Afghan intelligence said the Taliban’s Quetta Shura was behind the assassination of the chief of the High Peace Council. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban and IMU commanders and fighters in Helmand, Khost, Wardak, and Kunduz.
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The Taliban killed a police chief and eight officers in Ghazni, and two ISAF soldiers in the south. Afghan troops retook control of the Waygal district in Nuristan; 18 Taliban fighters were killed. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Helmand, Zabul, Paktia, Nangarhar, Balk, and Baghlan.
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The suicide bomber was led to Burhanuddin Rabbani for peace talks by a reconciled Taliban minister who has been described as “a trusted emissary.”
A Taliban suicide bomber assassinated the head of the Afghan High Peace Council at his home in Kabul. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban and IMU commanders and fighters in Helmand, Kandahar, Paktia, Wardak, Nangarhar, Balk, and Kunduz.
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The Taliban killed five policemen in a suicide attack in Jawzjan, a district counterterrorism chief in Kunduz, and an ISAF soldier in the south. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban fighters in Farah and Zabul.
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Security forces killed and captured several Taliban and IMU commanders and fighters in Uruzgan, Khost, Paktia, Logar, Nangarhar, and Baghlan. The Taliban killed three ISAF soldiers in the south.
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