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Afghan peace council chief: Taliban ready to talk




Russia, Britain pledge to enhance cooperation on Afghanistan




US backs Taliban talks




NATO allies ask Karzai to allow private security for aid programs




The Taliban killed six NATO soldiers in separate attacks in the south and east, and a tribal elder in Uruzgan. A suicide bomber killed only himself in the first recorded suicide attack in Ghor. Security forces killed and captured numerous Taliban and Haqqani Network commanders and fighters in Helmand, Zabul, Kandahar, Khost, Wardak, Kunduz, and Herat.




Petraeus cites 'hard-won™ progress in Afghanistan




NATO aids Taliban contacts with Afghan government




Linda Norgrove: US navy Seal faces disciplinary action over grenade death




Taliban border haven in US sights




Armed men attack cars, rob people near Tajik-Afghan border




Under fire in Afghanistan's Baghlan province




Afghan firms "pay off Taliban with foreign cash"




Senior Taliban leader killed in raid in Afghan northwest

A Taliban leader in the running to replace the shadow governor of Badghis province was killed in a raid over the weekend, while another senior Taliban military commander in the province was targeted in a strike yesterday.


Gains in Afghan training, but struggles in war




Al Qaeda seeking new Afghan recruits




More Taliban could be removed from UN blacklist - US




Weapons, including Iranian-made, seized in Nimroz




Security forces killed and captured numerous Taliban and Haqqani Network commanders and fighters in Helmand, Uruzgan, Kandahar, Khost, Zabul, Paktia, Kunduz, and Nimroz. An Afghan interpreter was killed in an RPG attack on a helicopter in Kunar; the Taliban claimed it shot the helicopter down. The Taliban killed six civilians in Paktika and an ISAF soldier in the south.




US Military: Multiple anti-Taliban operations; Afghans turn-in numerous weapons, explosives




Brother of notorious al Qaeda operative denied habeas petition

A Gitmo detainee named Toffiq al Bihani was recently denied his petition for a writ of habeas corpus by a DC district judge. Toffiq is the brother of a notorious al Qaeda operative and received training at al Qaeda's facilities in pre-9/11 Afghanistan.
 
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