Badakhshan Province: Afghan government officials claim they’ve retaken Yagman District, which fell to the control of Mujahideen a few days ago. Several dozens of people killed or wounded. Local government officials say there are more than 300 Mujahideen fighting to control the district. Some reports that Mujahideen have seized Jurm and Keran Wa Manjan districts.
Faryab Province: Afghan government forces and Mujahideen have been locked in battles. More than 100 people killed, 100 wounded. Afghan government officials claim that Pakistanis are among those killed or wounded.
Helmand Province: In Marjah District, a family of six drove over a landmine. One dead, five wounded. In Mosa Qala District, a U.S.-NATO drone strike killed 11 people and wounded two.
Herat Province: Mujahideen attacked the Indian consulate. Interior Ministry officials claim all attackers were killed. Two government personnel were wounded.
Kabul Province: A suicide bomber targeted a government vehicle, killing at least two people and wounding nine others. Chinese banks have notified Afghan banks that they will no longer accept U.S. dollars for their transactions! China is claiming that the use of U.S. dollars is behind international criminal money laundering! The Afghan Minister of Communications and Information Technology condemned the U.S. monitoring of Afghan phone calls. So much for Obama’s “successful” elections: The Independent Election Commission of Afghanistan suspended 5,388 election employees for taking part in electoral fraud!
Kandahar Province: A suicide bomber attacked the police chief for Kandahar City’s 8th district. The police boss was wounded.
Kunar Province: In Dangam District, government officials claim a group of Mujahideen blew themselves up by accident. Apparently nine Mujahideen were wounded when they were planting landmines. Provincial officials claim Pakistan fired at least 125 artillery rounds into Shigal and Dangam districts. One person killed, 15 wounded. Officials claim they are now dealing with refugees fleeing the shelling.
Parwan Province: “I’ve made it clear that we’re prepared to continue cooperating with our Afghan partners on two security missions, training and equipping Afghan forces and targeting…….al Qaeda…………And once Afghanistan has sworn in its new president, I’m hopeful we’ll sign a bilateral security agreement that lets us move forward. And with that bilateral security agreement, assuming it is signed, we can plan for a limited military presence in Afghanistan beyond 2014.“-Barack Obama, Bagram airbase, 26 May 2014
Zabul Province: Near Qalat City, two cops were killed by two suicide bombers.
The Oregonian newspaper, in the U.S. state of Oregon, has revealed that 950 Oregon National Guardsmen (currently preparing for deployment to Afghanistan in Idaho and Texas) will remain in Afghanistan until 2015, as part of Obama’s new plan to keep U.S. troops incountry past 2014. The governor of Oregon recently visited his militiamen while they were training at Idaho’s Gowen Field and Orchard Training Area.