Local officials in Helmand claimed ISAF killed 14 civilians in an airstrike in Now Zad. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Zabul, Khost, and Balkh. Afghan intelligence claimed Pakistan’s ISI is supporting the Taliban’s Badar offensive.
India protested the US’ continuing support of Pakistan via military aid. “This [aid] is being used against us, which is not a nice gesture on the part of [the] US and we have raised this issue with them many times,” the defense minister said.
The chief of police for the Afghan north and the police commander for Takhar province were among those killed, while ISAF’s commander for the north and Takhar’s governor were wounded.
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An Afghan official warns that failure to address the situation in the northeast will lead to “another Waziristan and al Qaeda’s next home inside Afghanistan.”
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The police station housed a unit of the Crime Investigation Department as well as commandos from the Special Services Group.
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