Balkh Province: In Mazar E Sharif City, a U.S. Army CWO from California (raised in Iowa) died. Officials with the U.S. Department of Defense would only say it was a “non-hostile” death.
Farah Province: In Gulistan District, major battles between Mujahideen and government forces resulted in at least 55 people killed. At least 45 wounded.
Faryab Province: The Kingdom of Norway has promised more taxpayer funds, this time to help with development projects in the province. Norway is promising 101-million euros per year!
Herat Province: Government officials confirmed that a counter-terrorism agent was assassinated by unknown gunmen.
Jawzjan Province: Government officials report that a police vehicle ran over a landmine. Three cops killed, two wounded.
Kabul Province: Airport officials confirm that two artillery rockets impacted near the airport. No damage or casualties reported. In Kabul City, an exploding magnetic mine killed one Afghan National Army soldier, and wounded another. Two civilians wounded. Afghan government officials claim they’ve killed 380 Mujahideen all across the country, in the past week.
Ghazni Province: Mujahideen began Operation Khaibar, with attacks against police checkpoints all over the province. Provincial officials confirm fighting lasted all day with at least one cop killed along with dozens of civilians.
Kandahar Province: In Daman District, a car bomb hit a Afghan National Army/NATO-ISAF convoy. At least five people killed, 39 wounded.
Nangarhar Province: In Nazyan District, a U.S. drone strike killed at least three people. In Jalalabad City, Mujahideen began Operation Khaibar by attacking the provincial justice directorate. One cop, two civil servants and three civilians were killed. 10 people wounded. Three Mujahideen killed.
Parwan Province: International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) confirmed that four artillery rockets hit Bagram airbase. ISAF reported “minor damage” but “no fatalities”.
Zabul Province: In Qalat city, a suicide bomber attacked a military convoy. He died and at least six people were wounded.
The Independent Election Commission of Afghanistan continues to delay the final vote tally from the “successful” election, due to investigations into massive fraud.
Pakistan reports they’ve arrested an Afghan National Army officer after they caught him inside Pakistan.
Afghan government officials confirm that they have made a prisoner swap with Iran. 14 Iranian prisoners were released by Afghanistan in exchange for 16 Afghan prisoners held in Iran. The deal was actually agreed to back in 2006, but only now have they started to swap prisoners. According to reports Iran has 5-thousand Afghans in prison mainly for the crime of drug smuggling.
According to a Stars and Stripes report, “Nearly three decades after U.S. taxpayers gasped over $640 toilet seats and other Cold War military waste, the Department of Defense remains the last federal department still unable to conduct a financial audit despite laws passed in the 1990s that require the accounting……….The DOD spends roughly $2 billion per day and has $1.5 trillion in physical assets. Various agencies inside the department have been considered at high risk for fraud and waste by the GAO since 1990……..The GAO said in its report issued Tuesday that the long-standing accounting weaknesses mean the defense department still cannot account for its total assets or estimate improper payments.”
75 militiamen of the Army National Guard’s 349th Quartermaster Company (California, U.S.A.) returned from Afghanistan.
130 militiamen of the Army National Guard’s 1223rd Engineer Company (South Carolina, U.S.A.) returned from Afghanistan.
15 militiamen of the Army National Guard’s Detachment 45 (Nevada, U.S.A.) deploying to Afghanistan.
The Army National Guard’s Detachment 1, F Company, 1/126th Aviation (Delaware, U.S.A.) deploying to Afghanistan.
U.S. special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, James Dobbins, says the U.S. led military presence in Afghanistan will remain “significant” despite the so called withdrawal from the country this year.