A brief overview of the recent developments in Afghanistan:
- At least 27 Taliban members were killed as a result of clashes with government forces and an airstrike in the Marouf district of Kandahar province;
- According to local sources in the Gozara district of Herat province, 12 civilians were killed and another 20 wounded in an aerial attack that targeted a Taliban gathering;
- Three Afghan commandos were killed in a Taliban attack in the Kharistan area near Firoz Koh, the center of Ghor province;
- Taliban claimed overrunning two ANDSF posts in Qarabagh, Ghazni last night. Government forces reportedly suffered over two dozen casualties and lost 2 APCs.