Afghanistan
Afghan forces soon to take charge in more areas
Afghan forces soon to take charge in more areas
The Taliban and allied groups are attempting to carry out major operations in the provinces just north of Kabul.
Spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said anyone participating in the meeting “shall be charged with treason.”
Twelve Afghans were killed in a fuel tanker bombing in Parwan province. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in the east. Security forces captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Helmand, Khost, Wardak, and Kunduz.
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Security forces killed and captured several Taliban, HIG, and IMU commanders and fighters in Khost, Paktia, Logar, Wardak, Laghman, and Takhar. The Taliban killed a provincial chief of the National Directorate of Security in a suicide attack.
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ISAF said more than 200 Haqqani Network and Taliban commanders and fighters were killed and captured during operations in Kabul and eastern Afghanistan over the past week. The Taliban killed an ISAF solider in the south.
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The attack took place in Parwan and is the second in the province in two months. The interior minister was not in the convoy.
A suicide bomber attempted to assassinate the interior minister in Parwan. The Taliban killed 11 civilians in Wardak, four civilians in Herat, and an ISAF solider in the south. President Karzai said Afghanistan would back Pakistan if attacked, even by the US.
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The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in the east and executed three carjackers in Ghazni. US Marines are advancing on the Kajaki Dam in Helmand.
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A group of jihadists based in the Afghan-Pakistan region issued a videotape to their “brothers” in the Islamic Caucasus Emirate and their emir, Doku Umarov.
President Obama also reiterated that US troops would leave Afghanistan by 2014.
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US and Afghan soldiers killed 115 Taliban fighters during fighting in Kunar over the past 10 days. Security forces captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Helmand, Ghazni, and Logar.
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