The Taliban said NATO's reconciliation efforts and attempts to pay off its fighters will not work. The UN removed five former Taliban officials from the terrorist watch list. The Taliban killed five policemen in Zabul and three shopkeepers in Khost. Afghan forces detained two Taliban fighters in Helmand.
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