In Paktia Province, Gardez city, local officials say a U.S. airstrike killed two security guards and wounded one. They were guarding a construction site. Local officials say the airstrike was called in by U.S. forces on the ground.
In Nuristan Province, Mujahideen launched coordinated attacks against government checkpoints. Reports say at least 20 Mujahideen were killed or wounded, while 21 Afghan government forces were killed or wounded.
In Helmand Province, Gerishk District, Mujahideen say they attacked a U.S./NATO FOB with eight mortar rounds, as U.S./NATO personnel abandoned the eight years old Forward Operating Base.
In Faryab Province, Qisar District, Mujahideen claim to have liberated the Bazaar Shakh area. Three Afghan government troops killed, one wounded. One Mujahid was shot dead. Also, in Pashtoon Kot District, three days of battles left at least 55 people dead.
In Paktika Province, Sharana city, Mujahideen attacked an Afghan military convoy with machine guns and suicide bombers. 15 government personnel were killed and four vehicles destroyed. Of course, two suicide bombers also killed.
In Kunar Province, Surkani District, Mujahideen claim to have killed three CIA agents and wounded two others, as well as destroy an armored vehicle. The CIA operates the Counterterrorist Pursuit Team (CTPT)
Pakistan claims that Afghanistan fired 50 artillery rounds on Angoor Adda village in South Waziristan. At least five people wounded, and 30 homes damaged. This claim comes as the New York Times says Afghan President Hamid Karzai wants U.S. personnel to remain not to fight Mujahideen, but to help fight Pakistan!
India has rejected Afghanistan’s request for weapons. India is willing to supply the Afghan government with non-lethal military aid.
German news source, DPA, said companies from India, United Arab Emirate, United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Poland and Turkey are vying for control of Afghanistan’s mineral resources. In the next seven months contracts worth $20 billion USD will be finalized. However, the untapped natural resources of Afghanistan are estimated to be around $3 trillion! Germany is looking to be the top contract winner: “We have intensified our cooperation with Germany. There are already a number of German consulting companies active in Afghanistan.”-Wahidullah Shahrani, Afghan Minister of Mines
The Afghan Interior Ministry said “Afghan National Security Forces conducted a series of cleanup operations in Baghlan, Faryab, Ghazni, Kunar and Paktia provinces, killing nine Taliban militants and wounding two others. Six more armed men were also arrested over the past 24 hours.”
In Uruzgan Province, 12 cops were killed, five wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up in a dining facility. The suicide bomber was a cop turned Mujahid!
In Kandahar Province, Spin Boldak District, a suicide bomber from Pakistan killed at least one cop, and wounded two cops and six civilians. Some reports from the U.S. say dozens of people were killed.
A journalist from Denmark concluded that the western media is lying about what is really happening in Afghanistan: “We saw pictures of progress, hairdressers, middle-class Afghans enjoying coffees and food in new restaurants….there were unfortunately suicide bombers….but there were no military offensives, with tanks attacking neighborhoods or planes bombing villages…..The war in Afghanistan has had very severe consequences for the civilians in rural Afghanistan where the media are not present. There are far more victims there of aerial bombardments…..it casts a very disturbing light on how the media work with stereotypes which serve to dehumanize people….”
Earlier this year, the Danish journalist released a documentary film about the war from the point of view of Afghan villagers in Helmand Province. It’s called My Afghanistan-Life in the Forbidden Zone.
In Farah Province, two days of battles in several districts resulted in six armored vehicles destroyed, at least 20 people killed, 15 wounded. Mujahideen claim to have captured a UAV (drone)! There are reports that several homes were destroyed and civilians wounded.
In Logar Province, Muhammad Agha District, a four hours battle raged between Mujahideen and Afghan and U.S./NATO forces. Reports say at least 11 Afghan/NATO troops killed, nine wounded. Three Mujahideen were killed. Mujahideen claim they captured three armored vehicles and three ‘satellite’ radios.
Canada is investigating claims that their soldiers were ordered not to report homosexual crimes involving Afghan boys known as Dancing Boys. A Canadian news source says they interviewed “…three Canadian soldiers, three Canadian Forces chaplains, and a lieutenant colonel who all said they had either first- or second-hand information about the alleged sexual attacks in Afghanistan.”
The sex crimes were first reported five years ago when Canadian troops began seeking counseling after witnessing the sex crimes against children. The crimes involve not only Afghan government personnel, but U.S./NATO/ISAF personnel as well. The Canadian military says the investigation is taking so long because it is “complex”.