A suicide bomber killed 40 people, including 19 security and intelligence personnel, in an attack outside a mosque in Faryab. A former Taliban leader who defected to the government along with 11 fighters last year was gunned down in Faryab.
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The attack targeted members of government as well as police and military officials. Ninteen security personnel are reported to have been killed.
An Afghan policeman killed two US soldiers in Uruzgan; two British soldiers killed yesterday in Helmand may also have been killed in an insider attack. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in the west. Three policemen were killed during infighting in Baghlan. Security forces killed nine Taliban fighters in Wardak.
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Security forces killed a Taliban district governor and 20 fighters in Faryab. The Taliban killed a district governor and a bodyguard in Farah, and two ISAF soldiers in the south.
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A police chief, four police officers, five soldiers, and a Taliban district chief and three fighters were killed during a clash in Herat. ISAF said it may have accidentally killed three civilians during a raid in Logar. The Taliban killed a US soldier in the east.
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The Taliban killed three policemen in Khost, three civilians in Paktika, and a tribal leader in Helmand. Security forces killed a Taliban district leader and military commander in Wardak.
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Seventeen Taliban fighters, a policeman, and a soldier were killed in clashes in Zabul and Farah. The Taliban killed an Australian soldier in Uruzgan.
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