Afghanistan: Eight killed in 10-hour-long Taliban gunbattle in Kabul
A Taliban assault on a United Nations building in Kabul ended after a fierce 10-hour gunbattle in which at least eight people were killed, officials said early Saturday, dpa reported. Ref. Source 2
Afghan forces kill 72 "Taliban fighters" In 24 hours:
"In the past 24 hours, Afghan National Police conducted several joint clearance operations in Badakhshan, Balkh, Kandahar, Uruzgan, Paktika, Paktiya, Herat and Ghor provinces during which 72 armed Taliban rebels have been killed, two wounded and eight others arrested," The statement contended. Ref. Source 3
US 'outraged' over how the Taliban office opened: envoy:
President Hamid Karzai reacted furiously to the office being styled as a Taliban government-in-exile under the rebels' white flag and using the name of the "Islamic Emirate Of Afghanistan" From their hardline 1996-2001 regime. Ref. Source 2