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General Petraeus and Secretary of State Clinton defended US military operations after criticism from President Karzai. The Taliban killed eight policemen in Kunduz, killed two ISAF soldiers in the east, and set a base aflame in a rocket attack in Kunar. Coalition and Afghan forces detained several Taliban fighters in Kandahar and Paktia.




President Karzai said it is time to reduce the number of NATO troops in Afghanistan. The Taliban killed four ISAF soldiers in the east and the south, five policemen in Kandahar and Uruzgan, and a civilian in Nangarhar.




A suicide bomber killed eight civilians, a police commander, and a guard in Kunduz. The Taliban killed three ISAF soldiers in the south. Security forces killed and captured scores of Taliban and Haqqani Network fighters and commanders in Helmand, Khost, Logar, and Baghlan, and repelled an assault on a base in Nangarhar.




Security forces killed and captured scores of Taliban and Haqqani Network fighters and commanders in Kandahar, Helmand, Khost, Nangarhar, and Kunduz. The Taliban killed five security guards in Helmand and an ISAF soldier in the east. A suicide bomber killed a civilian in Kabul.




Coalition and Afghan forces killed 19 Taliban fighters in Kandahar and four more in Logar. The Taliban killed the son of a US Marine general in an IED attack in Helmand on Tuesday.




The Taliban killed seven policemen in Uruzgan, two security guards and a policeman in Khost, and two ISAF soldiers in the south and east. Coalition and Afghan forces killed and captured several Taliban and Haqqani Network commanders and fighters during operations in Ghazni, Farah, Nangarhar, Logar, and Kabul. Three Taliban fighters died in a premature detonation in Nimroz.




The Taliban killed a district governor in Paktia and killed an ISAF soldier in the south. Coalition and Afghan forces killed and captured several Taliban and Haqqani Network commanders and fighters during operations in Kandahar, Helmand, Uruzgan, Zabul, and Kabul. The government ordered 150 aid groups to shut down operations.




Coalition and Afghan forces killed and captured several Taliban and Haqqani Network commanders and fighters during operations in Helmand, Farah, and Paktika. The Taliban killed a civilian in Helmand and an ISAF soldier in the east. Seven Taliban fighters laid down their weapons in Kunduz.




Security forces killed and captured Taliban and Haqqani Network leaders and fighters in Ghazni and Logar. The Taliban killed three ISAF soldiers in the south and the east, and torched two NATO supply trucks in Wardak. ISAF is investigating reports that an Afghan soldier killed two US Marines in Helmand.




A suicide bomber killed 10 people and wounded the chief of the Faryab provincial council. Security forces killed and captured Taliban and Haqqani Network leaders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Khost, and Parwan. The Taliban killed three ISAF soldiers in the south and the east.




Security forces killed and captured Taliban and Haqqani Network leaders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Paktia, Khost, Logar, and Nimroz. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in the east. Twenty Taliban fighters surrendered in Herat.




The Taliban killed three policemen in Helmand, two soldiers in a suicide attack in Khost, two ISAF soldiers in the north and the south, and a security guard in Paktia. Security forces killed and captured Taliban and Haqqani Network leaders and fighters in Helmand and Khost.




Security forces killed and captured Taliban and Haqqani Network leaders and fighters Kandahar, Helmand, Zabul, Khost, Paktia, and Nangarhar. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in the south.




The Taliban overran a district center in Ghazni, while the police force defected. The Taliban killed two ISAF soldiers in the south. Security forces killed and captured Taliban and Haqqani Network leaders and fighters Kandahar, Helmand, Zabul, Khost, and Paktia.




ISAF estimated 78 Haqqani Network fighters were killed in yesterday's assault on a US combat outpost in Paktika. Seventeen more Taliban fighters were killed in the Baramcha operation. Security forces killed a senior Taliban leader in Zabul and detained another in Kandahar. The Taliban killed three Afghans in Kandahar and a British soldier in Helmand. Twenty-three Taliban fighters surrendered in Herat and Baghlan.




US and Afghan forces launched an offensive against the Taliban in Baramcha. US troops killed more than 30 Haqqani Network fighters while repelling an attack in Paktika. Security forces killed and captured multiple Taliban fighters and commanders in Helmand and Kapisa. The Taliban killed two ISAF troops in the south. President Karzai denounced Russian participation in a drug raid.




Richard Holbrooke denied peace talks with the Taliban are underway. Russian counter-narcotics police participated in a raid on labs in Nangarhar. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban and Haqqani Network commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Zabul, Paktia, and Paktika. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in the south.




France will begin withdrawing troops in 2011. The Taliban killed three civilians in Zabul, a policeman in Takhar, and an ISAF soldier in the south. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban and Haqqani Network commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Khost, and Logar.




Security forces killed and captured several Taliban and Haqqani Network commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Khost, Nuristan, Herat, and Baghlan. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in the north and torched nine NATO supply trucks in Farah.




The Taliban killed a district police chief and three policemen in an IED attack in Herat province. Security forces killed an Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan commander who doubled as a Taliban district shadow governor in Takhar. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban and Haqqani Network commanders and fighters in Helmand, Logar, and Paktia.