Four policemen were killed and 10 Taliban fighters were killed and wounded in a clash in Baghlan. A senator and his driver were killed in a shootout between his bodyguard and police after the operation. The Taliban killed five civilians in bombings in Helmand and Kandahar. Afghan and Coalition forces killed and detained an undisclosed number of Taliban fighters in Paktia, Zabul, Wardak, and Nangarhar provinces.
