A Coalition airstrike killed Mullah Sainy, the Taliban commander who kidnapped an Italian journalist last March; four other Taliban died in the raid. Coalition spokesmen said Sirajuddin Haqqani is misusing his father’s legacy. A suicide bomber killed four near a construction site. While a vast majority of Afghans support the Coalition and ISAF efforts, support for the Taliban has grown in Helmand and Kandahar provinces.
