President Karzai said some Taliban leaders may be invited to attend a grand council meeting. Two of Karzai’s ministers are facing corruption charges. The Taliban killed five policemen in an IED attack in Spin Boldak in Kandahar and assassinated an intelligence officer in Kandahar City. Afghan and Coalition forces killed four Taliban fighters and detained several more in Kunduz, Ghazni, Logar, and Kandahar.
