Rebels attacked a government building the Khake Afghan district , Zabul province, Afghanistan in a clash that left at least three soldiers and four militants dead.
The Asian Development Bank approved a loan to Afghanistan of US$5 million and a guarantee of US$10 million to provide political risk guarantees to eligible investors and financiers.
A message from 300 elders of the Terezay tribe was broadcast by radio in Khost province, Afghanistan telling its members they must vote for Hamid Karzai in presidential elections in October or their houses would be burned.
Near Poshakan village in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, a shootout began when two men on a motorcycle refused to stop when U.S. troops confronted them. The two men were killed. One was identified as local Taliban commander Mullah Dur Mohammed .
Afghan interim vice-president Nehmatullah Shahrani survived an assassination attempt when a remote controlled roadside bomb exploded next to his convoy in Kunduz province.
Two U.S. soldiers (Robert Goodwin and Tony Olaes ) were wounded when a homemade bomb destroyed their Humvee in the Shinkay district of Zabul province. The soldiers were flown to Germany for treatment.
Three rockets were fired at the U.S. base in Paktika , Afghanistan, landing within 100 yards of the compound.
Afghanistan held an auction of capital notes to allow the its banks to determine a market-driven interest rate. The two winning banks were Millie Bank and Pashtany Bank .
In Helmand province, Afghanistan, four gunmen riding two motorcycles ambushed the car of a militia commander, killing him and wounding two of his guards.
Afghan National Army forces searching for three missing elders kidnapped from the Maruf district in Kandahar province, Afghanistan found two of them dead and the third wounded. All had multiple gunshot wounds. The survivor had injuries to the throat and stomach and was taken to the U.S. military base in Kandahar. The elders had been working to register voters.
In Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, one boy was killed and another wounded during an exchange of fire between U.S.-led coalition forces and rebels.
Afghan interim president Hamid Karzai eluded his U.S. security guards and drove into the Microrayon district of Kabul, where he walked around and conversed with local citizens.
A rocket fired on but missed a helicopter carrying Afghan interim president Hamid Karzai as it prepared for landing in Gardez, where Karzai planned to open a school. The helicopter returned to Kabul without touching down in Gardez. Police later captured three suspects who confessed to firing the rockets.
In Kabul, an Afghan court sentenced Jonathan Idema and Brent Bennett to 10-year prison terms and Edward Caraballo to an 8-year term for participating in torture, kidnapping and running a private jail. Their four Afghan accomplices were sentenced to between one and five years in prison.
In Herat, Afghanistan, hundreds of demonstrators, protesting the previous day's dismisal of Ismail Khan, ransacked and set fires at United Nations offices. At least seven people died and dozens more wounded. Later in the day, Khan appeared on television and called for his supporters to exercise restraint. Interim president Hamid Karzai chose Mohammed Khair Khuwa to replace Kahn.
In Kabul, Afghanistan, 363 Pakistanis jailed for fighting alongside the Taliban were released from the Pul-e-Charki jail and allowed to go home.
An estimated 40 rebels attacked U.S.-led coalition soldiers, prompting two AH-64 Apache helicopters to open fire on the fighters, killing 22.
In Herat, Afghanistan, dozens of supporters of Ismail Khan gathered outside his home after he was replaced as provincial governor, and began chanting slogans against the United States and Afghan president Hamid Karzai. Shots were fired by U.S. and Afghan security forces after their convoy was pelted with stones. Two people were killed, four injured and four arrested.
In Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, rebels attacked a U.S. patrol vehicle with rocket-propelled grenades, machine guns and small arms fire, wounding one soldier.
In Kabul, Afghanistan, five rockets were fired the ISAF base. Taliban spokesman Mullah Abdul Latif Hakimi claimed responsibility.
A jeep packed with explosives detonated at a roadside in the Jaikhoja area of Kandahar, Afghanistan, killing one person and seriously injuring two others in a passing taxi.
A U.S. patrol in the Khost province, Afghanistan was fired on by rebels travelling in a pickup truck, and a U.S. helicopter fired back, destroying the truck and killing one rebel.
At a security checkpoint in Helmand province, Afghanistan, three rebels were killed, and five wounded in a clash.
The Asian Development Bank granted US$750,000 to help Afghanistan improve its gas supply. The money was slated to draw a plan to establish an independent regulator for gas supply and help it come up with laws and regulations.
In the Deh Rawood district , Afghanistan, militants, armed with guns and grenades, attacked an Afghan National Army checkpoint on a bridge, wounding three soldiers.
