Taliban did not kill Afghan president's brother: NATO:
Investigations following the death of Ahmad Wali Karzai at his Kandahar home in July showed that the employee who killed him had learned he would be disciplined for misconduct and shot Karzai to avoid being publicly shamed, the official said. Ref. Source 3
Karzai Asks Nato to Explain Killing of Former Afghan Senator's Family:
Karzai is demanding to know what actionable intelligence Nato had that led to the raid on former senator Sameh Jan Sherzad's family, the president's office said in a statement. Noor Agha, the brother of Mr Sherzad, and two his young daughters were killed in the operation. Ref. Source 9
Attackers of US base in Afghanistan killed:
A group of "three to four" armed men, possibly wearing suicide vests, had taken up positions in an empty compound in Kandahar that was once used by the USAID development agency and were firing rockets on the US base Ref. Source 6