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Iraq SAS units switch to hunting the Taliban
US courts former warlords in its bid for Afghan stability
Afghan intelligence said last month's assault on government buildings in Kabul was planned in and directed from Pakistan. An anti-Taliban minister of parliament and four of his bodyguards were killed in an IED attack in Helmand province. An Australian soldier was killed while attempting to defuse an IED. Two Taliban fighters were killed and 22 were detained during operations in Nangarhar province.
Airstrike kills Taliban commanders in southern Afghanistan
Two wanted leaders in Helmand province were killed during a March 16 airstrike. Afghan and Coalition forces launch an offensive in central Afghanistan.
NATO and Afghan forces have killed 29 Taliban fighters and wounded 12 more during an ongoing operation to secure the Alasai valley in Kapisa province. Two senior Taliban commanders were killed in an airstrike in Helmand province. Three civilians were wounded in an IED attack in Kabul. NATO said an additional 4,000 soldiers are needed to provide security for the August election and ensure the integrity of the vote.
In US, more optimism about Iraq, less about Afghanistan
Russia™s Foreign Minister announced that Russian territory could be used as support routes by NATO. An Australian soldier was killed in a firefight with the Taliban in Uruzgan province. Coalition forces killed seven insurgents in a raid on a bomb-making facility in Kandahar province.
The Taliban denied it was conducting peace talks with the government. A suicide bomber killed nine policemen and two civilians in an attack on a police headquarters in Helmand province. Two British soldiers were killed on March 15. Coalition forces detained a Taliban leader in Logar province.
Taliban deny reports of negotiations with Afghan government
A spokesman and a military commander both said that negotiations were not possible as long as NATO forces remain in Afghanistan.
Four NATO troops were killed in an IED attack in eastern Afghanistan. Two Afghans were killed in a suicide attack in Kabul. The mayor of Kandahar survived a suicide attack that killed one civilian. One British soldier was killed in an IED attack in Helmand province.
Taliban attacks NATO trucking terminal in Peshawar
More than 20 NATO vehicles are destroyed after a Taliban rocket attack set a terminal ablaze.Death toll rises in attack on Shadow Army training center in Kurram
More than 24 Taliban and al Qaeda fighters were killed and more than 50 were wounded in yesterday's strike on a Shadow Army training facility and logistical hub.US seeks new Afghan supply routes, even in Iran
Taliban poised at the gates of Kabul
The US appointed General Karl Eikenberry the new US Ambassador to Afghanistan. A British bomb squad was ambushed in Helmand. Afghan journalists marched in Kandahar to protest poor security.
Afghan envoy assails western allies as halfhearted, defeatist
Taliban operate freely from Quetta: US
Seven Afghan soldiers were killed in an IED attack in Khost province. Four civilians were killed and six were wounded in an IED attack in Helmand province. Afghan and British forces have launched an operation in the Kanishin area of Helmand province.
The Taliban's surge commander was Gitmo detainee
A former Guantanamo detainee, Abdullah Ghulam Rasoul, is now one of the Taliban's main commanders in southern Afghanistan. Rasoul is reportedly in charge of countering America's surge of forces in Afghanistan.Bomb kills 4 civilians in southern Afghanistan
