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Russia envoy warns NATO on air space to Afghanistan
The US defense secretary apologized for recent airstrikes that caused civilian casualties. NATO seeks to implement rules to decrease civilian casualties. Four NATO soldiers and an Afghan interpreter were killed in an IED attack in eastern Afghanistan. The French defense minister called on Europe to increase troop levels and end caveats on operations.
New breed of Taliban replaces old guard
The Taliban welcomed Canada's decision to withdraw by 2011. The Taliban have killed 720 police officers in the past six months. Afghan forces killed more than 20 Taliban fighters in Ghazni. Coalition forces killed 10 Taliban fighters in Wardak. Coalition forces detained eight members of the Haqqani Network in Khost.
Taliban cheer Harper's pledge to withdraw troops by 2011
Defense Department names units bound for Afghanistan
A senior Taliban commander said Iran is supplying EFPs to the terror group. US troops killed one Taliban fighter and wounded five during an attack on an outpost in the Ali Shang district in Laghman province. Two Afghans were killed and seven were wounded in an IED attack Herat province. The Afghan government handed over the 11-year-old son of al Qaeda operative Aafia Siddiqui to Pakistani diplomats.
Pakistani tribes vow reprisal for US missile attacks
Report: US helicopters fired on while crossing Pakistani border
Two helicopters from a US special operations team were turned back after taking fire from the Pakistani Army based in South Waziristan.
New batch of mentors to begin training Afghan soldiers
The Taliban killed six children and wounded 12 in a bomb attack in Ghazni province. The Taliban killed two UN doctors and a driver in an IED attack in Spin Boldak in Kandahar province. A British soldier was killed in Helmand province. US forces captured two members of the Haqqani Network in Khost province.
Ending Afghan mission in 2011 is no 'cut and run,' MacKay says
Afghanistan: 'Iraq was not like this. This is war-fighting'
US hits compound in North Waziristan
The US targeted a group related to Hekmatyar. The airstrike attack is the fifth such cross-border attack in the North Waziristan tribal agency in two weeks.Coalition forces killed "several" Haqqani and Taliban fighters during operations in Khost and Ghazni provinces. Two Taliban fighters were killed during a raid in Kapisa province. A US and a British soldier were killed in attacks. A Taliban suicide bomber killed two civilians in Kandahar.
Afghanistan: Taliban accused of using civilians to provoke US attacks
The Afghan-Pakistan militant nexus
US to focus on Pakistani border
Taliban rife with jihad recruits
