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Warlords In Afghanistan Behind Violent Surge, US Says
The senior US general in Afghanistan said more troops are needed immediately. A leaked report by the British Ambassador in Kabul claims US strategy is wrong and the war is as good as lost. A leaked Spanish report said Pakistan's ISI provided arms, IEDs, and other support to the Taliban.
Pakistan's Taliban warlord: A profile of Baitullah Mehsud
Baitullah is one of Pakistan's most able and deadly Taliban commanders. The first report in the Global Jihadist Movements - The Pakistani Taliban Project details his rise to power in Pakistan.President Karzai requested Saudi Arabia assist with opening peace negotiations with the Taliban. Three US soldiers were killed in an IED attack in the South. A US soldier and an Afghan policeman were killed in a confrontation during a patrol. Afghan and ISAF forces captured a senior Taliban leader in Uruzgan province.
Karzai asks Saudi Arabia for help in peace talks
Why the West thinks it is time to talk to the Taliban
Afghan policeman opens fire on US troops, kills 1
No winter halt in war against the Taliban
Taliban warrior who delights in killing British soldiers
'The Longest Campaign of the Long War'
The Taliban leadership denied it was conducting negotiations with the Afghan government. Gulbuddin Hekmatyar claimed responsibility for an August ambush that killed 10 French soldiers in Kabul province. A US soldier was killed in an attack in eastern Afghanistan.
Afghanistan's foreign minister denied negotiations were underway with the Taliban based out of Quetta. A senior female police officer in Kandahar was assassinated outside of her home. Two al Qaeda fighters were killed in a battle in Kunar province; police said three civilians were killed. Two Canadian soldiers were wounded in an attack on a combat outpost in Kandahar.
Top Afghan policewoman shot dead
Taliban revival sets fear swirling through Kabul
US general: Taliban can't launch winter campaign
Kidnapped Afghan ambassador taken to Waziristan: Police
A suicide bomber killed five civilians in Khost province. Twenty Taliban fighters were killed during operations in Kandahar province. Coalition forces detained two Haqqani commanders and three operatives in Khost. The Taliban freed 118 Afghan laborers who were kidnapped last week in Farah.
Afghan army slowly pulls itself up by bootstraps
Tajik Forces Kill Afghan Opium Smugglers
Kabul expects new Taliban onslaught before winter: minister
