Badakhshan Province: Mujahideen captured a gemstone mine along with 44 local cops and “…a considerable amount of arms and ammo as well as several ranger vehicles.”  They say the police were forcing people to work the mine for the profit of the local police boss-warlord.

Helmand Province: In Nawzad Distict, at least three civilians dead, four wounded when they drove over a landmine. In Marjah District, reports that a nine years old was murdered by a government lapdog, possibly a member of Obama’s Presidential Guards.

Herat Province: In Gerishk District Jangzo village, a midnight Israeli style home invasion resulted in three people being kidnapped. In Pashtun Zarghun District, 63 privately funded NGO personnel working to remove landmines, were captured by Mujahideen. Mujahideen released the ‘deminers’ once they learned they were not government military personnel.  However, local Afghan government forces claim they ‘rescued’ the deminers.

Kabul Province: In Kabul City’s 8th district, for the first time in recent memory (according to Afghan news media) an seven years old boy killed himself by hanging. Nobody knows why.

Kandahar Province: In Spin Boldak District, reports that one cop attacked two other cops with a big knife, he was shot and killed.  In Maiwan District, three civilians killed one wounded when they drove over a landmine.   In Zharai Distirct, a 42 years old U.S. Army CWO from California, was shot and killed during an attack by Mujahideen which included suicide bombers.  Mujahideen claim they killed and wounded many more than what is being reported (including several high ranking Afghan National Army personnel), saying they observed medevac ‘copters flying in and out of the base “well into the night”.  Afghan government sources say nine Mujahideen were killed.  The USA Chief Warrant Officer was an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV, drone) operator on his fourth deployment to Afghanistan.  Also, five militiamen of the Minnesota Army National Guard’s 849th Mobility Augmentation Company were wounded during the attack: “We got ambushed. We’re all alive, we’re all alive.”-Staff Sergeant Robbie Sheets, Minnesota ANG, hit by shrapnel, during a phone call with his mother

Kapisa Province: In Nijrab District, reports that a stray mortar round fired by the Afghan National Army, killed an eight years old girl and wounded six civilians.

Kunar Province: Once again provincial officials claim Pakistan bombarded their territory with artillery fire. 21 rounds hit Dangam and Kunar Khas districts. No damage or casualties reported.

Maidan Wardak Province: In Syed Abad District, an Israeli style home invasion resulted in three people being kidnapped.

Parwan Province: In Shinwari District, Mujahideen say they captured 47 artillery rounds, 8 rockets and 1500 rounds of heavy and light machine gun ammo.

Sar-e-Pul Province: Three local cops killed, four wounded when they drove over a landmine.

Zabul Province: Obama’s recently created (in 2010-11) Presidential Guards may be behind a terror op targeting civilians. In Nawbahar District, many villagers reported large scale heliborne Israeli style home invasions.  Personal vehicles and other property were destroyed, people beat up, a Mosque vandalized and at least 13 people kidnapped.

USMC General Dunford told U.S. Congress that the U.S. should stay in Afghanistan after the supposed 2014 pullout.  He wants at least 10-thousand U.S. military personnel to stay.

40 militiamen of the Army National Guard’s 415th Military Police Detachment, from the U.S. state of Iowa, in training to be deployed to Afghanistan.