The Taliban killed 13 civilians in an IED attack in Ghazni and an ISAF soldier in the west, and kidnapped a district governor in Kunar and three Turkish engineers in Jawzjan. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban and IMU leaders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Zabul, Ghazni, Khost, Paktika, Kunduz, and Balkh.
