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Three al Qaeda trainers killed in western Afghanistan
US and Afghan troops killed the embedded al Qaeda trainers in the western province of Herat.The US military said that more than 100 Taliban fighters were killed in the Oct. 3 battle in Nuristan. Afghan troops killed more than 40 Taliban fighters and three foreign fighters in Nuristan, and three al Qaeda trainers and three Taliban fighters in Herat. The Taliban killed ten killed Afghan soldiers in an IED attack in Helmand province and wounded three US soldiers in Wardak.
'More than 100' enemy killed during Nuristan battle: US military
The US military also backed away from claims that a "Nuristani tribal militia" conducted the attack and said it was a collaborative effort by multiple extremist groups.Taliban under attack in area where US soldiers killed
British troops call for reinforcement in Helmand
Sharp division inside White House on Afghanistan, analyst says
Afghan troops killed 13 Taliban fighters and captured 20 more in Paktika. Four Taliban fighters were killed during a premature detonation in Farah. The Taliban killed two US soldiers in separate attacks in southern Afghanistan and kidnapped five Afghans in Herat. Kidnappers killed a businessman and two bodyguards in Kabul.
Al Qaeda's diminished role stirs Afghan troop debate
Tahir Yuldashev confirmed killed in US strike in South Waziristan
A Taliban commander said Yuldashev, the leader of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, was killed in the Aug. 27 strike in Kanigoram. The prospect of dying in a US strike "worried him a lot."
National security adviser chides McChrystal
Eight US troops, seven Afghan security personnel, and several Taliban fighters were killed during a Taliban assault on two joint outposts in Nuristan; a district police chief and 13 policemen were captured. US and Afghan forces detained several Taliban and Haqqani Network fighters in Paktia and Wardak provinces and destroyed a heroin lab in in Badakhshan province. A sacked senior UN official said more than 30 percent of President Karzai™s votes are fraudulent.
US, Afghan troops beat back bold enemy assault in eastern Afghanistan
The attack was led by Taliban commander Dost Mohammed and was aided by al Qaeda's Shadow Army, officials told The Long War Journal.
Warthog refuels over Afghanistan
United Kingdom - Army chief warns of 'terrifying prospect' of failure in Afghanistan
Five US soldiers were killed during three separate attacks in southern and eastern Afghanistan and four Finnish soldiers were wounded near Mazar-i-Sharif. Two of the US troops were killed by an Afghan policeman. Coalition and Afghan security forces killed "several" suspected Haqqani Network fighters in Paktika and detained a Taliban commander in Nangarhar province.
Pakistan's army to target tribal stronghold as Taliban and al Qaeda weakened
Pentagon opens new inquiry on Wanat battle
More on the success of Predators in Pakistan
US troops in Afghan 'armed social work'
The Taliban killed a British soldier in an IED attack near Camp Bastion in central Helmand province and a US soldier during a gunfight in eastern Afghanistan. The Taliban also kidnapped de-miners in Herat and destroyed 13 vehicles in Kunar and two fuel tankers in Kunduz.
