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Germany cuts mandate for anti-terrorism missions
US, Pakistan mission on target
The Afghan-Pakistani jirga agreed to negotiate with Taliban elements willing to accept the supremacy of the constitutions of both countries. US troops killed 12 Taliban during the recovery of the downed Blackhawk helicopter in Wardak province. Coalition troops killed one Haqqani network operative and captured seven during operations in Ghazni province. One Coalition soldier was killed in an IED attack in western Afghanistan.
The Taliban downed a US helicopter in Wardak province; no casualties were reported. Two US soldiers and an Afghan child were killed in a suicide attack in Baghlan province. The Taliban abducted 14 road workers in Kunar province.
Senior Taliban commander reported killed in US strike
Unconfirmed reports indicate Haji Omar Khan, a senior Taliban leader who has strong ties to Mullah Omar, has been killed in the Oct. 26 strike.
Afghan insurgents down US chopper
Britain confident of crushing Taliban
Survivor tells of harrowing escape from Taliban bus hijacking
Canadian soldier injured in Afghanistan explosion
Pakistani and Afghan Elders to Meet to Ponder Violence
Pakistan/Afghanistan: Hot air and improbable peace
Al Qaeda influence apparent in groups in Pakistan
An Afghan and a British and South African citizen working for DHL were gunned down on the streets of Kabul. Three Turkish engineers in Khost and two Bangladeshi aid workers in Ghazni were kidnapped. Indonesian authorities handed over an Afghan man accused of running a global drug trafficking ring that funded the Taliban.
France plays down Taliban capture of anti-tank missiles
Pakistan: Spy chiefs look at new strategy to fight Taliban
Thousands protest killing of Afghan civilians by Taliban
Thousands of Afghans protested the brutal murder of 27 civilians by Taliban fighters in Kandahar. Afghan police captured a senior Taliban leader in Uruzgan. US forces killed three Taliban fighters and detained four more after a clash in Paktika.
Taliban use children as human shields
