Afghanistan

Afghan officials say 41 Taliban fighters, including their commander Toorjan Eshaqzai, were killed during Coalition gunship strikes in southern Helmand and Nimroz provinces. A suicide car bomber detonated near a convoy carrying US troops close the Kabul airport killing at least six civilians and wounding 18. Coalition forces raided a hideout of Chechen fighters in Zabul province, killing three and wounding six.

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