Afghanistan
US envoy reproaches Afghan president on criticism
US envoy reproaches Afghan president on criticism
Security forces killed and captured several Taliban fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Zabul, Paktika, Laghman, Baghlan, and Takhar, and killed an Afghan Army infiltrator in Khost. The Taliban beheaded a Sheppard in Badakhshan and killed an ISAF soldier in the south.
The Afghan government executed a Haqqani Network fighter involved in the February attack on a bank in Jalalabad.
The strike hit in an area run by Fazal Saeed Utezai, a Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan commander who supports the Haqqani Network.
Gates admits he’s not even sure the US is speaking to “genuine representatives of the Taliban leader Mullah Omar.”
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Three Taliban fighters wearing military uniforms killed nine people in an attack on a police station in the capital.
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Karzai: Afghanistan, US in contacts with Taliban
President Karzai claimed the US is in peace talks with the Taliban. A suicide assault team killed nine people in Kabul. The Taliban killed nine security guards and torched 15 fuel and supply trucks in Ghazni and killed two ISAF troops in the south.
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Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Helmand and Khost. The Taliban killed two British soldiers in the south.
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Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Helmand, Zabul, Kandahar, Nangarhar, Khost, Paktika, Logar, and Jawzjan. The Taliban beheaded two men in Farah and killed an ISAF soldier in the south.
Five people in Bajaur were killed in the latest Taliban attack that was launched from Afghanistan.
UN to decide removal of Taliban names from blacklist