A suicide bomber killed one US soldier and at least 20 civilians in an attack on a US Army convoy in the Bati Kot district in Nangarhar province; more than 70 civilians were wounded. Two British Royal Marines were killed during fighting in Helmand province's Garmsir district. More than 1,500 girls stayed home from school in Kandahar after Taliban fighters attacked eight girls with acid.
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