ISAF and Afghan forces killed over 100 Taliban after being ambushed in Kandahar’s Shawali Kot district; one Afghan soldier was killed. Seven more Taliban were killed in the same district and 12 were killed in Musa Qala in Helmand province on Monday. Three ISAF soldiers were killed and six wounded in a suicide attack in eastern Afghanistan. South Korea will withdraw troops and missionaries after the Taliban said it would release 19 Korean hostages.
