The Taliban killed nine civilians in an IED attack in Helmand, four ISAF soldiers in an IED attack and another in a small arms attack in the south, and a policeman in an IED attack in Kandahar. Three ISAF soldiers and five civilian contractors were killed while repelling a Taliban assault on a police station in Kandahar. Security forces killed three Taliban fighters in Ghazni and detained an undisclosed number in Kandahar and Helmand.
