The Conflict Monitors provide concise and current information on peace and security issues in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Each Monitor is a comprehensive knowledge hub that contains the best available news, research, and data.

Afghanistan Headlines

Afghanisan Conflict Monitor

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Combined Forces Raid Ends Deadly Taliban Attack on Top Kabul Hotel

Nine suicide bombers penetrated several rings of security to lay siege to one of the capital’s premier hotels for six hours overnight Tuesday in a complex attack that jolted Afghans’ sense of security and highlighted the weakness of their police forces. At least 21 people were killed: all the attackers, two policemen, nine Afghan civilians, and one foreigner, a Spaniard. One witness said that the police failed to stop a man who...





Pakistan Headlines

Pakistan Conflict Monitor

Service Notice: Afghanistan and Pakistan Conflict Monitors Cease Publication

Dear Subscriber, As a result of staffing constraints, changes in media reporting on Afghanistan and Pakistan, and a shift in our strategic priorities, we have decided to discontinue the Afghanistan and Pakistan Conflict Monitors. As a consequence, we will no longer be producing the Daily Briefing, or updating the websites. Instead of continuing to feature news stories, which are increasingly well covered by other online...

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Please be advised that our offices will be closed on Friday, July 1st, 2011 in observance of Canada Day. We will resume publishing the Pakistan Conflict Monitor on Monday, July 4th.

Pakistani Troops Kill 40 Militants near Afghan Border

Pakistani troops backed by jets and helicopter gunships have killed 40 militants in a restive tribal area bordering Afghanistan in the past three days, a military commander said Thursday.Brigadier Aftab Ahmad told AFP by telephone that his forces had destroyed 17 militant hideouts in the Baizai region under his command in the lawless tribal area of Mohmand. "Militants were regularly attacking our posts on the Afghanistan border at Shonkari and...