Joint forces kill Herat Taliban commander who sheltered al Qaeda
Coalition forces and the Afghan army teamed up to kill Ghulam Yahya Akbari, a Taliban commander, in the western province of Herat. Akbari has been behind the rising violence in Herat and is known to have sheltered al Qaeda fighters, according to Al Jazeera. See LWJ report, Senior insurgent leader reported killed in Western Afghanistan, for more information on Akbari.