Fifty Taliban fighters and 25 security guards were killed in yesterday’s clash in Helmand. The Taliban killed four civilians and four policemen in IED attacks in Paktika and Logar, five civilians including an Arbaki leader in the north, and two Australian soldiers and a British soldier in the south. Coalition and Afghan forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Farah, Baghlan, Kandahar, Helmand, and Kunduz. ISAF troops accidentally killed three policemen in Jawzjan.
