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Afghan officials also said some 20 Taliban died across the country, including 11 killed in a coalition airstrike in Farah province.
WSJ: Afghan, Pakistani Forces Clash
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An Afghan soldier turned his weapon on coalition troops in the western Farah province, reports said, killing two in the latest so-called insider attack.
BBC: Afghan violence: Seven troops die in two attacks
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The incident took place in the Gulistan District of Farah province.
CNN: Pentagon: Taliban 'resilient' in Afghanistan
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The Taliban have increasingly targeted Afghan government officials in recent attacks, including an April 3 assault on a courthouse and government offices in western Farah province.
NPR: UN Warns Of 'Troubling Rise' In Afghan Violence
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Afghans in the capital of the western Farah province, meanwhile, buried their friends and loved ones killed in a massive attack on the local government center the day before.
NPR: Afghan Official: NATO Airstrike Kills 6 In East
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"Many warlords or armed commanders are in the government and they are very powerful and in provinces it's their men who are in control, " says Bilqis Roshan, a senator from Farah province.
BBC: At the mercy of Afghanistan's warlords
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Some Western and Afghan officials are reluctantly admitting that the Taliban exert a lot of control over most of the southern and eastern provinces and the group appears to be strengthening its hold on the Farah province to the west.
NPR: Attacks Spark Fears of Taliban Defeating NATO
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Thursday's incident comes just one day after the Taliban attacked a courthouse in the western province of Farah, killing more than 50 people.
BBC: Nato air strike in Ghazni 'kills Afghanistan police'