Badakhshan Province: In Wardoj District, Afghan National Police kidnapped a man. They claim he was planning to become a suicide bomber.
Ghor Province: Near Feroz Koh City, without evidence the provincial government, as well as NATO/ISAF, accused the Mujahideen of executing 16 civilians. This does not jive with the MO of the Mujahideen, it does jive with the MO of pro-government/pro-U.S. Arbaki.
Helmand Province: In Marjah District, a motorcycle bomb exploded killing four people and wounding four others.
Herat Province: In Herat City, two Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers were killed by men on motorcycles.
Kabul Province: In Kabul City, an ANA officer was killed and another wounded when a magnetic mine on their vehicle exploded. For at least the third time, the Independent Election Commission (IEC) has halted the vote recount. IEC officials have repeatedly expressed concerns over the UN/EU observer’s process of invalidating votes. IEC says many votes being invalidated have legitimate signatures. This is what Obama and Ban Ki-moon call a “successful” election?
Kandahar Province: In Spin Boldak District, Mujahideen attacked one of the houses belonging to a warlord posing as a government police chief. The attack lasted one hour, at least nine people killed, four wounded. In Registan District, Mujahideen attacked and killed at least five cops, including the local police chief. Police claim they killed seven Mujahideen. In Zherai District, Mujahideen attacked a police FOB (Forward Operating Base). At least 25 people killed. In Dand District, a powerful cousin of President Hamid Karzai was assassinated by a 16 years old kamikaze bomber.
Nangarhar Province: In Hesarak District, government officials report Mujahideen launched a major offensive, at least 70 people killed.
Paktika Province: In Orgun District, National Directorate of Security (NDS) says they arrested a kamikaze bomber from Pakistan. They say he was driving a truck loaded with 1-ton of explosives.
Zabul Province: In a bazaar in Shahjoi District, two NDS agents began beating a man. The man managed to break away and grabbed a gun and started shooting, wounding the NDS agents.
The U.S. Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) discovered that tens of thousands of U.S. taxpayer funded weapons given to Afghan government forces, have gone missing. The SIGAR investigation revealed that the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) gun registry system was flawed as fake serial numbers, duplicate registration and falsified shipping documents were discovered. DoD officials countered saying they are not responsible for any weapons once handed over to the Afghan government.
In the U.S. state of Texas, a 24 years old member of the Michigan Army National Guard, who recently returned from Afghanistan, drove his SUV into opposing traffic, slamming head-on into a tractor-trailer rig. His family said he moved to Texas to start a private security operation connected to Signal 88 Security. Police are investigating the accident.
In the U.S. state of Georgia a member of the Army National Guard, who served in Afghanistan with the U.S. Army, drowned to death in Lake Allatoona (a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reservoir), along with his father. His family says he was swimming and suddenly began struggling and went under. His father tried to rescue him, but began struggling as well and called for help. Strangely, the two men who went to their rescue had no problem swimming in that part of the lake, but were too late to save the two victims.