Three Taliban fighters and two civilians were killed during a shootout at a state bank in Kabul. The Taliban killed a family of five in Paktika, two US soldiers in southern Afghanistan, and a district chief and a tribal leader in Kandahar. Seventy- five Taliban fighters joined the government in Wardak. Security forces detained 10 Taliban fighters distributing night letters in Paktia. A tribal lashkar in Nangarhar captured 13 Taliban fighters.
