Badakhshan Province: In Jurm District, battles between Afghan National Police (ANP) and Mujahideen have left at least six people dead, seven wounded. Government officials report increased battles with Mujahideen in the past four months. Mujahideen claim they now control Jurm District.
Badghis Province: In Bala Morghab District, one Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier killed, one wounded, when they drove over a landmine.
Faryab Province: In Chilgazi District, Mujahideen claim they captured 38 government personnel.
Helmand Province: In Musa Qala District, battles between cops and Mujahideen left four cops dead, one wounded and two Mujahideen killed.
Kunduz Province: In Dasht-e-Archi District, a man and woman were convicted of having sex without being married. They were sentenced to death. The man escaped and notified police, who then rescued the woman.
Kunar Province: In Asmar District, four people killed by U.S. drone strike. Government officials called those killed, militants. In Dankam District, Mujahideen attacked the ANA’s Kandak battalion. In Manugi District, Mujahideen say they killed two ANA troops, and wounded one.
Logar Province: In Charkh District, reports of at least eight days of fighting between Mujahideen and U.S./Afghan government forces. At least 15 people killed, including the district’s governor, and several dozens wounded.
Nangarhar Province: In Spinghar District, Mujahideen ambushed a ANA/U.S. special forces convoy. Government officials claim they killed five Mujahideen and wounded three others. Mujahideen say they killed four government troops, and wounded 11.
Nimroz Province: In Zaranja City, a senior ranking female cop was assassinated. Police say they don’t know who did it.
President Hamid Karzai left for Iran, to push for increased economic and security co-operation with the Forgotten Empire. Afghan news media reported that a long term political, security, economic and cultural deal was agreed to. The deal might be meant to counter the Obama regime’s security deal, and force U.S. forces to leave: “We believe that all foreign forces should leave the region and that the security of Afghanistan should be handed over to people of the country.”-Hassan Rouhani, President of Iran
U.S. Defense Secretary, Chuck Hagel, warned Afghan officials that if they did not sign the Obama regime’s security deal, then it is “a very real possibility” that all U.S.-NATO-ISAF forces would leave Afghanistan in 2014. I’ve asked this before, isn’t that what everybody wants?
Four members of the Air National Guard’s 212th Rescue Squadron, from the U.S. state of Alaska, were awarded Bronze Stars for saving occupation personnel during an attack on Camp Bastion in Helmand. At that time the militia-airmen were assigned to 46th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron.
Army National Guard’s Company F, 1st Battalion, 169th General Support Aviation Battalion, were honored for conducting at least 471 rescue missions. Officials say the 43 militiamen saved the lives of 527 U.S. & NATO-ISAF personnel and U.S. puppets (Afghan government forces): “….Soldiers from the states of Pennsylvania, New Hampshire and Missouri were assigned to the unit to round out the total strength to 101 members. For this reason Company F units went by the radio call sign of ‘Jigsaw’ because National Guard troops from four states came together like the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle to form a unified whole….During their 10-month deployment the unit’s soldiers conducted 471 missions during which they transported 527 American, coalition and Afghan soldiers and Afghan civilians…..”–Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System (DVIDS) report
A female Specialist in the Army National Guard, 508 Military Police, from the U.S. state of New Jersey, won First Runner Up in the Miss American Coed contest after returning from Afghanistan.
19 members of the Army National Guard’s 169th Medevac, from the U.S. state of New Hampshire, returned home from Afghanistan.