The Taliban have acknowledged that Mullah Obaidullah is in Pakistani custody. The Taliban claim to have captured Nawzad district in Helmand. Kabul police arrested 6 members of a ‘terror squad’ in Kabul. Two Afghan forest rangers were killed and 7 captured by the Taliban. Nine civilians were killed during an airstrike in Kapisa. Over 2,000 Afghans in Khost demonstrated against suicide bombings.
