The Taliban appointed Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansur and former Gitmo detainee Mullah Abdul Qayum Zakir to replace Mullah Baradar as the leaders of the Quetta Shura. Coalition and Afghan forces detained a Taliban IED facilitator and an undisclosed number of Taliban and Haqqani Network fighters in Helmand and Khost. A Turkish helicopter crash-landed in Wardak province; two Turkish soldiers were wounded.
