NATO is planning the process of turning over security to the Afghan security forces. The chief of the Independent Election Commission said elections would not be held in conflict zones. Five Haqqani Network fighters and two US soldiers were killed in a clash in Logar province; locals claimed those killed were civilians. Coalition and Afghan forces killed and captured an undisclosed number of Haqqani Network and Taliban fighters in Ghazni, Khost, Nangarhar, Kunduz, and Helmand.
