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Birthplace of the Taliban: the next battleground




20 million acres of land seized in Afghanistan




In Central Asia, a new headache for US policy




19 Taliban fighters killed in raid in Kunar

A combined US and Afghan force air assaulted into a Taliban stronghold in the Pech district, a known haven for al Qaeda.


Afghan authorities take over biggest bank to avoid meltdown




The Taliban killed five ISAF soldiers in separate IED attacks in the south and east, and three government employees in Kabul. Afghan and Coalition forces killed and captured several Taliban fighters and commanders in Kandahar, Khost, Ghazni, Kunar, and Kunduz.




Canada's Operation Samosa and the Pakistani connection




Afghan campaign turning the corner, says UK's deputy PM




Turkmenistan, Afghanistan ink pipeline framework deal




Afghan concern about Pakistan is legit: Petraeus




Afghan withdrawal won't be a 'hand-off' - Petraeus




Petraeus finishes guidelines for Afghan security transition




Media shoots imagery at Afghan detention facility




Unprecedented briefing planned by Taliban




US escalates air war over Afghanistan




A suicide bomber killed a district governor in Jalalabad. Five ISAF soldiers were killed in an IED attack in Kandahar. Coalition and Afghan forces killed and captured scores of Taliban commanders and fighters in Wardak, Zabul, Khost, Paktia, Helmand, and Kandahar. Two suicide bombers in Farah died in a premature detonation.




Car bomb kills Afghan official in east




Haqqani Network took heavy casualties in recent assault on US bases

Last weekend's attack by the Haqqani Network on Forward Operating Bases Salerno and Chapman has been costly for the terror group; 35 fighters and a commander were killed, and more are being rounded up.


ISAF stated that 30 Haqqani Network fighters including 13 wearing suicide vests, were killed during the Aug. 28 assault on two US bases in Khost. Afghan and Coalition forces killed the military commander in Logar, and killed and captured several Taliban, Haqqani Network, and Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan leaders and fighters in Helmand, Kandahar, Kunduz, Khost, Paktika, Paktia, and Nangarhar. The Taliban killed seven members of a security company in Wardak, four ISAF troops, and three policemen in Kunduz, and assassinated a candidate for parliament in Herat.




Senior Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan commander targeted in northern Afghanistan

One Taliban fighter was killed as an IMU commander who facilitates the entry of al Qaeda operatives into Afghanistan was targeted in an airstrike in Kunduz province.
 
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