JALALABAD/ KABUL (PAN): Seventeen insurgents were killed during a joint clearing operation by Afghan and foreign forces in the Hesarak district of eastern Nangarhar province on Wednesday, an official said.
WASHINGTON (PAN): Praising the intelligence-generating capabilities of Afghan forces, a top American general based in Kabul on Wednesday said the US could hardly replicate such a network.
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (PAN): Dozens of people staged a rally against the killing of a Jamiat-i-Islami party member in northern Samangan province on Thursday, blocking the main road between Mazar-i-Sharif and Pul-i-Khumri for two hours.