A suicide bomber killed 20 Afghans in an attack in Zabul province. A suicide bomber killed the mayor of Mehtarlam city, his driver, and two bodyguards in Laghman Province. Afghan forces killed senior Taliban leader Mullah Salam Noorzai and an aide and detained another during a raid in Now Zad district in Helmand province. The UN's chief of mission derided President Karzai for choosing a warlord as his vice presidential candidate.
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