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US places bounty on senior Taliban and al Qaeda leaders
The Department of State has offered a $5 million reward for information leading to the capture of Baitullah Mehsud and Sirajuddin Haqqani, and a $1 million bounty on Abu Yahya al Libi.
The Afghan Public Protection Force pilot program is underway
Afghanistan's Ministry of the Interior has begun to train and field the Afghan Public Protection Force, the local tribal security forces that officials hope will tame the rising insurgency.A bombing at a mosque in Uruzgan province killed a prayer leader. Afghan troops killed six Taliban fighters in Helmand province. US troops accidentally killed a civilian in an escalation of force incident in Logar province. Poland will send an additional 400 troops to Afghanistan.
US denies seeking to bypass Afghanistan's Karzai
A Coalition airstrike killed a senior Taliban leader and nine associates in northern Helmand province. President Obama said the US must have an "exit strategy" for Afghanistan. The US and its European allies may seek to bypass President Karzai by creating the post of prime minister.
Coalition strike kills senior Taliban leader in Helmand
Maulawi Hassan and nine associates were killed in an airstrike in northern Helmand province as fighting intensifies in southern Afghanistan.US to put exit strategy in Afghanistan policy
US seeks to include Taliban in Afghan politics
Afghan officials in drug trade cut deals across enemy lines
US and Afghan troops killed five Taliban fighters in Kunduz; the town mayor claimed five civilians were killed. Two ISAF soldiers were killed in southern Afghanistan. One civilian contract worker was killed and six were wounded in a rocket attack on Kandahar Air Field. Afghan troops detained 22 Taliban fighters in Kandahar province.
Two-day operation to delay Taliban attacks wraps up
Suicide and roadside bombs in Nangarhar, Khost, and Kandahar provinces killed two policemen and nine Afghans. Canadian and Afghan troops completed a large clearing operation in Kandahar province. The US is looking to quickly increase the size of the Afghan police forces.
NATO commander decries troop shortage in Afghan south
Two blasts kill 7 Afghans, 1 policeman
Forty Taliban fighters and 15 Afghan security officials were killed during clashes in Helmand, Farah, Jozjan, and Logar provinces over the past two days. Four Canadian soldiers were killed and four more were wounded in two separate IED attacks in the districts of Shah Wali Kot and Zari in Kandahar provinces.
Coalition and Taliban forces battle throughout Afghanistan
More that 40 Taliban fighters and 15 Afghan security personnel have been killed during the past two days of fighting. Pakistan's Mullah Nazir threatens suicide attacks against US forces.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.
