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General Petraeus issued an update to the military's rules of engagement. Security forces killed 20 Taliban fighters in Laghman province and seven more in Kandahar, and detained Taliban leaders and fighters in Baghlan and Kandahar. The Taliban killed five civilians in Zabul, the bodyguard of one of President Karzai's advisers in Uruzgan, and a New Zealand soldier in the south.