Congress may block $3.9 billion in aid due to corruption. The US military claimed more than 150 Taliban and foreign fighters were killed in an air assault in Kunar. Security forces killed a Taliban commander and detained several more during raids in Kandahar, Helmand, and Paktika. The Taliban killed six security guards and five civilians in attacks in Zabul, Kandahar, Farah, and Wardak, and attacked a UN vehicle in Kabul.
