NATO troops prevented the use of two vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices in the central Afghan province of Wardak. A senior Afghan intelligence official has accused a number of parliamentarians of supporting Taliban insurgents. Afghanistan’s spy agency accused a member of Pakistan’s consulate in Kandahar province of helping a Taliban commander in his attempts to weaken the government. US troops killed several insurgents in Kapisa province and confiscated explosives from a compound while four US soldiers were wounded and one killed during a roadside blast in Herat province.
