Baghlan Province: In Poli Khomri District, villagers reporting a massive Israeli style raid by government/contractor forces resulting in at least ten of their neighbors being kidnapped.
Balkh Province: The Paktia provincial governor’s own security guards got into a firefight with Balkh police! It happened as his convoy was driving through Balkh Province on its way to Kabul Province. The Balkh police commander says dozens of people were killed or wounded. Paktia officials confirmed they lost four guards, three were wounded. Balkh officials swear the men wearing police uniforms (that started the attack) were impersonators. In Chaci District, an agent of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) was assassinated. In Sholgar District, a firefight between Mujahdieen and local cops. Three cops killed, one Mujahid killed.
Helmand Province: In Nad Ali District, Mujahideen report that one of their kamikaze bombers rammed a NATO convoy, causing massive casualties. Mujahideen also reported detonating a remote controlled landmine as a U.S.-NATO APC drove over it, but they didn’t give the location. Mujahideen say six NATO personnel killed or wounded. NATO/ISAF confirmed that three U.S. Marines assigned to ISAF were killed when the vehicle they were in was hit by a bomb. So far ISAF and the U.S. Department of Defense are not giving out anymore details about how or where it happened. In Sangin District, Mujahideen say they’ve captured four FOBs (Forward Operating Base, aka outposts). 20 government forces killed or wounded.
Kabul Province: There are social media reports that massive numbers of man portable weapons are being issued by unknown groups to civilians around the country. The reports say it has to do with the so called ‘successful’ elections (as declared by Obama and the UN). The Afghan NDS says they cannot confirm the reports. The runoff election results are not being released and the United Nations is now mediating those ‘succesful’ election results! If there’s anything you can count on from the Obama regime is that anything Obama says the opposite is the truth! The Ministry of the Interior and Ministry of Defense report hundreds of casualties from battles around the country with Mujahideen, in the past couple of days. In Kabul City, 5th District, a kamikaze bomber exploded killing at least one person beside himself. Three people wounded.
Kunar Province: In Nari District, Mujahideen captured a FOB and claim 23 government personnel joined with them, after their U.S.-NATO trained commanders were killed.
Maidan Wardak Province: In Syed Abad District, an Israeli style raid by government/contractor forces resulted in the local religious elder and another person being kidnapped, and three motorcycles being burned.
Nangarhar Province: In Torkahm, a NATO parking lot was blown up by three Mujahideen kamikaze bombers. At least one civilian killed, dozens of NATO logistics vehicles destroyed. There are reports that several Afghan border cops were killed. In Jalalabad City, Mujahideen attacked the NATO airbase. Eight explosions reported. Some news reports said the attack was done with artillery rockets.
Parwan Province: Bagram airbase, it’s been revealed that the expensive Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene panels of the arrestor hook system on the runway has been failing. USAF 455th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron and the 577th Expeditionary Prime Base Engineer Squadron recently completed repairs. During testing 502 of the 992 hold down bolts for the panels failed, that’s more than a 50% failure rate! Until the repairs were recently complete the busiest military airbase in Afghanistan was not fully operational. As soon as the repairs were complete, Mujahideen launched two artillery rockets at the base. No word on damage.
Sar-e-Pul Province: In Shiram District, reports that Mujahideen booby-trapped a FOB they had captured from government forces. They left the FOB, making sure their departure was made public. As expected government forces returned. The capture of the FOB, and the booby-trap explosions killed or wounded at least 41 government personnel. Mujahideen claim they captured a dozen weapons with ammo, and several vehicles including an old fashioned horse.
More than 100 militiamen of the National Guard’s 150th Engineer Company (New Jersey & Delaware) returned form Afghanistan.