The Taliban executed a former commander who reconciled with the government and a village elder in Kandahar. Seven Taliban fighters in Wardak were killed in a premature detonation. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Helmand, Ghazni, Khost, Logar, Baghlan, and Badghis.
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A Taliban suicide bomber killed a tribal elder and two girls in Paktika. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Ghazni, Khost, Wardak, and Logar.
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The Taliban announced that the Afghan High Peace Council would be one of the primary targets in their “Badar” offensive. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Uruzgan, Kandahar, Khost, and Baghlan. ISAF said the Afghan colonel who killed eight US airmen was not associated with the Taliban.
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Operation Badar will commence on May 1. The Afghan High Peace Council is singled out for its efforts to reconcile with the Taliban.
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Security forces captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Kandahar and Balkh. The Taliban killed two ISAF soldiers in an IED attack in the south.
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Security forces killed and captured several Taliban and Haqqani Network commanders and fighters in Ghazni, Khost, and Badghis. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in the east. Fifteen Taliban fighters reconciled with the government in Herat.