At least fifty people, including ten Afghan soldiers, were killed in a Taliban siege (BBC) of Kandahar airport in southern Afghanistan. Afghan forces regained control of the airport on Wednesday, a day after Taliban suicide bombers stormed a residential compound and military bases at the airport (Al Jazeera), which is used by Afghan, U.S., and NATO military forces. The attack comes as Afghan President Ashraf Ghani pledged to relaunch peace talks (WSJ) with the Taliban with the help of Pakistan, the United States, and China at a regional conference in Islamabad on Wednesday.
