Canadian troops stormed the town of Sangisar in Kandahar province, the birthplace of the Taliban; up to 40 Taliban were killed. A suicide bomber detonated outside the governor’s house in the town Zaranj, in Nimroz province; six police were killed and 14 wounded. Security guards may have killed many of the children after firing on a crowd after the suicide attack in Baghlan. NATO support for the Afghan mission is waning.
