was involved in a car bomb attack in Logar province earlier this month that...

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Prominent Taliban leader detained in Farah province

Monday, December 26, 2011 – According to local security officials in western Afghanistan, Afghan national security forces arrested one of the prominent commanders of the Taliban militants group in western Farah province. The officials further added, the Taliban commander was arrested in Bala Bolok district of western Farah province following a joint military operation...

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