Gardez, Afghanistan News

A British think tank said Sunday that prison policies are failing to stop Muslim inmates being radicalized, and urged the government to set up a special center to "deprogram" extremists.

Afghan and international forces in Afghanistan today captured a sought-after Taliban commander following a firefight in Afghanistana s Ghazni province, and also captured a Haqqani terrorist group leader in another area, military officials reported.

GARDEZ, PAKTIA PROVINCE // The tension that exists between the Afghan police and foreign soldiers was brought into sharp focus by the deaths of five British troops as they trained local security forces last week.

GARDEZ, AFGHANISTAN // Mawlawi Yar Mohammed cuts an increasingly lonely figure here in Paktia province.

Afghan and international security forces detained several suspected militants in Afghanistana s Paktia and Helmland provinces today and yesterday, military officials reported.

A top U.S. official says an internal review found Congress had not been properly notified about a small number of intelligence activities, but has since been brought up to date.

International Security Assistance Force members today recovered the remains of three civilian crewmembers and the wreckage of an aircraft missing for two weeks in the rugged mountains of northeastern Afghanistan, military officials reported.

A combined Afghan and international security force detained almost a dozen suspected militants in Afghanistana s Khowst province today after searching a compound known to be used by a Haqqani terrorist organization commander and his element responsible for bombings and armed attacks in the area.

Eight Afghan National Police were wounded on Saturday as their van hit a roadside bomb in Paktia province of eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, police said.

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