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The Taliban confirmed Mullah Akhtar Usmani was killed last week in an airstrike in Khost, after initials denials. Afghanistan arrested a Pakistani ‘suicide bomb supplier.™ Iran is attempting to extend its influence inside Afghanistan.
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NATO has has confirmed Mullah Akhtar Usmani was killed in an airstrike in Helmand. A NATO airstrike killed 5 Taliban in Helmand, including a mid-level Taliban commander, while two more were killed when a bomb they built exploded prematurely. More signs point to Pakistan’s support for the Taliban.
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Taliban Commander Mullah Akhtar Usmani Killed in Airstrike
Mullah Akhtar Usmani. Click image to view. Usami was a member of the Taliban Shura Majlis, Omar’s former deputy, former foreign minister, and operational commander in Uruzgan, Nimroz, Kandahar, Farah, Herat and Helmand; Taliban “boxed in” near Kandahar City Coalition forces have killed a senior Taliban military and political leader in southern Afghanistan. Mullah Akhtar Usmani, along with two deputies, were killed in a Coalition airstrike in the restive province of Helmand on December 19th. Usami was killed on the Pakistani border while driving in a vehicle with his deputies. The Taliban have denied Usami was killed.
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Over fifty Taliban were killed during an operation in Kandahar’s Panjwai district since the weekend. Mullah Ubaidullah Akhund is leading the Taliban in southern Afghanistan. A Taliban command said the truce in Helmand is proof KArzai and the Coalition are weak. Kabul has been free of suicide attack for 2 months due to intensive operations south of the capital. A look at the incremental positive changes in security and reconstruction in Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan
Four Taliban were killed in an airstrike in Kandahar. Canadian forces are again on the offensive in Kandahar’s Panjwaii district, part of the larger Operation Falcon Summit. The Taliban have executed two “spies,” beheading one and stabbing another, then “hanging his body from a tree.”
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Afghanistan
In Afghanistan, money tips the scales of justice
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Blast hits NATO convoy in Afghanistan
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Afghanistan
Pakistanis and Afghans mull tribal talks on Taliban
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Taliban set 2010 as Afghanistan takeover deadline
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Afghanistan
The governor of Kandahar claims the former Taliban minister of for the promotion of virtue and prevention of vice (the religious police) has been killed in an airstrike along with 30 Taliban. The Taliban denies he was killed. An Afghan general is being held for spying for Pakistan. France may send troops to the battle lines, after announcing it will withdraw 200 special forces from eastern Afghanistan.
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France to pull 200 troops from Afghanistan
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A roadside blast killed one NATO soldier and injured two others in eastern Afghanistan. NATO troops launched an offensive in the South. Sen. McCain calls on NATO partners to provide more troops to fight the Taliban.
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Afghan ‘civilian shooting’ probed
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NATO forces killed up to 80 Taliban during an ambush in the Musa Qala district. The British handed over the town to the Taliban in October. The government has initiated two reconstruction projects in Laghman province.
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Three Afghans are killed and three NATO soldiers wounded after a suicide bomber attacked a convoy. Four Taliban were killed after attacking a police checkpoint in Zabul. U.S. troops accidentally killed one Afghan police officer and wounded another. The Taliban claim to have shot down a missing civilian helicopter.
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Afghanistan
Why Canadians don’t know the trivia that’s not trivial
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NATO pledged about 500 more troops for Afghanistan. About 2,500 are needed. NATO claims the Afghan security forces will be ready to begin taking control by 2008. The U.S. is donating helicopters and planes to the Ministry of Defense.
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Afghanistan
Afghan security handover is on track for 2008, says Nato
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Nato split on Afghan combat curbs
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Afghanistan may destabilise Pakistan, India – Armitage
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Afghanistan
Shura member Mullah Ami claims Mullah Omar is leading the Taliban from Afghanistan and that the Taliban control “80 percent areas of over seven Afghan provinces.” A look at the Taliban operating from Baluchistan and Mujahideen Shura. The Taliban said it released two Pakistani reporters. Two NATO soldiers were killed in a suicide strike in Kandahar.
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Afghanistan
Nato urges end of right to opt out of Afghanistan combat
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Afghanistan
Suicide bomber hits NATO troops in Afghan south
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Afghanistan
Rift Over Afghan Mission Looms for NATO
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Fifty-seven Taliban and one NATO soldier were killed during fighting in southern Afghanistan. A suicide bomber kills 15 in an attack in Paktika. French and German troops may be used as a reserve force in southern Afghanistan.
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Mullah Dadullah said the Taliban attacks have slowed due to the onset of winter, and will intensify next summer. Seven Taliban were killed in Kandahar, and 11 terrorist were detained in Khost. One NATO soldier is killed and another wounded during a rocket attack in Ghazni.
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Taliban attacks have declined sharply over the past month, despite Mullah Omar’s claim the fighting will increase. The minister of defense will double the size of the Army over the next two years, to 70,000. NATO says about about 2,500 troops are needed. Germany will not allow its troops to fight in the south.
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Afghanistan
Eleven Taliban were killed in fighting in eastern Afghanistan. Two Canadian troops were wounded in an IED strike in the Pashmul district of Kandahar. A woman legislator was attacked in Kandahar City, her husband was killed.
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Afghanistan
Two Canadians hurt in Afghanistan landmine blast
