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Afghanistan

Afghanistan’s Karzai says he met with insurgent faction Hizb-i-Islami for peace talks




Afghanistan

France suspended its training mission and threatened to withdraw after an Afghan soldier killed four French troops in Kapisa. Six US Marines were killed in a helicopter crash in Helmand.






Afghanistan

The Taliban claimed credit for the suicide attack that killed seven Afghans outside Kandahar Air Field. Twelve Taliban fighters and two policemen were killed during clashes in Helmand. The government has closed hundreds of NGOs, according to an official.





Afghanistan

The Taliban killed nine Afghans, including two policemen, in Kajaki district, and an intelligence chief, two aides, and a provincial council member in Nad Ali district, in separate attacks in Helmand province. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in the south.










Afghanistan

A suicide bomber killed one person in an attack outside a military base in Nangarhar. “Gunmen” killed an anti-Taliban tribal leader in the Dand district in Kandahar. Twenty insurgents in Ghazni reconciled with the government.





Afghanistan

Costs in doubt as NATO moves toward smaller Afghan force


Afghanistan

The Taliban claimed to have shot down a civilian helicopter in Helmand province; three people were killed in the crash. ISAF said there are no signs that the Taliban has infiltrated the Afghan security forces.