US and Afghan troops killed 24 Haqqani Network fighters, including a commander, after beating back assaults on two bases in Khost. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban fighters in Helmand, Khost, Logar, and Zabul. The Taliban killed two ISAF soldiers in the east, a civilian in a suicide attack in Paktika, and poisoned 22 more schoolgirls in Kabul.
