Baghlan Province: A wedding was bombed. At least eleven people wounded. No explanation for the bombing, but local officials are conveniently blaming “anti-government forces”.
Ghazni Province: Major battles between Afghan government forces and Mujahideen reported in Andar and Geru districts. At least 21 people killed, dozens wounded.
Ghor Province: In Du Layna District, a truck carrying election officials was blown up. Six election officials wounded.
Kandahar Province: In Kandahar City, a cop was shot and killed in a drive by shooting, police have little info to go on.
Logar Province: Confirmation that Mujahideen captured a pilot working for Russia early in the Gregorian year. Associated Press reported that Russian official are now trying to work a deal for his release. Mujahideen also captured a pilot from Kyrgyzstan. They’ve already released all the Turkish passengers on the helicopter they captured. In Pul-E-Alam, a U.S. Army Sergeant 1st Class (E7) from Kansas was killed when attacked by Mujahideen. He was also a former Military Science Instructor with the Department of Military Science at Pittsburg State University.
Maidan Wardak Province: In Syedabad District, four children killed, one wounded, after a mortar round exploded. They were collecting scrap metal and found it and took it home, were it exploded.
Paktia Province: In Gardez City, Afghanistan’s version of Homeland Security, National Directorate of Security (NDS), reported they captured a truck loaded with 50 metric tons of TNT explosives. NDS claim the TNT was meant for terrorists, but who knows, there are so many mining ops going on now maybe some mining company was trying to smuggle in dirt cheap TNT?
Paktika Province: In Khair Kot District, a bomb exploded in a Mosque. There were cops in the Mosque at the time, three were killed one wounded. Local police officials did not mention any civilian casualties, or why the cops were in the Mosque.
Uruzgan Province: In Dehrawood District, a cop was killed when Mujahideen attacked a checkpoint. Police say four Mujahideen were killed.
U.S. led NATO and Afghan government forces claim to have killed 17 Mujahideen in battles in the provinces of Kandahar, Paktika, Farah and Nimroz.
Integrity Watch Afghanistan says their latest investigation reveals that 60% of Afghan government highway cops are extorting money from civilians! They say it’s happening at police checkpoints, and involve an average of six out of every ten checkpoints. The claims by Integrity Watch Afghanistan are based on admissions by at least 370 cops!
The Afghan Ministry of Commerce and Trade announced the purchase of 22-thousand metric tons of fuel from Russia. Mmmm, I wonder where they’re getting the money to do that?
Russia announced they will deliver 30 helicopters to Afghanistan in 2014. The Mil Mi-12V-5 ‘copters were paid for by the U.S. Department of Defense. This is on top of the 12 Mi-12V-5 ‘copters paid for by U.S. taxpayers in 2012, and the 12 Mi-17V-5 ‘copters as well!