Eight US troops, seven Afghan security personnel, and several Taliban fighters were killed during a Taliban assault on two joint outposts in Nuristan; a district police chief and 13 policemen were captured. US and Afghan forces detained several Taliban and Haqqani Network fighters in Paktia and Wardak provinces and destroyed a heroin lab in in Badakhshan province. A sacked senior UN official said more than 30 percent of President Karzai™s votes are fraudulent.
