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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.Pakistan says it is key to Taliban peace talks
'Salafist group' allied with Taliban, al Qaeda behind kidnapping of slain British aid worker
Jamaat ul Dawa al Quran kidnapped Linda Norgrove and had intended to transfer her to senior Taliban and al Qaeda leaders.Terrorism remains major challenge - Australian FM
Tangled tale on American found in Afghanistan
Reports of secret talks exaggerated, Holbrooke says
Pakistan aid workers in row with US over Stars and Stripes 'logo'
The US killed 20 Haqqani Network fighters and a commander in an airstrike in Paktia and nine Taliban fighters in a strike in Herat. Twenty Taliban fighters were killed in Ghazni during a clash with a security company. The Taliban killed three civilians in Zabul and an ISAF soldier in the south.
Germany steps up terrorism probes
Karzai: 'Unofficial personal contacts' taking place with Taliban
Over 60 percent of Afghans suffer mental health problems
The Taliban killed two ISAF soldiers and five civilians in IED attacks, wounded 17 civilians in a suicide attack in Khost, destroyed five NATO supply trucks in Zabul, and bombed a cell tower in Baghlan. Security forces killed and captured scores of Taliban and Haqqani Network leaders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Paktia, Khost, Kunduz, and Badghis.
British aid worker Linda Norgrove killed in Afghanistan as captors set off suicide bomb
Al Qaeda in North Africa seen as key Europe threat
