A roadside bomb killed two members of the newly created Afghan Public Protection Force in Wardak province™s Nerkh district. Counternarcotics officials destroyed 6.5 tons of confiscated illegal drugs and precursor chemicals in a ceremony south of Kabul. A roadside bomb killed three Afghan border policemen in the Ali Shir district, Khost province. Australian forces have killed 80 Taliban in Uruzgan province over the last three weeks.
