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Twenty-eight Taliban fighters were killed in clashes in Uruzgan and Paktia province while three ISAF soldiers were killed in an IED attack in the East. US soldiers captured two members of the Haqqani Network in Khost. ISAF has tightened the rules of engagement after an increase in civilian casualties. The Taliban claimed a senior military officer and 50 border guards defected in Badghis.