Afghan police killed two Taliban fighters while repelling a large attack in Nuristan. The Taliban killed four ISAF soldiers in attacks in the south and the east. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban and Haqqani Network commanders and fighters in Khost, Logar, Nangarhar, Kunduz, Jawzjan.
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The Taliban killed six policemen in an ambush in Ghazni and three civilians in a suicide attack in Laghman, and assassinated a reconciled Taliban leader and four former fighters in Kunduz. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Zabul, Paktika, Kunar, and Baghlan.
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Twenty-three Taliban fighters and two policemen were killed during two days of fighting in Kandahar. The Taliban killed four policemen in Ghazni and a tribal elder in Paktika. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Ghazni, Jawzjan, Baghlan, and Kunduz.
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Six Taliban suicide bombers and fighters, a policeman, and a civilian were killed during Taliban assaults on eight government buildings in Kandahar. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban and Haqqani Network commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Nangarhar, Khost Paktika, Wardak, Logar, and Badghis.
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“He was an indefatigable fighter against the Christian and Jewish aggressions in the Islamic World and was not sparing any effort in this cause,” the official statement said.
Security forces killed and captured several Taliban and HIG commanders and fighters in Helmand, Kandahar, Ghazni, Khost, and Nangarhar. The political opposition, led by the former Afghan intel chief, protested against negotiations with the Taliban.
Source: Bin Laden directing al-Qaida figures