A former Taliban commander was named governor of Musa Qala. Taliban commander Mullah Naqaibullah told the BBC he bribed Afghan authorities to get out of jail. Two police and two civilians were killed in an IED attack in the Nadi Ali district in Helmand province. A suicide bomber wounded five policemen in Spin Boldak in Kandahar province. Two ISAF soldiers were killed in an IED attack in Kot, while two Canadian soldiers were killed when their armored vehicle rolled over in Kandahar.
