The Taliban claimed to have captured a NATO soldier and a UAE security officer in the Sangin district of Helmand province. NATO and Afghan forces killed 15 Taliban in 2 clashes in Zabul. A Canadian soldier was killed and 2 wounded in an IED attack in Kandahar. Two IEDs were diffused at a hospital in Kandahar. Buses from Pakistan have been banned from entering the Chaman border crossing point.
