May 19, 2012, in Afghanistan’s Khost province at least 13 people were killed by a suicide bomber. The target of the bomber was a police check point.
In Kandahar Province two would be suicide bombers were captured. Officials say they confessed and said they were trained in Pakistan.
Seek & destroy/capture operations were conducted in Kabul, Nangarhar, Nuristan, Baghlan, Kandahar, Helmand, Zabul and Uruzgan provinces.
Afghanistan’s Interior Ministry said Afghan and U.S./NATO occupying forces captured a suicide bomber on a motorcycle in Farah Province, on May 18.
Battles also raged in several provinces. Afghan and occupying forces killed nine Mujahideen throughout Afghanistan in the past 24 hours.
Afghan officials say two of their soldiers were killed, and six wounded in Farah Province. One killed and two wounded in Helmand, and, one killed and one wounded in Kapisa provinces.
Afghan officials claim they captured three members of the Mahaz Mullah Dadullah group. They are Mujahideen believed to be connected to the “Taliban”, however, Taliban reps claim no such group is connected to them.
The Independent Human Rights Commission of Afghanistan issued a new report that says U.S. supported corrupt police are behind a lot of the violence in Afghanistan.
The report does say that some provinces have become stable after the creation of local police forces, but in other provinces violence has gotten worse: “… causing further insecurity and human rights violations. Many of such cases as murdering, robbery, extortion, insecurity and disorder, rape and harassment of people is mentioned in this report.”
New French President, Francois Hollande, reminded U.S. and NATO that he was pulling out French troops early, but said France will support the occupation of Afghanistan in other ways: “We will continue to support Afghanistan in a different way. I’m pretty sure I will find the right means so that our allies can continue with their mission and at the same time I can comply to the promise I made to the French people.”
For the second day in a row ISAF did not issue their usual 24 hour Joint Command Morning operational update.