Balkh Province: In Mazar-e-Sharif City, a bomb in a cart was left next to a police vehicle, and exploded. Several people killed or wounded, dozens of vehicles damaged.
Herat Province: In Obe District, a U.S. led NATO drone airstrike killed 12 people.
Kabul Province: Six Mujahideen attacked the military side of the airport. The attack lasted several hours, with all Mujahideen killed. However, the Interior Ministry says attackers are actually from Pakistan, and blamed the government of Pakistan for the attack. The Ministry of Transportation and Aviation reporting that all airlines operating out of the airport are planning to stop all flights. Once again, the Interior Ministry reports hundreds of people killed or wounded in the past four days of country-wide battles. The Independent Election Commission (IEC) has reluctantly started recounting all the votes in the so called “successful” elections (as declared by Obama and the UN). The vote recount is being overseen by the United Nations and European Union, and also involves NATO/ISAF transporting fraudulent ballot boxes. Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India have signed a deal to build a massive gas pipeline, known as TAPI. The TAPI line could carry 33 billion cubic metres of gas, every year.
Kunar Province: In Chapa Dara District, an artillery round landed on a house, killing two children and wounding seven other family members. Of course the government blames Mujahideen. However, Kunar officials also claim Pakistan is shelling their province, most recently a ten years girl was wounded after ten artillery rounds from Pakistan impacted where she lives. In Ghazibad District, local police report that a U.S. drone airstrike killed four people and wounded two. It might be connected to U.S. airstrikes ongoing across the border in Pakistan.
Laghman Province: In Mehtarlam City, two people killed, 14 wounded by a motorcycle bomb. Witnesses say it looked like a man was trying to use the motorcycle to transport a box, when it exploded.
Logar Province: U.S. led NATO aircraft bombed Pul-e-Alam City! At least 16 people dead. City cops said they called in the airstrike on the people simply because they “looked” suspicious!
Nimroz Province: In Chahar Boraj District, three people killed, three wounded after they drove over a landmine.
China has created a special envoy to Afghanistan, to handle ‘security’ issues. Chinese officials are fearful of a full U.S./NATO pullout from Afghanistan, because they’ve invested a lot of money and manpower in developing petroleum operations in Afghanistan..
USMC General Joseph Dunford told the U.S. Senate that no U.S./NATO/Afghan military leader involved in the occupation of Afghanistan has ever called for full U.S. military pullout.
The U.S. state of Oregon is sending nearly 1-thousand National Guard militiamen and women to Afghanistan this year, but 25 militiamen were diverted to fight the wildfires spreading through the Beaver State. What will happen once all the militiamen are in Afghanistan?