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Posted: 14 Aug 2018 09:15 AM PDT
A report by the United Nations includes new details concerning
the dispute between Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and al Qaeda's senior
leaders, including the role played by two veteran operatives living in Iran.
The UN's member states say that HTS is still in "contact" with al Qaeda's
leadership despite their heated disagreements, and that al Qaeda has even
reinforced HTS with "military and explosives experts" sent from
Afghanistan.
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Posted: 14 Aug 2018 08:14 AM PDT
Forty-three soldiers were killed and 17 more were captured in
the fighting that led up to the surrender. The Taliban is routinely
outmatching Afghan forces in battles in remote districts.
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Posted: 13 Aug 2018 05:47 PM PDT
On Aug. 8, the State Department announced that it had increased
its reward for information concerning the whereabouts of two veteran al Qaeda
leaders: Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah and Saif al-Adel. Although State didn't
explain the move, there is evidence that the two al Qaeda managers were
operating inside Iran as of 2017.
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Posted: 13 Aug 2018 02:49 PM PDT
In addition to Ajristan and Khwaja Umar, the districts of Nawur,
Jaghatu, and Deh Yak have fallen to the Taliban. Meanwhile, Resolute Support
has intentionally misled the the public about the status of seven of Ghazni's
districts. Resolute Support claimed these districts were under government
control; in reality the Taliban physically controlled the terrain while the
Afghan government operated the government remotely from Ghazni City.
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