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DAILY SITUATION REPORT 03 AUG 2010

SAFETY AND SECURITY ISSUES RELEVANT TO SSSI PERSONNEL AND CLIENTS

Various Threat Reports were received of possible attacks in Kabul over the past few days, and the insurgent’s intent and capability to conduct attacks in the Kabul City remains elevated. There are daily Threat Reports, but the received reports are mainly generic and lacking detail. It is possible that suicide attacks and indirect fire attacks can be expected in the city, but no time frames and/or specific targets were reported. Any attack in the city can be seen as a success for the insurgents, and they will make maximum use of the propaganda value of such an attack.

MAJOR COUNTRY WIDE EVENTS

Complex attack: Kandahar – KAF: Two rockets fired as well as an IED & Insurgent assault group attack the base. Initial reports indicate1xIM and 2x contractor casualties.

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THREAT REPORTS RECEIVED LAST 3 DAYS

30 Jul, Nangarhar, – Behsud Bridge Area, insurgents plan to launch another VBIED or SVBIED attack against an IM convoy.

INCIDENTS REPORTED FOR PERIOD 2 TO 3 AUGUST 2010

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CASUALTIES REPORTED FOR PERIOD 1 AUGUST TO 03 AUGUST 2010 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 MIA 1-Aug 0 8 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 6 15 32 3 1 2 2-Aug 0 1 0 2 11 0 2 7 0 20 42 0 15 7 24 3-Aug 2 2 0 2 15 0 0 0 0 15 4 0 60 19 5

Aug'10 2 11 0 4 46 0 2 7 0 41 61 32 78 27 31

Kindly note that these are from the SSSI DSR and are not official statistics and may differ from those released by ISAF or other agencies and organisations.)

SECURITY INCIDENTS REPORTED FOR PERIOD 2 TO 03 AUGUST 2010

CENTRAL REGION

Success: 31 Jul, , Musahi Districs, Alam Khan, one insurgent was killed and one captured during a joint operation by IM and ANSF.

Attack: 02 Aug, Kabul Province, Ghak-E Jabbar District, a Police post was attacked by insurgents. No casualties were reported.

Ambush: 02 Aug, Kabul Province, Kurobi District, Tangi Abreshom, an ANA vehicle patrol was ambushed by insurgents. No casualties were reported.

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Ambush: 02 Aug, Alah Say District, an ANA vehicle patrol was ambushed by insurgents. No casualties were reported.

Insurgency: 02 Aug, , Tagab District, Shah Kot Tatar Khel, Kakar and Gorg Villages. It is reported that approximately 25 insurgents set up ambushes along the roadways of the villages, where insurgents area planning to attack ANSF. Reportedly 10 insurgents set up an ambush along the roadway of Jana Gul Village and planning to attack ANA movements.

IED: 01 Aug, , Pol-E Alam District, Dadu Kheyl, an IM patrol was struck when an IED detonated, while a secondary IED was also found. No casualties were reported.

Ambush: 01 Aug, Logar Province, Pol-E Alam District, Qala-Ye Ali Khan, an IM vehicle patrol was ambushed by insurgents during which two insurgents were killed and five wounded during the engagement.

Success: 31 Jul, Logar Province, , five insurgents were captured in a joint operation by IM and ANSF.

IED: 01 Aug, Wardak Province, , Jaider Kheyl, an ANA vehicle patrol was struck by an detonating IED. No casualties were reported.

Attack: 01 Aug, Wardak Province, Chak-E Wardak District, Highway 1. An ANP post was attacked by insurgents. No casualties were reported.

Attacks: 31 Jul, , Moqur & Qarabagh Districts, Ajrestan, various separate ANSF static posts and patrols were attacked by insurgents. No casualties were reported.

Attack: 31 Jul, Ghazni Province, , Sang-E Tath, a Police post was attacked by insurgents. No casualties reported.

Success: 31 Jul, Ghazni Province, Ajrestan District, District Centre, Moqor District, Leram, , Nanai, at each location IEDs were found by the Police.

Operation: 02 Aug, Ghazni Province, Andar District. During an overnight joint operation by ANSF and IM, three insurgents were killed and four wounded.

Ambushes: 01 Aug, Ghazni Province, Qarabagh District & Sha Baz Ditrict, Now Roz Kheyl, It is reported that various ANSF patrols were ambushed in the aforementioned districts. Thus far only one ANA member has been reported wounded.

Insurgency: 02 Aug, , Chahar Chino District, It is reported that two insurgent commanders distributed thirty Police uniforms for their insurgent groups and commanded their insurgents to enter Police CPs and conduct terrorist activities.

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WESTERN REGION

Operation: 01 Aug, , Ghowrmach District, During a joint IM and ANSF operation, eight insurgents were killed.

Success IED: 31 Jul, Faryab Province, Qeysar District, Ivo Ziarat Gah, an RCIED was found by Police.

Recovered Ordinances: 31 Jul, , Do Leyneh District, Ivo Howz-E Bangai, several mortars and a RCIED were found by Police.

Insurgency: 02 Jul, Ghor Province, , It is reported that approximately eighty insurgents armed with various weapons gathered in the Sarband Jangi area from where they are planning to attack the Police District HQ.

NORTHER REGION

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Success IED: 01 Aug, Sar-E Pul Province, Sowzmez Qaleh District, Ivo Gorkab, a RCIED was found by Police.

IED: 29 Jul, , Pol-E Khomri District, ivo Wardak Kalay, an IM vehicle patrol was struck by a detonating IED. No casualties were reported.

Ambush: 31 Jul, Baghlan Province, Pol-E Khomri District, ivo Dand-E Shaba Uddin, a Police vehicle patrol was ambushed by insurgents. No casualties were reported.

Murder: 02 Aug, Province, Mazar-e-Sharif. Six employees of Kabul Bank, Mazar-e Sharif branch were killed during the night of 02 Aug by unknown men. Reportedly the unknown men mixed poison in their food where after the victims were beheaded. The perpertrators also robbed thousands of dollars from the bank.

EASTERN REGION

IDF Attack: 31 Jul, , Nurgaram District, Kala Gosh, a joint IM and ANSF post was fired upon with five mortars by insurgents. No casualties were reported.

Operation: 01-02 Aug, Nuristan Province, Barg-E Matal District, insurgent concentrations was engaged during an ANSF operation with IM support. Thirty five insurgents were killed, while two ANA members were killed and eight others sustained injuries.

Insurgency: 31 Jul, , Dowlat Shah & Alisheng Districts, illegal VCPs by insurgents on roads within these districts, lead to the stopping of vehicles and searching for people with GoA and ANSF/IM affiliations.

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Ambush: 31 Jul, , , Khan Kaz, a IM vehicle patrol was ambushed by insurgents. No casualties were reported.

Insurgency: 02 Aug, Kunar Province, Manogay District, Kohe Matena Area, It is reported the approximately 25 insurgents armed with heavy and light weapons gathered in the area, from where are planning to ambush convoys.

IED: 02 Aug, , District 2, Jalalabad City, a sedan transporting an advisor was struck by a detonating IED which resulted in the principal and three bodyguards sustaining injuries as well as three civilians.

SOUTH EASTERN REGION

Attack: 30 Jul, Paktya Province, Seyyed Karam District, District Centre, the District Centre was attacked by insurgents in which one Policeman was wounded.

IDF Attack: 30 Jul, Paktya Province, Jani Kheyl District, District Centre, four rockets were fired at the District Centre by insurgents. No casualties were reported.

Ambush: 31 Jul, Paktya Province, Shawak District, an IM vehicle patrol was ambushed by insurgents. No casualties were reported

Attack: 01 Aug, Paktya Province, , a Police post was attacked by insurgents during the night. No casualties were reported.

Ambush: 30 Jul, , Khost District, Mateh Chineh, a Police vehicle patrol was ambushed by insurgents. No casualties were reported.

IED: 31 Jul, Khost Province, Karwn Serai, an IED detonated prematurely. No casualties reported.

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IED: 30 Jul, , Mata Khan District, Sera Qaleh, a road construction vehicle was struck when an IED detonatred in which two local workers were wounded.

IDF Attack: 30 Jul, Paktika Province, Ziruk & Gayan Districts, District Centre, An IDF attack was conducted against ANSF and IM targets in the said areas. No casualties were reported.

Success IED: 30 Jul, Paktika Province, Ser Howzah District, District Centre, two IEDs were found by Police.

SOUTHERN REGION

IED: 01 Aug, , Barakza’I, & Khar Joy, Shah Joy District. In both of these locations, civilian vehicles were struck by detonating IEDs in which a total of four civilians were killed.

Complex Attack: 03 Aug, , a Talliban suicide squad armed with bombs and rockets attacked KAF, the largest U.S. military base in southern Afghanistan. One soldier and two civilians were wounded in an initial rocket attack on Kandahar airfield. Two suicide bombers detonated explosives outside the base perimeter to clear the entrance for the rest of the group

Attack: 29 Jul, Kandahar Province, District 1, ANA Old Corps HQ, Kandahar City, a hand grenade was thrown at an ANA guard post by two insurgents riding on a motorcycle. Three ANA members sustained injuries.

Kidnap: 30 Jul, Kandahar Province, Arghandab District, Ivor Char Ghalba, eight local villagers were abducted by insurgents.

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Attack: 31 Jul, Kandahar Province, & Khusrow Kalay, Arghandab District, a Police post was attacked by insurgents in which one Policeman sustained injuries.

Success IED: 31 Jul, Kandahar Province, District 9 Kandahar City, Bellendi Kalay, an IED was found by the Police.

Ordinances Recovered: 31 Jul, Kandahar Province, District 2, Kandahar City, two rockets were found by the police.

Success: 31 Jul, Kandahar Province, Arghandab District, Shownan Kalay, in a joint search operation by IM and ANSF, four insurgents were killed and five were wounded.

Ambush: 01 Aug, Kandahar Province, Arghandab District, ivo Char Ghalbeh, an IM vehicle patrol was ambushed by insurgents. No casualties were reported.

IED: 02 Aug, Kandahar Province, Dand District, ivo Gush Khana, It is reported that an IED detonated inwhich four civilians were killed while an ANP member sustained injuries.

Ambush: 02 Aug, Kandahar Province, Panjwa’I District, north-eastern, a PSC escorted IM contracted logistics convoy was ambushed by insurgents. No casualties were reported.

Attack: 31 Jul, , Eastern Lashkar Gah District, ivo Popalzai, while conducted a clearance operation, IM units were attacked by insurgents. Two insurgents killed during the engagement.

IED: 01 Aug, Helmand Province, Southern Nahr-E Serraj District, ivo Spin Majid Wadi, a IM patrol was struck by a detonating IED in which two IM members sustained injuries.

Success IED: 01 Aug, Helmand Province, Marjah District, Police found three IEDs in the district, while on patrol.

Operation: 01 Aug, Helmand Province, Northern Nahr- Serraj District Ivo Shurab, Gereshk, during a joint operation by IM and ANSF, five insurgents were killed, while four others were wounded.

Ambush: 01 Aug, Helmand Province, Northern Lashkar Gah District, Loy Aderah, an IM patrol was ambushed in which one IM member was killed.

SPECIAL INTEREST NEWS

UNITED NATIONS (AFP) – Ten Taliban members and 35 Al-Qaeda members and affiliates have been removed from a UN sanctions terror list after its first exhaustive review of 488 names, Austria's UN ambassador announced Monday.

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"As a result of the review of 488 names, 45 were delisted," Thomas Mayr-Harting, the chair of the UN Security Council panel that maintains a blacklist of individuals and entities linked to Al-Qaeda and the Taliban, told reporters.

He said those removed, following requests from governments, include 10 individuals who had been associated with the Taliban as well as 14 individuals and 21 entities linked at some point to Al-Qaeda.

Individuals on the list are subject to asset freezes, a travel ban and an arms embargo.

Mayr-Hartin said 433 names -- 132 Taliban and 311 from Al-Qaeda -- were confirmed on the list, though a final decision for 66 among them is still pending.

Last week, five of the 10 Taliban removed from the list were named as Abdul Satar Paktin; Abdul Hakim Mujahid Muhammad Awrang, a former Afghan envoy to the UN; Abdul Salam Zaeef, author of "My life with the Taliban;" and two officials who are now deceased.

As part of his efforts to promote national reconciliation, Afghan President Hamid Karzai had asked the Security Council to remove names of some Taliban members who were not linked to Al-Qaeda from the terror blacklist.

The Karzai government has set conditions for peace talks with Taliban insurgents, demanding militants renounce violence, accept the Afghan constitution and rescind ties with Al-Qaeda.

The Afghan reportedly sought the removal of up to 50 former Taliban officials from the blacklist, including those of a number of persons now deceased.

Mayr-Harting's panel, with the help of a sanctions monitoring team, spent 18 months reviewing the list.

The Austrian envoy noted that a total of eight deceased individuals were delisted, while some 30 other on the list.

"It’s not easy to get dead people off the list," he added. "We have to have convincing proof that they are really dead and also we have to have information on what happened to their assets, and this in many cases takes some time."

Richard Barrett, coordinator of the UN's analytical support and sanctions monitoring team, said about 120 states, roughly two thirds of UN membership, were approached not just to obtain information about the listings but also to get general opinions on the sanctions regime.

"Of course some lack capacity and in Afghanistan, where a lot of the names are based, it was difficult to get really good information from the authorities there. But they did spend some time trying to provide us with what we wanted," he noted.

Among al-Qaeda-linked entities delisted were Bank al Taqwa Limited, four Barakaat firms based in the Unites States, the Somali International Relief Organization based in Minneapolis, Minnesota and the Swedish-based Somali network.

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The UN blacklist was established under UN Security Council Resolution 1267, adopted in October 1999 for the purpose of overseeing implementation of sanctions imposed on Taliban- controlled Afghanistan for its support of Osama bin Laden's extremist network.

Under the resolution, UN member states are required to impose travel bans, an asset freeze and an arms embargo on any individual or entity associated with Al-Qaeda, bin Laden and/or the Taliban.

Delisting requires unanimous approval from all 15 members of the Security Council's sanctions panel.

WEATHER FORECAST

Afghanistan Weather Wed 04 August 2010 Kabul Jalalabad Mazar Kandahar Herat

P/Clouded Rain 20% Clear Clear Clear 26° C | 20° C 28° C | 22° C 38° C | 22° C 32° C | 22° C 36° C | 20° C

Farah Khost Kunduz Gardez Faizabad

Clear Rain 20% Clear Rain 20% P/Clouded 38° C | 23° C 29° C | 21° C 33° C | 21° C 23° C | 15° C 36° C | 10° C

CALENDAR

11/12 Aug-10/11 Sep 10 - Ramadan 19 Aug 10 - National Day 18 Sep 10 - Parliamentary Election 08 Oct 10 - Parliamentary Election Preliminary Results Expected 30 Oct 10 - Parliamentary Election Final Results Expected 16 Nov - 17 Nov 10 - Eid-al-Adha (Feast of the Sacrifice)

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.

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NEWS / INFORMATION

Shut Indian missions in Afghanistan: Pakistan Army chief

Pakistan Army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, whose forces sponsor a large- scale guerrilla war through Afghan proxies to keep New Delhi out of Afghanistan, wants Indian consulates in the war-torn country to be closed, says a Canadian diplomat and former deputy head of the UN mission in Kabul.

Chris Alexander, who was Canada's ambassador in Kabul from 2003 to 2005 and later deputy of the UN mission until 2009, said Gen. Kayani is calling the shots on Afghanistan and prepared to support suicide attacks in Afghanistan's cities.

The Pakistani general has even told President Hamid Karzai that he can broker a peace deal with the Taliban - only if Indian consulates in Afghanistan are closed.

Writing in the Globe and Mail under the title 'The huge scale of Pakistan's complicity', Alexander said: 'The Pakistan army under Gen. Kayani is sponsoring a large-scale, covert guerrilla war through Afghan proxies - whose strongholds in Balochistan and Waziristan are flourishing. Their mission in Afghanistan is to keep Pashtun nationalism down, India out and Mr. Karzai weak.'

'The principal drivers of violence are no longer, if they ever were, inside Afghanistan... ISI is the main driver of the conflict... Gen. Kayani and others will deny complicity. But as the WikiLeaks material demonstrates, their heavy-handed involvement is now obvious at all levels,' the Canadian diplomat said.

Because of this policy, he said 'reconciliation has failed to get off the ground: the Pakistan-based Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan - the official name for the Taliban and its allies - clearly prefer to fight'.

Without Pakistani military support, 'the Islamic Emirate's combat units would collapse like a house of cards. Peace and reconciliation would prosper', he said.

Giving many examples of how Gen. Kayani controls the principal drivers of the Afghan violence, the Canadian diplomat said: 'First, in February, Pakistan's security forces began arresting a dozen or so Taliban leaders - whose presence on their soil they had always noisily denied - presumably because these insurgent commanders had shown genuine, independent interest in reconciliation.

'Second, the chief of Pakistan's army staff, General Ashfaq Kayani, this year once again successfully resisted US pressure to launch military operations in Balochistan and North Waziristan, where the Islamic Emirate is based.

'Third, Gen Kayani told Mr. Karzai this spring that the condition for peace in Afghanistan would be the closing of several Indian consulates, while offering to broker deals with Islamic Emirate leaders, whom he considers a `strategic asset'.

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'Fourth, Gen Kayani blithely told a Washington audience that he remained wedded to `strategic depth' - that is, to making Afghanistan the kind of proprietary hinterland for Pakistan, free of Indian or other outside influence, which it was from 1992 to 2001.'

He said the Pakistan army's interference in Afghanistan violates the UN Charter and poses a threat to world peace. 'It deserves serious discussion in multilateral forums, including the UN.'

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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

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