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Afghanistan

The Taliban killed eight Afghan soldiers in Parwan and Farah. Three members of the Afghan Local Police in Kandahar were killed by two colleagues, who escaped. Security forces killed 11 Taliban fighters in Kandahar.




Afghanistan

Afghan officials claimed that security forces killed 22 Taliban fighters and captured 16 more. ISAF killed nine “militants” in airstrikes in Kunar. The Taliban killed three policemen in Farah and an ISAF soldier in the south. An Afghan special forces commander in Kunar defected to the Taliban.




Afghanistan

A suicide bomber killed two civilians in an attack on a compound that houses foreigners in Kabul. Another suicide bomber killed only himself in an attack on a US convoy near Bagram. ISAF killed 11 Taliban fighters in an airstrike in Kandahar.




Afghanistan

In Afghanistan, army struggles to wage war with damaged equipment, poor logistics


Afghanistan

In Afghanistan, army struggles to wage war with damaged equipment, poor logistics


Afghanistan

Afghanistan – Ulema Council Denounces Jamal Assassination as ‘Un-Islamic’



Afghanistan

The National Directorate of Security said that the bomb that killed the governor of Logar was planted in a Koran. Police gunned down a suicide bomber in Uruzgan before he could detonate his vest.





Afghanistan

The governor of Logar province was assassinated as he spoke in a mosque. The Taliban killed a British soldier as he was on patrol in Helmand. Afghan officials claimed that ISAF airstrikes killed seven “militants.”




Afghanistan

The Taliban killed a border police commander, three policemen, and a cleric in Kandahar. A suicide bomber killed himself as he was being treated in a hospital in Paktia. A pro-Taliban cleric from Pakistan claimed the Afghan government would free Pakistanis in custody.


Afghanistan

A suicide bomber killed two policemen and a civilian in Nangarhar. A member of the Afghan security forces killed an ISAF solider in Paktika. The Taliban killed two children in Kunar for spying for the government.








Afghanistan

The US military captured Latif Mehsud, a top leader of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan, during an operation in Logar. Latif was being escorted by Afghan intelligence officials. The Taliban killed a policeman in Logar.