Taliban allows safe passage to Ghazni Governor after province falls If confirmed, Ghazni will be 10th province to be seized by the Taliban in just seven days. # World
US confirms jet crashed in eastern Afghanistan province, no evidence of Taliban shoot-down US Forces spokesman Colonel Sonny Leggett gave no information on casualties in the crash.
Taliban attack an Afghan forces check point, killing 13 The Taliban view the US-backed government in Kabul as a dysfunctional Western puppet and have refused repeated offers to negotiate with it.
100 Afghan soldiers go missing from Ghazni According to Tolo News, "10 personnel of the missing unit had been killed and 20 others discovered alive" in Ajristan district.