The United Nations Mine Action Coordination Centre (MACC) is warning that U.S. and other NATO forces are leaving behind live ammo and bombs.  MACC says many civilian deaths caused by explosions are actually unexploded bombs left behind by U.S./NATO forces.

In Helmand Province, Sangin District, reports that battles between Mujahideen and Afghan National Army (ANA) are still raging after several days.

In Khost Province, Spera District, the brother of the district governor, and his five bodyguards, were assassinated.  Local police say they do not know who did it, however, Mujahideen claimed the assassinations as their own.  The victims were attacked in their homes.  The statement by Mujahideen shows they think they assassinated the governor of Khost.

In Zabul Province, four ANA soldiers killed, one wounded, when the vehicle they were in ran over a landmine.

In Farah Province, Bakwa District, Mujahideen claim to have blown up a NATO/ISAF armored vehicle near a fuel station on the Herat Highway.  They say four people were killed, two wounded.

In Paktika Province, reports that two people were killed when their house was hit by a NATO/ISAF airstrike.

In Faryab Province, Dawlatabad District, a ANA convoy was repeatedly attacked.  Two ANA troops killed, one wounded, one Mujahid killed.  In Andkhoi District, four local cops and two border cops joined the Mujahideen.  Their names were made public, which shows you that those who join the Mujahideen have no fear of retaliation.

A member of the Afghan parliament has declared jihad against Simon Cowell’s Afghanistan’s Got Talent and other western style TV talent shows: “I have already made it clear in the lower house that I am going to start a jihad against these kind of shows and programs on our television channels.”-Abdul Sattar Khawasi