Afghanistan
Afghan police casualties soar
Afghan police casualties soar
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Security forces killed and captured several Taliban fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Ghazni, Wardak, Logar, and Nangarhar. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in an IED attack in the south.
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Reports suggest local resistance to Taliban activities in Afghanistan continues, with another insurgent killed and one injured in the latest clash in Ghazni province. This marks the third reported instance of villagers attacking Taliban fighters this month.
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Security forces killed and captured several Taliban fighters in Ghazni, Kunduz, and Faryab. The Taliban killed an Afghan soldier in Logar and captured four policemen in Kunar. Mullah Omar said the Taliban would not participate in the Bonn conference.
A four-man suicide assault team was killed while attempting to breach the PRT in Zabul. The Taliban killed two ISAF soldiers in the south. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban fighters in Kandahar, Uruzgan, and Ghazni.
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Taliban suicide bombers killed four civilians outside the governor’s compound in the capital of Helmand and killed three more in the capital of Kandahar. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in the south.
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The Pakistani military accused local Afghan officials of aiding the Taliban and said ISAF has failed to take action on large concentrations of Taliban operating in the Afghan provinces of Kunar and Nuristan.
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The Taliban killed four civilians in a bombing at a mosque in Faryab and a woman in a bombing in Herat, and destroyed seven communications towers in Ghazni. Security forces captured several Taliban fighters in Khost and Paktia. More than 110 Taliban fighters in Badakhshan reconciled with the government.
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The Taliban killed three ISAF soldiers in two IED attacks in the south and three civilians in a rocket attack in Paktia. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban and IMU commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Uruzgan, Khost, Logar, Kabul, and Kunduz.
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