Daily Situation Report 10 November 2010 Safety and Security Issues Relevant to Sssi Personnel and Clients

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DAILY SITUATION REPORT 10 NOVEMBER 2010 SAFETY AND SECURITY ISSUES RELEVANT TO SSSI PERSONNEL AND CLIENTS

STANDING THREAT ASSESSMENT (KABUL): Threat reports continue to indicate that insurgents aspire to conduct coordinated attacks in Kabul City, as such the threat remains extant. Recent threat reporting has also indicated likely reconnaissance of areas and businesses frequented by members of the international community. Although no significant attacks were carried out in Kabul during the recent parliamentary election, or indeed after the event, the recent reduction in physical security in the city may provide insurgents with exploitable opportunities to carry out attacks. Suicide and complex attacks remain the preferred choice for insurgents in order to gain maximum casualties figures and the associated high degree of media attention. It remains possible that insurgents will still seek to undermine the democratic process by conducting high profile attacks when the final results are announced. It remains prudent for international agencies in the Kabul area to maintain a high degree of security vigilance. Sporadic IDF attacks in the city centre are to be expected. Any attacks are likely to consist of between one and four 107 mm rockets launched towards the city centre.

Incidents of intimidation, executions by insurgents and targeting of government officials are increasing throughout the country. It seems to be a form of revenge by insurgents as they have lost more than 300 insurgent commanders over the past few months due to successful IM/ANSF operations.

MAJOR COUNTRY WIDE EVENTS

Faryab: 3 x SAF attacks against Baghlan: Two telecom ANP CPs simultaneously in masts attacked and three districts destroyed

Badghis: IED Kabul: Four Snr Ins Cmdrs attack against arrested ad they were trying ANP – 9 x LN WIA to fly to Saudi Arabia on commercial flight

Paktya: Snr Gov Official killed in IED attack

Ghazni: 28 x Ins arrested in two separate IM operations in the province

Threat Reports Received Last 3 Days

07 Nov: Jawzjan: Large number of IEDs and suicide vests available for attacks

08 Nov: Herat: Suicide Attack threat against Guesthouse in city 08 Nov: Kabul: Suicide Attack threat against Indian Embassy

09 Nov: Kabul: Suicide Attack threat against Gov and Mil Installations

07 Nov: Kabul: More reports on planned suicide attacks in city - unconfirmed

BREAKDOWN OF INCIDENTS REPORTED FOR AFGHANISTAN IN SSSI DSR FOR PERIOD 09 TO 10 NOVEMBER 2010

Table illustrating the number of Killed and Wounded, Captured and Arrested as per the reporting’s of the SSSI DSR.

IM ANSF PSC/FN LN INSURGENTS

KIA WIA MIA KIA WIA MIA KIA WIA MIA KIA WIA MIA KIA WIA ARR

01 Nov 1 1 0 3 6 0 0 0 0 9 4 0 42 3 7 02 Nov 2 7 0 8 14 15 1 1 0 9 17 3 54 4 33 03 Nov 2 11 0 7 5 3 0 0 0 18 25 0 64 14 6 04 Nov 0 4 0 3 18 0 0 4 0 10 10 3 47 9 13 06 Nov 1 1 0 11 15 0 5 0 0 19 31 0 28 9 10 07 Nov 0 5 0 5 6 -4 0 0 0 4 9 0 20 2 12 08 Nov 3 4 0 1 5 6 0 1 0 2 1 1 13 0 24 09 Nov 3 3 0 0 5 0 3 0 0 7 26 0 22 13 25 10 Nov 1 3 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 7 17 0 6 0 53 Nov-10 13 39 0 39 79 21 9 6 0 85 140 7 296 54 183

(Kindly note that these figures are from the SSSI DSR and are not official statistics and may differ from those released by IM or other agencies or organizations.)

SECURITY INCIDENTS REPORTED FOR PERIOD 09 TO 10 NOV 10

CENTRAL REGION

UXO: 07 Nov, Kabul Province, Qarabagh District – During the afternoon an excavator of a construction company was damaged when an UXO exploded in the Shahrak Mahajirin Area. The LN driver of the excavator was wounded.

Operations: 09 Nov, Kabul Province, Kabul City, Police District #11 and #17 – IM members were involved in a shooting incident in the Qaleh Ye Malek Ashur Area, northwest Kabul, during the morning. Reportedly the IM had cause to fire, and wounded one LN. The IM evacuated the wounded man to an IM medical facility for treatment. There were no reports of any aggression by the local residents in the area after the incident.

Operations: 09 Nov, Kabul Province, Kabul City, Kabul International Airport – During the day four insurgents boarded a commercial flight on its way to Saudi Arabia. The four insurgents included a high ranking wanted insurgent commander as well as another senior insurgent commander who has an active warrant issued by the Afghanistan authorities. The other two insurgents were described as associates. The alarm was raised after the flight took off, and the authorities ordered the plane to turn around and land again at the Kabul International Airport. The IM warned the pilot that IM fighter aircraft would be deployed if they plane does not turn around. After the plane landed members of the ANSF boarded and arrested the wanted insurgents without any incident.

Insurgency: 09 Nov, Kabul Province, Kabul City – Reportedly the insurgent leadership assigned an unidentified insurgent commander to coordinate the movement of an insurgent group from Pakistan to the Kabul City to be deployed for attacks against the Intercontinental Hotel, Ariana Hotel, US Embassy and targets of opportunity while they are on their way to Kabul.

Insurgency: 09 Nov, Kabul Province, Kabul City – Reportedly a known insurgent commander who is responsible for the coordination of insurgent activities in the Kabul and Logar Provinces instructed one of his men to locate and lease a house in Kabul Police District #4. The plan is to transfer two suicide bombers from the Logar Province to the leased house from where they plan to prepare for a suicide attack on the Indian Embassy.

Insurgency: 09 Nov, Kabul Province, Kabul City – Reportedly two known insurgent commanders coordinated the movement of eight suicide bombers from the Khost Province to the Bahani Village in the Mohammad Agha District of Logar Province. From there the plan is to infiltrate the suicide bomber individually to the Kabul City to conduct individual suicide attacks against government officials and Police Checkpoints in Police Districts #2 and #10 before the upcoming EID.

Insurgency: 09 Nov, Kabul Province, Kabul City – Reportedly two known insurgents recently returned from Pakistan to Kabul Police District #13. According to the received information they are planning the emplacement of IEDs and the conduct of an IDF attack in the Pule Campany Area and Paghman District.

Insurgency: 09 Nov, Kabul Province, Kabul City – Reportedly two known insurgent commanders coordinated the movement of two suicide bombers from the Kandahar Province to the Kabul City. The suicide bombers operate in either a Toyota Land Cruiser or a Toyota Prado with tinted windows. Their intended targets are government and/or IM facilities. Comment. Various reports were received on planned suicide attacks in the Kabul City over the past few weeks. IM/ANSF operations in the city were successful to counter these threats, but it is important to take note of the insurgents’ intent to conduct suicide attacks in the city. The latest report regarding the Toyota Prado with the tinted windows might spark another round of Police focus on armored vehicles in the city.

Insurgency: 09 Nov, Kabul Province, Musahi and Khake Jabar Districts – Reportedly a known insurgent commander coordinated a meeting in the Tangi Hesar Area to plan the emplacement of IEDs along the main and secondary roads in the mentioned districts. They also coordinated intimidation tactics to target senior government officials during the upcoming Eid.

Insurgency: 09 Nov, Kabul Province, Chahar Aysab District – Reportedly a known insurgent recently returned from Pakistan to the Lalandar District and he brought along several RCIEDs. According to the received information he is planning to emplace the devices in Kabul City Police District #6 and #7.

Insurgency: 09 Nov, Kapisa Province, Tagab District – Reportedly a group of approx 22 insurgents under the command of two known insurgent commanders deployed to the Landa Khail and Joye Bar Villages with the aim to ambush IM/ANSF movements in the area.

Insurgency: 09 Nov, Kapisa Province, Tagab District – Reportedly insurgents are planning to join and infiltrate the Police in the district in order to gain access to and control of Police Checkpoints.

Attack: 05 Nov, Wardak Province, Chaki District – During the afternoon insurgents launched an undisclosed number of rockets towards the District Police HQ, and followed the IDF onslaught up with a firefight that lasted for approx three hours. The Police seized one motorcycle from the insurgents. No casualties were reported.

Attack: 05 Nov, Wardak Province, Saydabad District – During the day insurgents attacked an ANA deployment in the Salar Area. The ANA arrested one insurgent.

IED: 05 Nov, Wardak Province, Saydabad District – During the day the Police located and defused four IEDs in the Salar Area.

Ambush: 06 Nov, Wardak Province, Nirkh District – During the morning insurgents ambushed an ANA patrol in the Deh Hayat Area. No casualties were reported.

Kidnap: 07 Nov, Wardak Province Chake District – During the morning a Police member deserted from his post and drove towards the District Administrative Center in a private vehicle. While he was on his way he was kidnapped by insurgents.

Insurgency: 09 Nov, Wardak Province, Daymirdad District – Reportedly a group of approx 30 insurgents deployed to the area from a neighboring district in order to link up with the current insurgents to conduct an attack against the Daymirdad Police District HQ.

Insurgency: 09 Nov, Wardak Province, Jaghatu District – Reportedly insurgents under the command of a known insurgent commander emplaced RCIEDs in the Mardi Alasafed Area with the aim to target IM and ANSF convoys.

IDF Attack: 05 Nov, Logar Province, Mohammad Agha District – During the day insurgents launched an unspecified number of rockets towards a Police Checkpoint in the Nizai Area. No casualties were reported.

IED: 06 Nov, Logar Province, Baraki Barak District – During the day the Police located two IEDs in the Qalay Yahya Area on the road to the Nizullah Village. An IM EOD Team later defused the devices.

IED: 07 Nov, Logar Province, Mohammad Agha District – During the afternoon an IM vehicle detonated an IED in the Deh Now Village. Three IM members were wounded.

Insurgency: 09 Nov, Logar Province, Kharwar District – Reportedly a group of approx 25 insurgents under the command of a known insurgent commander deployed to the district with the aim to attack IM and ANA installations.

Insurgency: 09 Nov, Logar Province, Kharwar District – Reportedly insurgents under the command of a known insurgent commander deployed to the area with the aim to ambush the Police from the Babor Area Poloice Checkpoint when they move to the Pule Alam City to fetch their supplies.

Insurgency: 09 Nov, Logar Province, Muhammad Agha District – Reportedly a group of approx 40 insurgents under the command of a known insurgents commander had a meeting in the Zarghan Village to coordinate the emplacements of IEDs along the Qala Mir Ahmad Area roadway and the deployment of ambushes near the Zarghon Shar School, Clinic and Madrassa. According to the information the insurgents have a well placed informer that will be providing them with information on IM movements in the area.

IDF Attack: 05 Nov, Ghazni Province, Gelan District – During the evening insurgents launched a single rocket towards an IM installation near the District Administrative Center. No casualties were reported.

IDF Attack: 05 Nov, Ghazni Province, Gelan Province – During the day insurgents launched a single rocket towards an IM convoy near the District Administrative Center. No casualties were reported.

IED: 05 Nov, Ghazni Province, Dih Yak District – During the morning a NDS vehicle detonated an IED in the Tasang Area. One LN passenger was wounded.

IED: 05 Nov, Ghazni Province, Ghazni District – During the day an IM vehicle detonated an IED in the Khaki Ghariban Area. One IM member was killed.

Attack: 05 Nov, Ghazni Province, Giro District – During the afternoon insurgents attacked an IM patrol with SAF in the Sapar Khel Area. The insurgents fled the scene after a brief firefight. No casualties were reported.

Success: 05 Nov, Ghazni Province, Ghazni District – During the nigh a joint IM/ANSF search operation was launched in the Khashak Area. Fourteen insurgents were arrested.

Operations: 06 Nov, Ghazni Province, Andar District – During the night a joint IM/ANSF operation was launched in the Ghundayi and Bilal Khel Villages. Three insurgents were arrested.

Operations: 06 Nov, Ghazni Province, Deh Yek District – Before first light a joint IM/ANSF operation was launched in the Ramdil Area. Two insurgents were killed and six more insurgents were arrested.

Attack: 06 Nov, Ghazni Province, Ab Band District – During the day insurgents attacked an ANA outpost with SAF in the Landi Khel Area. No casualties were reported.

Ambush: 07 Nov, Ghazni Province, Deh Yak District – During the morning insurgents ambushed an IM convoy with RPGs and SAF near the District Administrative Center. The insurgents fled the scene after a brief firefight. No casualties were reported.

Ambush: 07 Nov, Ghazni Province, Ghazni District – During the day insurgents ambushed a PSC escorted IM contracted logistics convoy on the MSR near the Ghazni City. No casualties were reported.

Ambush: 07 Nov, Ghazni Province, Andar District – During the morning insurgents ambushed an IM convoy with RPGs and SAF near in the Bandi Sardeh Area. The insurgents fled the scene after a brief firefight. No casualties were reported.

IED: 07 Nov, Ghazni Province, Qarabagh District – During the afternoon an IM vehicle detonated an IED near the District Administrative Center. No casualties were reported.

IED: 07 Nov, Ghazni Province, Jaghatu District – During the afternoon an IM vehicle detonated an IED near the District Administrative Center in the Khogyani Area. No casualties were reported.

Attack: 07 Nov, Ghazni Province, Ghazni District – During the afternoon insurgents attacked a Police Checkpoint with SAF near the District Administrative Center. The insurgents fled the scene after a brief firefight. No casualties were reported.

Attack: 07 Nov, Ghazni Province, Muqur District – During the night insurgents attacked a Police Checkpoint with SAF near the District Administrative Center. The insurgents fled the scene after a brief firefight. No casualties were reported.

Success: 07 Nov, Ghazni Province, Andar District – During the nigh a joint IM/ANSF search operation was launched near the District Administrative Center. Fourteen insurgents were arrested.

Operations: 06 Nov, Uruzgan Province, Shahid-E Hassas District – During a joint IM/ANSF operation in the district a senior insurgent and one of his associates were killed. Remark. The senior insurgent commander that

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WESTERN REGION

IED: 06 Nov, Faryab Province, Qaysar District – During the morning a Police member was killed when he stepped on and detonated an IED in the Naghara Khana Village.

Attack: 07 Nov, Faryab Province, Dowlatabad District – During the evening insurgents coordinated three simultaneous attacks against three Police Checkpoints in three different villages with heavy weapons and SAF; the villages of Top Khana, Chaman Qishlaq and Kokcha Qala. The coordinated attacks lasted for approx two hours. No casualties were reported. Comment. The insurgents most probably coordinated the simultaneous attacks order to overload the ANSF command and control structures and QRF capabilities. However, the attacks can be regarded as ineffective as there were no casualties.

Insurgency: 09 Nov, Faryab Province, Maymana City – Reportedly approx 80 insurgents under the command to two well known insurgent commanders deployed to the Sar Dara Village of Darzab District in Jawzan Province with the aim to attack the Police District HQs of the Qush Tepa and Darzab Districts.

Insurgency: 09 Nov, Faryab Province, Qaisar District – Reportedly a group of approx 15 insurgents under the command of a known insurgent commander deployed to the Ghora and Shah Villages with the aim to emplace IEDs and to deploy illegal vehicle checkpoints.

Insurgency: 09 Nov, Faryab Province, Qaisar District – Reportedly a group of insurgents under the command of a known insurgent commander deployed to the area with the aim to deploy ambushes against ANSF movements and to establish illegal vehicle checkpoints to identify and kidnap government employees.

Operations: 06 Nov, Badghis Province, Muqur District – During the day the Police arrested a suspect connected to a kidnap incident on 04 Nov.

IED: 09 Nov, Badghis Province, Qaleh Ye Now District – During the day insurgents emplaced an IED near the District Police HQ at the District Administrative Center. The IED was attached to a motorcycle and all indications are there that the insurgents wanted to smuggle the device into the Police compound, but did not succeed. Nine LNs were wounded when the device detonated. Comment. Insurgents in the Badghis and Faryab Provinces went through a period of IM/ANSF successes and insurgent defections, and it can be expected that they will try to uplift their operational tempo in order to regain the initiative.

IED: 05 Nov, Herat Province, Kushk District – During the day a convoy transporting a diplomatic envoy detonated an IED on the Herat to Turghundi Highway. No casualties were reported.

IED: 05 Nov, Herat Province, Kushk District – During the day the Police located and defused an IED in the Boqorchar Pass Area.

IED: 05 Nov, Herat Province, Gulran District – During the day the Police located and defused an IED in the Pole Karezak Area.

Insurgency: 09 Nov, Herat Province, Herat City – Reportedly a group of insurgent commanders from the Herat and Badghis Provinces attended a meeting in Pakistan where the requested to obtain AA missiles. Remark. No further information in available. However, if their need for AA missiles are met it will change the whole atmospherics of the threat in the Western Region.

Crime: 05 Nov, Ghor Province, Tulak District – During the day insurgents stopped a truck in the Daragag Area and looted eight motorcycles from the truck. The truck was on its way to Chaghcharan City.

Ordinance Recovered: 06 Nov, Ghor Province, Chagcharan District – During the afternoon the Police seized nine AK-47s from a private residence in the Kendewal Village. No arrests were made.

IED: 05 Nov, Farah Province, Bakwa District – During the morning insurgents was busy emplacing an IED in the Juma Bazaar Area when the device prematurely detonated. Two insurgents were killed.

Ordinance Recovered: 07 Nov, Farah Province, Farah City, Police District #4 – During the day the Police located and seized a mortar bomb during a search operation. No arrests were made.

Ordinance Recovered: 07 Nov, Farah Province, Farah District – During the day the NDS launched a search operation in the Shorab Area where they located and seized a AK-47 and three hand grenades. One suspected insurgent was arrested.

IED: 07 Nov, Farah Province, Anar Dara District – During the morning a Police patrol located and defused an IED in the area.

Insurgency: 09 Nov, Farah Province, Pusht Rod District – Reportedly a group of approx 12 Iranian based insurgents transported a large number of IEDs from Iran to the Golosht Village in the district. Comment. The Iranian support to the insurgency is a long discussed media topic.

NORTHERN REGION

Intimidation: 09 Nov, Sari Pul Province, Sari Pul City – During the day a group of approx 20 insurgents under the command of a known insurgent commander deployed an illegal vehicle checkpoint along the Sari Pul to Kohistanat roadway. Seventeen LN vehicles were stopped and searched.

Insurgency: 08 Nov, Balkh Province, Chimtal District – Reportedly insurgents that are deployed in the Naw Shahr Village is planning to attack two IM helicopters which are normally parked near a Police Checkpoint in the Alizai Area.

Insurgency: 08 Nov, Balkh Province, Chahar Bolak District – Reportedly a group of insurgents under the command of five known insurgent commanders deployed to the Nawarad Mala Area with the aim to attack Police Checkpoints.

Intimidation: 08 Nov, Balkh Province, Chahar Bolak District – During the day insurgents harassed the local residents and extorted money from them. In one case they assaulted a local elder and stole 40 000 Afs from him.

Insurgency: 09 Nov, Balkh Province, Chimtal District – Reportedly insurgents under the command of a known insurgent commander joined with insurgent groups of neighboring provinces to attack ANSF Checkpoints along the Balkh to Jawzjan Highway.

Insurgency: 09 Nov, Balkh Province, Chahar Bolak and Chimtal Districts – Reportedly insurgents instructed local farmers to cultivate opium on their lands.

Intimidation: 09 Nov, Balkh Province, Chahar Bolak District – During the day insurgents instructed the local residents of the Delbar Bay and Temorak Areas to procure weapons for the insurgents. Fifteen local elders mentioned to the insurgent commander that they do not have money to buy weapons. The insurgent commander then announced a five day deadline for the local residents to procure weapons.

Ambush: 07 Nov, Kunduz Province, Chahar Darreh District – During the afternoon insurgents ambushed an ANA convoy on the main road between Kunduz and Chahar Darreh District with SAF. One LN was killed in the cross fire.

Insurgency: 08 Nov, Kunduz Province, Archi District – Reportedly a known insurgent commander facilitated a meeting with other insurgent commanders in the Sofi Zaman Area to coordinate attacks against Border Police Checkpoints in the Qar Ghez Tapa, Khana Yaka Toot and Aski Areas. According to the reported information the insurgents plan to poison Police members assigned to the mentioned checkpoints.

Success: 09 Oct, Kunduz Province, Aliabad District – During the day seven insurgents, including an insurgent commander, surrendered to the government and handed in their weapons to the authorities. Reportedly the success can be attributed to negotiations done by the local elders, as well as an effort from the side of the ANSF and government. Remark. It seems as if the amnesty program of the government is gaining momentum. Over the past month more than 100 insurgents surrendered to the government in the Kunduz, Takhar and Baghlan Provinces.

Miscellaneous: 09 Nov, Kunduz Province - Open sources reported that Mohammad Anwar Jegdalek has been appointed Governor of Kunduz Province. The position has been vacant since the murder of the previous governor, Eng. Mohammad Omar Sulaimani, was killed in an IED attack in Taloqan City in the Takhar Province on 08 Oct. Open sources reported that Jegdalek was previously appointed the head of the Afghanistan Natural Disaster Management Committee by President Karzai, though Jegdalek allegedly refused to accept the position.

Intimidation: 08 Nov, Baghlan Province, Pule Khumri District – Insurgents under the command of four known insurgent commanders change to Police uniforms in the night and deploy to harass the local residents in the Pule Khumri City. A secondary aim of this insurgent activity is to discredit the Police.

Attack: 08 Nov, Baghlan Province, Pule Khumri District – During the night of 08/09 Nov insurgents attacked a telecommunications mast in the Kilagai Area. The mast was severely damaged.

Attack: 08 Nov, Baghlan Province, Baglani Jadid District – During the evening insurgents attacked a telecommunications mast in the Shaikh Jalal Area. The mast was severely damaged. Comment. Such attacks on the telecommunication infrastructure are part of an ongoing campaign by the insurgents against telecommunication companies. During the 2010 summer insurgents instructed telecommunication companies to pay taxes to the insurgents, and also to switch of their networks after 22h00 every day. Some companies refused, and this can be seen as one of the reasons for the abovementioned two attacks. However, the recent IM/ANSF successes in the Baghlan Province may also have sparked a renewed effort by the insurgents to attack the telecommunication towers.

Insurgency: 09 Nov, Baghlan Province, Dahanah Ye Ghori District – Reportedly insurgents under the command of three known insurgent commanders are digging defensive positions for illegal vehicle checkpoints in the areas of Wazir Abad, Ahmad Zai Jou Naw, Neyaz Ullah and Tapa Qarghan.

Insurgency: 09 Nov, Baghlan Province, Baghlan-E Jadid District – Reportedly approx 60 insurgents divided into two groups fled the current IM/ANSF operations in the Kunduz Province and regrouped in the Mangal Hay Village of Baghlan-E Jaded District. They are planning to attack Police Checkpoints in the district.

Crime: 07 Nov, Badaghshan Province, Lai Aaba Area – During the evening unknown armed men stopped civilian trucks and robbed the passengers from their valuables.

EASTERN REGION

Insurgency: 09 Nov, Laghman Province, Alisheng District – Reportedly a known insurgent commander in the Dare Masmot Pahen Area prepared two RCIEDs for deployment along the Alisheng to Dowlat Shah Highway in the Masmot Area. The same insurgent commander is also coordinating the movement of two suicide bombers from Pakistan to the Alisheng District with the aim to conduct attacks against high ranking government officials in the Laghman Province.

IDF Attack: 07 Nov, Kunar Province, Bar Kunar (Asmar) District – During the afternoon insurgents launched three mortar bombs towards an IM installation near the Jaba Village. One of the mortar bombs impacted in a residential area. The only casualties reported were three livestock that were killed.

Kidnap: 07 Nov, Kunar Province, Pech Valley, Mano Gai District – During the morning insurgents stopped three supple trucks in the Matin Area. The trucks were transporting wheat and seeds to the Mano Gai District. The insurgents kidnapped the drivers and their assistants, but released the victims again after two hours through the intervention of the community.

Ambush: 07 Nov, Kunar Province, Bar Kunar, Asmar District – During the morning insurgents ambushed an IM convoy with heavy weapons and SAF in the Dambaro Area. The firefight lasted for approx 30 minutes. No casualties were reported.

Ambush: 07 Nov, Kunar Province, Wata Pur District – During the morning insurgents ambushed an ANA convoy with heavy weapons and SAF in the Dambaro Area. The firefight lasted for approx 10 minutes. No casualties were reported.

Insurgency: 08 Nov, Kunar Province, Nurgal District – Reportedly a group of approx 20 insurgents under the command of two known insurgent commanders deployed to the Shorak Area from where they plan to ambush IM and ANSF movements in the Pakr Shir and Naw Areas.

Insurgency: 08 Nov, Kunar Province, Sarkanay District – Reportedly a group of approx 20 insurgents deployed to the district with the aim to attack the Police Checkpoints in the Nawabad Area and to ambush IM and ANSF movements.

Insurgency: 09 Nov, Kunar Province, Sarkanay District – Reportedly a group of approx 15 insurgents deployed to the Noli Area of the Sarkanay District with several RCIEDs. The insurgents are planning to emplace the RCIEDs along the roads in the Naw Abad, Do Saraka and Pashad Villages, and they are also planning on the deployment of illegal vehicle checkpoints.

Murder: 05 Nov, Nangarhar Province, Bishud District – During the day an unknown gunman shot and killed two local residents, and wounded one more.

Insurgency: 09 Nov, Nangarhar Province, Lal Pur District – Reportedly a group of approx 38 insurgents under the command of two known insurgent commanders is actively patrolling the areas surrounding the Rahmati and Belah Villages. They are planning an attack on the District Police HQ.

Insurgency: 09 Nov, Nangarhar Province, Pachir Wa Agam District – Reportedly a group of approx 25 insurgents under the command of a known insurgent commander deployed to the Tora Bora Area with the aim to attack the District Police HQ before the upcoming EID.

SOUTH EASTERN REGION

Operations: 05 Nov, Paktya Province, Zurmat District – During the nigh an IM search operation was launched near the District Administrative Center. Five local level insurgent commanders were arrested.

IDF Attack: 06 Nov, Paktya Province, Zurmat District – During the day insurgents launched three mortar bombs towards an IM installation in the Kolalgoo Area. No casualties were reported.

IDF Attack: 07 Nov, Paktya Province, Zurmat District – During the afternoon insurgents launched two rockets towards an IM installation near the District Administrative Center. No casualties were reported.

IED: 09 Nov, Paktya Province, Shwak District – During the morning an IED was detonated in the Ibrahim Kheyl Area causing the death of a senior government official of the Shwak District. Comment. This attack is the latest in a series of attacks against government officials in the Eastern, South Eastern and Southern Regions of the country. The attacks are intended to undermine the government and to deter the local residents from becoming involved with the government. It also is a counter against the great numbers of successful eliminations of insurgent commanders by the IM/ANSF over the past few months.

Operations: 04 Nov, Khost Province, Spera District – During the night a joint IM/ANSF operation was launched near the District Administrative Center. One senior insurgent commander was arrested – he was the insurgents’ shadow governor for the district.

UXO: 05 Nov, Khost Province, Sabari District – During the day the Police located and removed two UXOs near the District Administrative Center.

IDF Attack: 05 Nov, Khost Province, Khost Matun District – During the day insurgents launched several mortar bombs towards the Kundai Village. No casualties or damage were reported.

IED: 05 Nov, Khost Province, Khost Matun District, Khost City – During the afternoon a magnetic type IED detonated against a civilian vehicle in the Gurbuz Bus Station. No casualties were reported.

IED: 07 Nov, Khost Province, Tani District – During the day the IM located and defused an IED in the Narizai Area.

IED: 07 Nov, Khost Province, Gurbuz District – During the day an ANA vehicle detonated an IED near the District Administrative Center. One ANA member was wounded.

Murder: 07 Nov, Khost Province, Jaji Maydan District – During the day unknown gunmen shot and killed a local resident near the District Administrative Center.

Operations: 05 Nov, Paktika Province, Urgun District – During the evening the IM launched a search operation in the Namaki Village and arrested five insurgents.

IED: 06 Nov, Paktika Province, Zarghun Shahr District – During the day the IM located and defused an IED near the District Administrative Center in the Khair Kot Area.

IED: 06 Nov, Paktika Province, Mata Khan District – During the day the Police located and defused an IED near the District Administrative Center.

IED: 07 Nov, Paktika Province, Dila District – During the day the IM located and defused two IEDs near the District Administrative Center.

SOUTHERN REGION

Crime: 03 Nov, Helmand Province, Nad Ali District – During the day the Police eradicated 200 Garib of hashish plants in the Grop Shah Area.

Attack: 04 Nov, Helmand Province, Nahri Sarraj District – During the morning insurgents attacked a Police Checkpoint in the Wazir Manda Area. One Police member was wounded.

Attack: 04 Nov, Helmand Province, Sangin District – During the evening insurgents attacked the District Administrative Center. No casualties were reported.

Operations: 06 Nov, Helmand Province, Lashkar Gah District – During the afternoon the Police conducted a search operation in the Durihi Area. A firefight with insurgents erupted and one Police member was wounded.

Operations: 06 Nov, Helmand Province, Washir District – During the afternoon the Police conducted an operation in the Bolan Area when a firefight with insurgents erupted. No casualties were reported.

IED: 06 Nov, Helmand Province, Nahri Sarraj District – Approx at noon the Police located and defused four IEDs in the Popal Zo Area.

IED: 06 Nov, Helmand Province, Lashkar Gah District – During the morning the Police located and defused an IED in the Bashran Area.

Attack: 06 Nov, Helmand Province, Lashkar Gah District – During the afternoon insurgents attacked a Police Checkpoint in the Sarkar Area. The firefight lasted for approx six hours and Police reinforcements deployed to the area. No casualties were reported.

Attack: 06 Nov, Helmand Province, Lashkar Gah District – During the afternoon insurgents attacked a Police Checkpoint in the Qalai Sang Area. No casualties were reported.

IED: 08 Nov, Helmand Province, Lashkar Gah District – Just after midnight a RCIED detonated next to a shop in a market in Lashkar Gah City. One LN was killed and four more LNs were wounded.

IED: 05 Nov, Kandahar Province, Dand District – During the afternoon a Police patrol vehicle detonated a RCIED in the Sorkhak Pol Area. Two Police members were wounded.

IED: 05 Nov, Kandahar Province, Kandahar City, Police District #6 – During the morning the Police located an IED in the area. An IM EOD Team later defused the device.

IED: 05 Nov, Kandahar Province, Kandahar City, Police District #3 – During the morning the Police located an IED in the area. An IM EOD Team later defused the device.

IED: 05 Nov, Kandahar Province, Kandahar City, Police District #9 – During the morning the Police located an IED that was emplaced under a culvert in the Spinzyarat Area. An IM EOD Team later defused the device.

Crime: 05 Nov, Kandahar Province, Darman District, Highway 1 – During the evening unknown gunmen stopped a civilian passenger bus and robbed the passengers of their valuables. When the Police arrived a firefight erupted. One of the robbers were killed, one robber was arrested, and the other three robbers managed to escape.

IED: 06 Nov, Kandahar Province, Kandahar City, Police District #5 – During the morning the Police located and defused an IED in the Haji Aziz Area.

Attack: 06 Nov, Kandahar Province, Kandahar City, Police District #13 – During the afternoon insurgents ambushed an IM patrol in the Chahar Bagh Area. One LN was wounded in the cross fire.

Murder: 07 Nov, Kandahar Province, Kandahar City, Police District #2 – Just before noon two insurgents on motorcycles shot and killed a Police member in the Akhond Sahib Jama Area.

IDF Attack: 08 Nov, Kandahar Province, Dand District – During the evening insurgents launched an ineffective IDF attack against the IM/ANSF at the Kandahar Airport. No casualties were reported.

Ordinance Recovered: 05 Nov, Zabul Province, Shamulzayi District – During the day the ANA launched a search operation near the District Administrative Center. A cache was located and seized, containing approx 280 Kg of explosives that was stored in plastic jerry cans.

SPECIAL INTEREST NEWS

Security handover to Afghan forces has already begunBy Barbara Starr, CNN November 8, 2010

Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- While President Barack Obama and the military talk about transferring territory to the Afghans next summer, in many places across Afghanistan, largely out of public view, the handover of security from U.S. to Afghan forces has already begun on a small scale. In the last several days, U.S. Marines in southern Afghanistan have handed over two small outposts to Afghan forces in the district of Nawa, a place which once saw heavy fighting, according to a senior official from NATO's International Security Assistance Force. Across the country, several small outposts have either been turned over to the Afghans, or U.S. troops have pulled out of areas because Afghan control is sufficient, the official said. These moves are in advance of Privileged and Confidential This information is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. You are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this information is strictly prohibited without the explicitly approval from Strategic SSI Management. Page 16 of 23 Strategic SSI - Afghanistan the broader plan to turn over entire provinces, districts and sub-districts to Afghan control, expected to begin in 2011. Just days before the mid-November NATO summit in Lisbon, Portugal, these minor moves will give the alliance, and the Obama administration, the ability to announce that transition on some scale has begun.

The larger scale transition is now being intensively planned by U.S., NATO and Afghan officials, according to several ISAF military officials. NATO is now calling it "Inteqal" -- it means "transition" in both Dari and Pashtu, according to NATO -- but going down that road is a bit slower than first expected. Still, succeeding at Inteqal will be the road home for U.S. troops in Afghanistan. At next month's NATO summit in Lisbon, no announcements are now likely about which specific areas of Afghanistan will be first to be turned over or transitioned to Afghan control, according to several officials representing member nations of the alliance. Instead, NATO will simply announce that the transition process is under way and reaffirm that Afghan security forces are expected to take the lead in conducting security operations across the country by the end of 2014. It's a process that will be very gradual.

In an exclusive interview with CNN last month, Gen. David Petraeus, the top commander in Afghanistan, said he does expect to be able to recommend a U.S. troop reduction in July, but he declined to say how many troops might be headed home. He said some could also be reassigned to other jobs inside Afghanistan. Petraeus told CNN that in just the last few weeks, he has seen progress against the Taliban momentum in some parts of Afghanistan, including west of Kandahar. "My assessment is that the momentum that the Taliban enjoyed until probably late summer has broadly been arrested in the country. It doesn't mean it's been arrested in every location in the country, but it means by and large that is the case, and moreover, more importantly, the ISAF and Afghan forces have achieved momentum in some very important areas," he said.

One Western official confirmed to CNN that earlier this year there were indications that the alliance and the government of Hamid Karzai were ready to agree on the first several provinces that would be part of the transition process, but delays in establishing the final agreements are likely to mean now that no announcements will be made until early 2011. Several months ago, U.S. military officials were privately indicating some of the first provinces to be turned over to Afghan control could include Parwan, Panjshir, and Bamiyan, where violence has been relatively low. Maj. Gen. John Campbell, commander of Regional Command-East, told CNN he also believes those three provinces will be some of the first to be turned over. The French have also made it clear they would like to leave a district of Kabul province and turn it over to Afghan control. NATO and the Afghan government have now established a joint process to assess which areas are ready for turnover based on several factors, according to the western official who is familiar with the internal debate inside the alliance. A joint Afghan-NATO Inteqal Board is being set up, provinces will be assessed, and the recommendations made to the Afghan Cabinet for final approval.

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Osama bin Laden not hiding in Afghanistan: Minister RawaNews 08 Nov 10

Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden is not hiding inside Afghanistan, an Afghan cabinet minister has said. Foreign Minister Zalmay Rasoul Sunday denied having any knowledge of the terrorist leader's whereabouts, saying: 'Regarding bin Laden, I can say he is not in Afghanistan, because if he was in Afghanistan, he would have been found'. 'Where is he I don't know, but he is not in Afghanistan and I can assure you that,' Rasoul was quoted as saying by Xinhua. The Afghan minister said his country was engaged in close discussions with Pakistan in order to reach a solution to combat terrorism, because Pakistan, in his view, was also a target for terrorist operations.

WEATHER FORECAST

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16 – 18 Nov 10 - Eid-al-Adha (Feast of the Sacrifice) 16 Des 10 - Ashura

Note. Muslim festivals are timed according to local sightings of various phases of the moon and the dates given above are approximations. During the lunar month of Ramadan that precedes Eid al-Fitr, Muslims fast during the day and feast at night and normal business patterns may be interrupted. Some disruption may continue into Eid al-Fitr itself. Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha may last up to several days, depending on the region.

NEWS / INFORMATION

Afghanistan Among 23 Least Developed Countries IRIN, November 8, 2010

Afghanistan has climbed over a dozen places up the annual UN Development Programme's (UNDP) Human Development Index (HDI) - from 181 out of 182 countries in 2009, to 155 out of 169 this year. Described as a human development indicator, the HDI "measures the average achievements in a country in three basic dimensions of human development: a long and healthy life, access to knowledge and a decent standard of living." However, Afghanistan is still among the world's 23 Least Developed Countries, according to the UNDP report: About 42 percent of Afghans are living in poverty; life expectancy at birth is 44.6; there is one doctor and two hospital beds for every 5,000 Afghans. Under-five mortality is 275 per 1,000 live births, and the maternal mortality rate is 1,400 per 100,000 births. Over half of Afghans do not have access to safe drinking water; 63 percent lack access to improved sanitation.

Despite their numerous difficulties, over half of Afghans are satisfied with their living conditions, says the report. Meanwhile, Transparency International, a Berlin-based corruption watchdog, ranks Afghanistan the third most corrupt state in the world in 2010.

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Australian Ties to Afghan Warlord Harms Stability, Rights Activists Say VOA, November 9, 2010

Afghanistan's independent human rights commission has criticized Australia's decision to train with militiamen reportedly loyal to an Afghan warlord. The six men have been in Australia to instruct the country's special forces in how to tackle the Taliban insurgency. The Australian military says it invited six fighters to give its commandoes vital information about how to defeat the Taliban. The men met Australian officers and oversaw combat exercises at army bases in Sydney and South Australia. However, news reports and human rights groups say the men are loyal to the Afghan warlord Matiullah Khan, who has worked with the allied forces in his country.

Government critics say Khan is a questionable ally because of allegations of extortion and other criminal activity. Those allegations apparently prompted forces from the Netherlands to refuse to work with him and his followers. Fahim Hakim, the deputy chairman of Afghanistan's human rights commission is in Australia attending a conference. He says Canberra's involvement with militia groups weakens efforts to build proper government in Afghanistan. "They are in a way out of the structure of Ministry of Defense and Ministry of Interior, which means they are accountable to nobody except to their commander. So, it would further legitimize warlordism and it is a severe blow to maintaining law and order and to human rights," he said.

Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston, the head of the Australian Defense Force, says the men are Afghan police reservists, who will be fighting alongside elite SAS units in the future. Military analysts say that exposure to Australian methods and standards could instill more discipline into Afghan militia forces. They point to training programs with soldiers from the Philippines and Indonesia as examples. Australia has about 1,500 troops in Afghanistan. Most are training Afghan defense personnel in southern Uruzgan province. But SAS units have been on front line duty. Australia's military involvement in Afghanistan began at the start of the U.S.-led invasion in 2001. Twenty-one Australians have died in the conflict, which has become increasingly unpopular with the public. The government says its forces will start to withdraw from the troubled country in between two and four years. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Afghans upbeat, army, police still need help: poll Tue Nov 9

KABUL (Reuters) – More Afghans think their country, torn by three decades of war and civil unrest, is moving in the right direction but overwhelmingly think security forces still need foreign help, a newly released survey said on Tuesday. In a 2010 gauge of the national mood, The Asia Foundation survey found 47 percent of Afghans believe their country is on the right track, up from 42 percent the year before. Thirty-eight percent of those who were upbeat about the progress their country was showing cited better security, as well as reconstruction and more schooling for girls.

Lack of security topped the national problem list, with 37 percent citing it. Violence has reached its deadliest levels since the Islamist Taliban were forced from power in 2001. "It is not our objective to interpret the results, it is an opportunity for Afghans to express themselves ... (Interpretation) we leave up to our readers," Richard Smith, the foundation's country director, told a news conference. Eighty-three percent of Afghans support talks with insurgents and reintegration of armed groups, according to the survey, up from 71 percent last year. The government of President Hamid Karzai has said it has made preliminary contacts with insurgents as Afghan, U.S. and NATO officials look for ways to resolve the conflict.

The survey comes ahead of a NATO summit on November 19 and 20 in Lisbon where Afghanistan will head the agenda. Many European NATO members are under pressure at home to justify their continued commitment to the increasingly unpopular war. U.S. President Barack Obama will review his Afghanistan war strategy next month. He has pledged to begin a gradual troop withdrawal from July 2011. The Afghan army is the most respected national institution, with 92 percent of those surveyed saying they had confidence in it, the Asia Foundation said. Police were second on 79 percent. However, 69 percent said the army and police could not operate alone and still needed foreign help, the same level as the last three years. More than half of respondents believed both the army and police were unprofessional and poorly trained.

Among national problems, joblessness remained in the number-two spot, at 28 percent. Corruption was in third place at 27 percent of respondents, up steeply from 17 percent last year. The jump "may be due to the increased focus, particularly by the international community, on corruption as a key dimension in bad governance," the report said. Anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International ranks Afghanistan as one of the world's most corrupt countries, equal with Myanmar and ahead of only Somalia out of 178 nations. The survey interviewed 6,467 Afghans over 18 years of age and was carried out from June 18 to July 5. The poll was the foundation's sixth in Afghanistan since 2004 and the margin of error was 4.4 percent.

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Violence takes a turn to the north IWPR, November 8, 2010

MAZAR-E SHARIF, Afghanistan -- Until recently, bus driver Ustad Toryalai said that there were plenty of passengers looking to travel between Kabul and Mazar-e-Sharif in northern Afghanistan. His vehicle was crowded day and night with casual travelers, businessmen and international aid workers shuttling between the two major cities. But over the last six months, Toryalai said, traffic has declined dramatically, with passengers refusing to travel at night and even hesitant to make the trip during daylight hours because of the possibility of attacks by the Taliban. "I used to make $1,500 (a month), but that's now fallen to half that amount because people only like to travel during in the daytime, and they don't carry commercial goods with them," he said. "The police patrol the highways during the day, but at night it's either the Taliban or else hijackers passing themselves off as Taliban," he said.

Security officials say an increasing number of insurgents, under attack by NATO-led forces in the south, are infiltrating the north, where they find a number of eager recruits anxious to be employed by Taliban fighters. "The insurgents have come under pressure in the southern provinces, so they have turned to the north," said Daud Daud, commander of an Afghan National Police unit that's responsible for security in the north and northeast of the country. Daud said the situation was critical in Kunduz, Takhar, Baghlan, Balkh, Jowzjan and Faryab provinces. Over the last month, Daud said, Afghan army forces and police have suffered more than 30 casualties. Dozens of civilians and aid workers have also been injured.

In a recent speech, Atta Mohammad Nur, the governor of Balkh province, complained that insurgent activity has spread to the Mazar-e-Sharif, a major city in the north, despite the presence of 120,000 Afghan troops, 6,000 Americans and 5,000 German troops. He complained that the local police were under manned, badly equipped and failed to receive necessary support from the national army. "Police numbers are low at village and district levels, and they have poorer-quality weapons than the Taliban," he said. "The records for northern provinces show that there's just one policeman for every one or two villages, whereas it's likely there are dozens of Taliban in some of these villages." Despite the increase in violence, Nur said he opposed increasing the number of foreign forces in the province, fearing they would only lead to increased insurgent activity.

Residents of other northern provinces share similar complaints. Ibrahim, a merchant who trades oil in the northwestern Faryab province and lives in Andkhoy district on the border with Turkmenistan, said the Taliban operate unhindered in the area and were recruiting many local young men. "A few nights ago, the Taliban took me out of a car and questioned me," he said. "As soon as I told them I'm a businessman, they released me." Abdul Haq Shafaq, the governor of Faryab province, acknowledged that the insurgents are active in most districts of the province. Faryab police chief, Brig. Gen. Abdul Khalil Andarabi, said that his men were critically short of resources, and urgently needed assistance from the Afghan interior ministry. "We're short of police and we are making serious efforts to integrate the 'arbakai' (locally raised militia) into the province's police framework," he said. "The interior ministry needs to increase the number of police we have here; it's a pressing concern." And Afghan government forces and coalition forces could be facing an even more complex set of enemies in the north.

Gen. Fail Mohammad, who is in charge of implementing the Afghan government's National Development Strategy in the north, said that in addition to Afghan Taliban, there are also members of the Pakistani Taliban and the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, or IMU, operating in the area. The IMU originated in Central Asia in the 1990s, but relocated to Afghanistan and Pakistan and has become a close ally of the Taliban. Over the past year, the group, made up primarily of ethnic Uzbeks, has been infiltrating fighters into northern Afghanistan, where they carry out attacks with the predominantly ethnic Pashtun Taliban.

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Kabul drops graft charges against top aide AFP, November 9, 2010

The Afghan government has dropped corruption charges against a top aide to President Hamid Karzai who was indicted by a US-backed taskforce for taking a bribe, an official said on Tuesday. Mohammad Zia Salehi, a senior official in Karzai's National Security Council, was arrested by the Major Crimes Task Force, a US- funded anti-graft body, in July after he was caught on a wiretap soliciting a bribe. In return, Salehi reportedly held up an investigation into a company suspected of moving money for Afghan leaders, drug traffickers and insurgents. At the time, Karzai ordered Salehi to be released, saying that his arrest was unconstitutional and violated human rights. Rahmatullah Nazari, Afghanistan's deputy attorney-general, told AFP that Salehi had been cleared of the charges, seemingly on a technicality. "Under Afghanistan's laws, voice-tape can become evidence only in drugs-related cases. Mr Salehi's case involved corruption," Nazari told AFP. "Because the

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Weeks after his arrest, US media reported that Salehi, head of the administration in Karzai's National Security Council, was on the CIA payroll. Karzai is under pressure from his Western backers, chiefly the United States, which leads a 150,000 military force in the country, to crack down on official graft gripping all levels of the Afghan administration. Nazari said about 20 senior Karzai government officials including former ministers were being investigated over corruption charges. Mohammad Amin Farhang, a former commerce minister, and ex- transport minister Hamidullah Qaderi were expected to be tried in "weeks" over allegations of corruption, Nazari said. The prosecutor said former senior government officials will be tried in a special tribunal set up for the trial of ministers. Under Afghanistan's law, a minister cannot be tried in anordinary court. Once sentenced, the officials will not be able to appeal the court ruling, Nazari said, citing the new tribunal established in recent months.

ACRONYMS

AA Anti-Aircraft MNF Multi National Forces AGE Anti-Government Elements (Generic term for MO Modus Operandi insurgent groups) MOD Ministry of Defence ABP AFGHAN Border Police MOI Ministry of Interior ADZ AFGHAN Development Zone (in Central NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organisation HELMAND around LKG) NBC Nuclear, Biological and Chemical AEF AFGHAN Eradication Force NBD Non-Battle Death ANA AFGHAN National Army NBI Non-Battle Injury ANP AFGHAN National Police NDA NAD-e ALI (in HELMAND Province) ANSF AFGHAN National Security Forces NFDK No Further Details Known ANSO AFGHAN NGO Safety Office NGO Non-Governmental Organisation AMF AFGHAN Militia Forces NSTR Nothing Significant to Report AO Area of Operations NDS National Directorate of Security (Afghan) AP Anti-Personnel OEF Operation Enduring Freedom (US Operation APC Armoured Personnel Carrier with a separate command structure and remit to AQ Al Qaeda ISAF, predominantly operating in the ASF AFGHAN Special Forces EASTERN region) AT Anti-Tank OP Observation Point BBRCIED Bicycle Borne Remote Controlled Improvised OPCEN Operations Centre Explosive Device OPSEC Operational Security BBIED Body Borne Improvised Explosive Device P2K PAKTIKA, PAKTIA & KHOWST BDA Battle Damage Assessment PAK PAKISTAN BME Bomb Making Equipment PB Patrol Base BP Border Post PBIED Person Born Improvised Explosive Device CAS Close Air Support PD Police District CASEVAC Casualty Evacuation PEF Poppy Eradication Force CNP Counter Narcotic Police PPIED Pressure plate IED CivPop Civilian Population PRT Provincial Reconstruction Team COIN (Ops) Counter Insurgency (Operations) PSAF Precision Small Arms Fire CoP Chief of Police PSC Private Security Company CP Checkpoint PSD Protective Security Detail CQA Close Quarter Assassination QRF Quick Reaction Force CWIED Command Wire IED Recce Reconnaissance DC District Centre RC Radio controlled / Remote controlled (as in DDR Disarmament, Demobilisation, Reintegration RCIED) DF Direct Fire RL Rocket Launcher DIAG Disarmament of Illegal Armed Groups RPG Rocket Propelled Grenade EF Enemy Forces (Generic term for insurgent RTA Road Traffic Accident groups) SAF Small Arms Fire EOD Explosive Ordnance Disposal SAFIRE Surface-to-Air Fire FOB Forward Operating Base SAM Surface-to-Air Missile FP Firing Point SF Special Forces / Security Forces GIRoA Government of the Islamic Republic of SIOC Security Information Operations Centre AFGHANISTAN SOP Standard Operational Procedure GOA Government of Afghanistan SRA Security Risk Assessment GR Grid Reference (Provided in MGRS – Military SVBIED Suicide Vehicle Born Improvised Explosive Grid Reference System) Device GSK GERESHK (in HELMAND) S Suicide i.e. SIED – suicide IED, SVBIED – HIG HEZB-I-ISLAMI GULBUDDIN suicide VBIED HME Home-made explosives (usually fertiliser- TB TALIBAN based) TBD To be determined HMG Heavy Machine Gun TTPs Tactics, techniques and procedures HQ Headquarters UGV Upper GERESHK Valley (HELMAND HVT High Value Target Province) IDF Indirect fire (Rockets and mortars) UN United Nations IEC Independent Election Commission UN DSS United Nations Department of Safety and IED Improvised Explosive Device Security IM (F) International Military (Forces) USV Upper SANGIN Valley (HELMAND Province) INGO International Non-governmental Organization UXO Unexploded Ordnance INS Insurgent(s) VBIED Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Device ISAF International Security Assistance Force VCP Vehicle Check Point (Also, IVCP – Illegal IVO In the Vicinity Of (i.e. mil-speak for near) VCP) JEMB Joint Election Management Body VOIED Victim Operated IED JTF Joint Task Force WB World Bank KAF KANDAHAR Airfield WFP World Food Program KAIA KABUL International Airport WIA Wounded in action KCP KABUL City Police WHO World Health Organisation KIA Killed in action LKG LASHKAR GAH (in HELMAND Province) LN Local National (i.e. Afghan) MCIED Motor cycle improvised explosive device MCN Ministry of Counter Narcotics MEDIVAC Medical Evacuation MG Machine Gun MIA Missing in action