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US Military Official Alarmed By Growing Al Qaeda - Taliban Ties
Afghan and US forces battle Taliban in northern Helmand stronghold
The district of Nad Ali hosts Taliban command and control centers and a narcotics hub as well as al Qaeda camps used to train the Shadow Army.US Pullout a condition in Afghan peace talks
Afghan commandos and Coalition forces killed 16 Taliban fighters and seized massive amounts of drugs during an operation to clear the town of Marja in the Nad Ali District in Helmand Province. Afghan and Coalition forces killed seven Taliban fighters and detained a commander in the Gelan district in Ghazni province. The US military burned Bibles written in Pashto and Dari so they could not be used for proselytization.
Taliban wants their mates in exchange to Farahi
A rough road to travel: Troops guard artery linking Khost and Gardez
US says most dead in Afghan strikes were Taliban
Police killed 13 Taliban fighters in Wardak province. A suicide car bomber killed three policemen and wounded 10 more in a attack inside the police headquarters in the Arghandab district in Kandahar province. A Coalition airstrike accidentally killed eight civilians during an attack on a Taliban position in Helmand province. A US soldier and a civilian were killed in an IED attack in the Deh Sabz District in Kabul Province.
Afghanistan says no plan to put ex-envoy in charge
Arms sent by US may be falling into Taliban hands
Afghan troops retook the village of Marja in Nad Ali district of Helmand province from the Taliban; Afghan commandos killed seven Taliban fighters during the operation. Admiral Mullen said the Coalition has two years to restore order in Afghanistan. Secretary Gates said the Afghan Army can take the lead in the fight against the Taliban in four years.
President Karzai's brother was ambushed in the Surobi district in Nangarhar province; one policeman was killed in the attack. Afghan soldiers were arrested after killing three civilians in Jalalabad in Nangarhar. Afghan and Coalition forces detained three Haqqani Network fighters during a raid in Khost province. Canada may extend its mission past the planned 2011 withdrawal date.
Five suicide bombers died after their explosives detonated prematurely in Ghazni province. Six policemen and one soldier and six Taliban fighters were killed during clashes and attacks in Helmand, Uruzgan, and Zabul provinces. The Afghan Army said it will launch operations to retake control of eight districts in Kandahar, Helmand, Zabul, and Daikundi provinces from the Taliban.
Missile attacks on capital Kabul
Afghanistan: Army to recoup Taliban-controlled districts
Ambush at Afghan school in 'Valley of Death'
Three policemen and two Taliban fighters were killed during fighting in Farah province. The Taliban killed three civilians praying at a mosque during a rocket attack launched from Pakistan. Afghan and US forces detained eight Taliban fighters in Paktika province, killed one Taliban fighter and detained one more in Khost province, and detained a Taliban commander and three fighters in Kandahar province.
Taliban attack prison in eastern Afghanistan
US predicts 50 percent spike in Afghan bombs
