A suicide bomber killed more than 30 Afghans in an attack on a hospital in Logar. The Taliban killed two ISAF soldiers in the east. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Zabul, Khost, Paktika, Laghman, and Balkh.
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More than 30 people, including medical personnel and patients, were killed after a suicide bomber deliberately rammed an SUV packed with explosives into a hospital in Logar.
The raid took place in Ghazni province. The targeted facilitator operates in Pakistan, plans operations, and shuttles money and fighters into both Afghanistan and Pakistan.
The Taliban killed five people in a bombing in Kunduz and a policeman in a suicide bombing in Helmand. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Zabul, Ghazni, Khost, Kunduz, and Sar-i-Pul.
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Security forces killed and captured several Taliban fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Zabul Khost, Paktika, Laghman, and Balkh. An ISAF helicopter crashed in Zabul; no casualties were reported.
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The Taliban killed six Afghan policemen in a suicide attack in Ghazni and an ISAF soldier in the south. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Khost, and Laghman.
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“The facilitator assisted in the transfer of Uzbeks and Farsi speaking foreign fighters from Pakistan into Afghanistan to fight for the Taliban,” ISAF reported.
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