Badakhshan Province: Afghan police claim they’ve captured 220kg (485 pounds) of refined opium. In Wardoj District, Mujahideen attacked several police checkpoints. Government officials report that 17 cops are MIA, believed to now be POWs. Four cops were killed. Apparently the district was liberated by Mujahideen, as government officials launched an offensive to retake the area. Government officials claim they killed 15 Mujahideen in the offensive, and discovered that many of the ‘Mujahideen’ are from Chechnya and Uzbekistan. The offensive involved U.S.-NATO airstrikes, many civilians claim they were targeted by the airstrikes, with three villagers being wounded.
Helmand Province: In Marja District, Afghan police claim they’ve captured 420kg (925 pounds) of refined opium. In Nad Ali District, a U.S.-NATO drone airstrike killed two men on a motorcycle. Villagers say the men were car mechanics on their their way to work.
Herat Province: Mujahideen attacked a police base, killing two cops and wounded dozens more. Police say the attackers are now holed up in a house, which is surrounded.
Kabul Province: In Kabul City, reports of three artillery rounds impacting the area that is home to embassies and diplomatic missions. Police say the only casualty was a single tree. In demonstrations held at Kabul University students were seen waving Islamic State flags.
Khost Province: In Yaqoobi area, an Afghan National Army soldier killed by explosion.
Kunduz Province: At least three men wearing Afghan National Police uniforms attacked a security base, killing six government attorneys and cops, and wounding ten others. Police say all of the attackers were killed. Mujahideen admit the men wearing police uniforms were infiltrators, Mujahideen also report they’ve attacked responding police units using a Kamikaze car bomber. Mujahideen say their attacks resulted in at least 24 deaths.
Laghman Province: In Qarghayee District, a villager was detained by government security personnel. Witnesses say the villager made a break for it, and the national government cops blasted away at him with machine guns. The result was that one grade school student was killed, another student and two villagers were wounded by stray bullets. Apparently the detained villager got away.
Nangarhar Province: In Khogiyani District, witnesses say government contracted security forces (Arbaki) machine gunned a taxi carrying six people. Four of the passengers were killed, the driver and one other passenger might not survive their wounds.
Parwan Province: In Bagram District, reports that a Kamikaze bomber attacked a government dismounted patrol. Mujahideen claim it was a U.S. patrol and that eight were killed, six wounded. No comment from government or U.S.-NATO officials.
Saripul Province: In Kohistan District, at least 25 government contracted security personnel (Arbaki) switched sides and became Mujahideen.
A Washington Post report says the democrat dominated U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee is recommending that U.S. taxpayers be raped for even more money to give away to Afghanistan, “tens of billions” more!
A U.S. Navy Reserve pilot was found dead at the U.S. base in Qatar. He is the second U.S. officer to die at the base in October. Qatar is U.S. CentCom’s jumping off point for operations in Afghanistan. The USNR officer was a couple of years away from retirement, his death is under investigation.
After a few months of deployment, 115 militia-personnel of the Army National Guard’s 1569th Transportation Company (New York) returned to the U.S. from Afghanistan. While in Afghanistan 40 of the militiamen qualified for Germany’s Armed Forces Badge for Weapons Proficiency (aka Schützenschnur).
After several months of deployment, 208 militia-personnel of the Army National Guard’s 108th Sustainment Brigade (Illinois U.S.A.) returned from Kuwait, where they supported the Afghan occupation.
Militia-personnel of the Army National Guard’s 195th Forward Support Company (Nebraska U.S.A.) will deploy to Afghanistan.