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DAILY SITUATION REPORT 17 MAY 2010

SAFETY AND SECURITY ISSUES RELEVANT TO SSSI PERSONNEL AND CLIENTS

Kabul City: It has been quite some time now that the insurgents could not hit a major/ spectacular target in the capitol. There were a number of reports of planned attacks, insurgent movements and even caches been found or insurgents been arrested. From a propaganda viewpoint, now that a main insurgent group announced their new operational planning to start on 10 May 2010, it can be expected that insurgents may carry out attacks/suicide attacks against high profile targets in Kabul city within next 24 to 48 hours. This might include targets like diplomats, members of Afghan Parliament and/or foreign contractors, to name but a few.

MAJOR COUNTRY WIDE EVENTS

BOLO: 17 May, Kapisa BOLO: 17 May, Paktya Province, Mahmud Raqi Province, Insurgents plan to District, reports have been attack IM convoys and Road received that insurgents plan construction crews and plant to emplace an AT mine in IEDs IVO the pass at KM 25. the Showki area.

Plane crashes en route to Kabul with 38 passengers, six crew aboard.

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BREAKDOWN OF INCIDENTS REPORTED FOR AFGHANISTAN IN SSSI DSR FOR PERIOD 16 TO 17 MAY 10

Table illustrating the number of Killed and Wounded, Captured and Arrested as per the reporting’s of the SSSI DSR.

(Kindly note that these are from the SSSI DSR and are not official statistics and may differ from those released by ISAF or other agencies and organisations.)

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SECURITY INCIDENTS REPORTED FOR PERIOD 16 TO 17 MAY 10

CENTRAL REGION

BOLO: 17 May, , Mahmud Raqi District, reports have been received that insurgents plan to emplace an AT mine in the Showki area.

Ambush: 14 May, Highway 1, , insurgents attacked a fuel tanker truck convoy, five local security guards were killed.

Ambush: 15 May, Ghazni Province, , Chenar area, a supply convoy was ambushed in the area. One civilian killed and two local national guards wounded.

Attack: 14 May, , FOB Shank, Pol-E Alam District, insurgents carried out an attack, against an IM FOB near the District Capital, Pol-E Alam. One IM killed.

IED: 16 May, Logar Province, Logar City, Qalai Wazir area, an ANP Ranger truck was hit by an IED. Two ANP killed and two wounded.

Success: IED Find: 16 May, Logar Province, Logar City, Padkhab area, ANP/IM found and defused an IED in the area.

Success: IED Find: 16 May, Logar Province, Baraki Barak Distirict, Parajan area, NDS/IM found and defused an IED in a plastic box in the area.

Success: IED Find: 16 May, , Khak Jabar Distirict, Abdullah Khel Village, ANP found and defused an IED in the village.

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Success: Cache: 16 May, Kabul Province, Kabul: Bagrami Distirict, Koh Kamari area, ANP and NDS conducted an operation in area, seizing suicide vests, RPG rounds, gas cylinders, hand grenades, and ammunition.

Miscellaneous: 15 May, Kabul Province, Kabul City, Pd-9, near Camp Souter, a civilian car collided with an IM c/s outside Camp Souter, three minor local national casualties were reported.

Attack: 16 May, Kabul Province, Chahar Asyab Distirict, Bazaar area, insurgents attacked an ANP CP in the area. No casualties reported.

IED: 16 May, , Chora Distirict, Konj Area, a civilian vehicle was hit by an IED. Five civilians killed.

IDF Attack: 16 May, Wardak Province, Wardak City, insurgents launched a missile attack against an ANP HQ.

Success: Arrest: 15 May, Wardak Province, Jaghato Distirict, Hadena Village, during an ANP/IM operation two local national suspects were arrested for cooperating with insurgents.

Success: Arrest: 15 May, Wardak Province, Jaghato Distirict, Kamal Khel Village, during an ANP/ANA/IM operation in the area, three local national suspects were arrested for cooperating with insurgents.

IDF Attack: 14 May, Wardak Province, Jaghatu District, insurgents fired several rockets at an IM FOB, no casualties reported.

Attack: 16 May, Wardak Province, Maydan Shahr, Maydan Shahr District, insurgents attacked the ANP HQ. No casualties reported.

WESTERN REGION

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IED: 17 May, , District, two IM soldiers were killed when an IED hit their convoy. At least two others were seriously wounded in the blast.

Success: Arrest: 16 May, , Kohistan District, ANP arrested a LN suspect in the Qado Namak Village.

Success: Arrest: 16 May, , Dawlina District, ANP captured two insurgents accused of setting up an IED in the district.

Success: Arrest: 16 May, , Ghoryan District, during an ANCOP/ANP/NDS operation one local national was arrested.

Attack: 16 May, Herat Province, Karokh District, Ab Khoban area, insurgents attacked an ANP CP in the area.

IED: 16 May, Herat Province, Qaltan District, an ABP Ranger was hit by an IED in the district. Two ABP killed and one wounded.

Success: IED Find: 16 May, , Farah City, IM found and defused explosives in the Shiwan Village of the Spin Mashed area.

IED: 14 May, Farah Province, Golestan District, reporting indicates insurgents targeted an IM/ANSF patrol, no casualties reported.

NORTHERN REGION

COIN OP: 15 May, , Dand Ghori Distirict, Neiz Gul Village, during an ANP/ANA search operation in the village two ANA members got killed and four wounded.

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Attack: 15 May, Baghlan Province, Andar District, an ANCOP was killed by insurgents when travelling to his home.

Insurgency: 16 May, Sar-E Pol Province, Sar-E Pol District, two cellular phone masts belonging to two different companies – MTN and ETISALAAT, were destroyed by insurgents. One security guard was injured.

EASTERN REGION

IDF Attack: 16 May, , Kamdish District, Gohar Dash area, insurgents fired missile rounds towards an ANP CP. One ABP killed and eighteen wounded.

BOLO: 16 May, , reportedly insurgents plan to attack unspecified Road Construction sites in the Pech district and plan to launch attacks on a Road Construction company and the ANP in the Dangam and Asmar District. Insurgents plan to attack Road Construction sites in the Kas Kunar district.

Insurgency: Assassination: 16 May, Kunar Province, , Insurgents shot and killed a prominent Muslim cleric who had called for peace in insurgency-wracked Afghanistan along with two members of his family. They were gunned down in an ambush while returning to their homes. IED: 16 May, Kunar Province, Chawki District, Gota Qala area, an IM vehicle was hit by an IED.

Ambush: 16 May, Kunar Province, Chapa Dara District, Bota area, insurgents ambushed and killed three local nationals.

Attack: 15 May, , , the DC, insurgents attacked the DC, no reporting of any casualties.

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SOUTH EASTERN REGION

BOLO: 17 May, Paktya Province, Insurgents plan to attack IM convoys and Road construction crews and plant IEDs IVO the pass at KM 25. Medium group of Insurgents plan to attack GIRoA vehicles in Zormat district and to disrupt Road Construction between the Gardez – Zormat road.

Attack: 16 May, Paktiya Province, Zurmat City, Zad and Stogana areas, insurgents attacked two ANP CPs in the areas.

Attack: 16 May, Paktiya Province, Chamkani District, Sori Village, insurgents fired heavy and light weapons targeting the home of a local national. Two local nationals wounded.

Success: IED Find: 16 May, Paktiya Province, Chamkani District, Banakh area, ANP defused an IED in the area.

Attack: 16 May, Paktiya Province, Gardez City/ Abraham Khel area, insurgents attacked an ANP CP in the area.

Attack: 16 May, Paktiya Province, Juju Aryob District, Ali Khel area, IM shot and wounded a LN.

Ambush: 16 May, , , Marjan area, insurgents attacked ANP and IM in the area.

Success: IED Find: 15 May, Paktya Province, Chamkani District, Darsak, ANSF found an IED.

Kidnap: Murder: 14 May, , Spin Palla, Ali Sher (Tereza’i) District, insurgents kidnapped six members of a wedding party, subsequently murdering four of them whom they claimed were interpreters working for IM one of the murdered was said to be the groom and another his brother.

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SOUTHERN REGION

IED: 15 May, , Qalat City, an IED detonated near an ANA Ranger truck in the city. One ANA member killed and three wounded.

Attack: 15 May, Zabul Province, Tarnak Wa Jaldak District, Jaldak, IM troops approached a suspect vehicle and were fired upon, returning fire and killing the two occupants, which were subsequently said to have been local insurgents commanders.

Attack: 15 May, , IVO Ashogha Kalay, , insurgents attacked a PSC escorted convoy. Four wounded casualties reported.

Attack: 16 May, Kandahar Province, IVO Lalmama Tamir, Kandahar City, 08h00, insurgents attacked a car carrying senior NDS officers, wounding one and killing his driver.

IED: 16 May, Kandahar Province, IVO Hwy 1 west of Kandahar City, an IM convoy was hit by an IED. No casualties reported.

SAFIRE Attack: 15 May, , , INSF fired upon two IM helicopters with small arms and possibly a machine-gun. No casualties reported.

Ambush: 15 May, Helmand Province, IVO Malmand, , insurgents attacked an ANSF patrol, in the ensuing fire fight, there were several casualties on the insurgents side and the insurgents commander, Maulawi Mohamed Hassan was reported captured. No reporting of any friendly casualties. NFDK

Kidnap: 15 May, Helmand Province, District, IVO Garmsir area, reportedly insurgents stopped a vehicle after it had departed an IM location and kidnapped two NDS officers, subsequently murdering them and appropriating the documentation that they were carrying.

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IED: 15 May, Helmand Province, Nad-E Ali District, north of the DC, an IED hit an IM vehicle patrol. No casualties reported

Attacks: 15 May, Helmand Province, Nahr-E Serraj District, Babaji/Malgir areas, insurgents carried out six small arms fire attacks, mainly IVO PB Grenadier. No casualties reported.

Attack: 15 May, Helmand Province, Nahr-E Serraj District, IVO PB Grenadier, Babaji/Malgir Areas, a grenade attack resulted in one IM Soldier wounded.

Attacks: 15 May, Helmand Province, Sangin District, IVO IM PBs, insurgents carried out several ‘shoot and scoot’ style attacks against PBs and IM patrols entering/exiting PB locations. No casualties reported.

Attack: 15 May, Helmand Province, Sangin District, IVO PB Shugar, an RPG rocket was fired at the PB, resulting in one IM soldier wounded.

SPECIAL INTEREST NEWS

PLANE CARRYING 44 CRASHES IN AFGHANISTAN

May 17, 2010 -- Updated 1317 GMT (2117 HKT)

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

 Plane crashes en route to Kabul with 38 passengers, six crew aboard  ISAF sends plane, helicopters to join search hampered by poor weather conditions  Meteorological agency reports hearing a huge sound in Salang Pass

Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- A plane reported missing with 44 people on board has crashed in Afghanistan, Interior Ministry spokesman Zemarai Basharay said Monday. The plane was en route from Kunduz to Kabul, said Raz Mohammad Alami of the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation.

A meteorological agency reported hearing a huge sound in the Salang Pass. The minister of transport and aviation and his deputy are en route there to investigate.

The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force has sent out a plane to assist in the search for the aircraft, said spokesman Col. Wayne Shanks. However, the search has been hampered by rain and adverse weather conditions, he said.

"A manned ISAF fixed-wing aircraft has been dispatched to the last known position of the missing plane," ISAF said in a statement. In addition, two ISAF helicopters were en route to the area, and others were on standby at Bagram Airfield and Kabul International Airport. While several plane crashes have occurred in Afghanistan in the past few years -- most of them military aircraft -- the last crash with fatalities occurred in September 2006, when a

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British Royal Air Force plane crashed about 20 km (12.5 miles) west of Kandahar, according to the website of the Aviation Safety Network, which maintains a database of crashes. Fourteen people were killed in that crash.

In 2005, 104 people were killed when Kam Air flight 904 struck a mountain while approaching Kabul in poor visibility, according to the network.

WEATHER FORECAST

Afghanistan Weather for Tuesday 18 May 2010 Kabul Mazar Kandahar Herat

Rain 30% Rain 20% Clear Clear Clear 24° C | 11° C 30° C | 16° C 31° C | 18° C 32° C | 19° C 31° C | 13° C

Farah Khost Kunduz Gardez Fayzabad

Clear Clear Clear Clear Rain 20% 35° C | 23° C 25° C | 16° C 29° C | 16° C 21° C | 9° C 25° C | 11° C

CALENDAR

19 Aug 10 - National Day. 10 Sep - 11 Sep 10 - Eid al-Fitr (End of Ramadan). 18 Sep 10 - Parliamentary Elections. 16 Nov - 17 Nov 10 - Eid-al-Adha (Feast of the Sacrifice).

Note. Muslim festivals are timed according to local sightings of various phases of the moon and the dates given above are approximations. During the lunar month of Ramadan that precedes Eid al-Fitr, Muslims fast during the day and feast at night and normal business patterns may be interrupted. Some disruption may continue into Eid al-Fitr itself. Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha may last up to several days, depending on the region.

NEWS / INFORMATION

PAKISTANI CHARGED IN CHILE FOR EXPLOSIVES, NOT TERROR Americas, South / Central Asia - Chile, http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100516/wl_asia_afp/chileusattackspakistancourt

TALIBAN HOLD SWAY IN AREA TAKEN BY U.S., FARMERS SAY South / Central Asia - Afghanistan http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/17/world/asia/17marja.html?ref=asia

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TALIBAN LEADER SURRENDERS South / Central Asia - Pakistan http://thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=104920

PAKISTAN KIDNAPPERS FREE FIVE MORE HOSTAGES IN KURRAM South / Central Asia - Pakistan http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8686148.stm

ACRONYMS

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