北约表示，阿富汗和联军部队抓获了一名基地组织的同盟者。这个人过去是恐怖组织头目本拉登的同伙。北约星期四发表声明说，此人是在巴尔赫省北部的纳赫尔埃夏希地区被抓获的，但是北约没有说明被捕者的名字。联军说，这名以巴基斯坦为基地的人计划发动攻击，他曾经是基地组织反叛力量高级人士的亲密同伙。据怀疑，他在2001年时跟本拉登在一起。北约表示，这个人是今年在巴尔赫省被抓获的基地组织和塔利班资深反叛人士中的一个。
同样在星期四，反叛分子在阿富汗南部的乌鲁兹甘省一个公路建设地点打死两名安全警卫和一名警察。该省发言人穆达席尔说，在随后发生的战斗中一些攻击者被打死。
NATO says Afghan and coalition troops have captured an al-Qaida facilitator who was a former associate of terrorist leader Osama bin Laden.In a statement Thursday, NATO said the man was captured in the Nahr-e Shahi area of northern Balkh province, but did not give his name.The coalition said the Pakistan-based man planned attacks and was a close associate of senior al-Qaida insurgents. He is also suspected of being with bin Laden in Afghanistan in 2001.NATO says he is one of several senior al-Qaida and Taliban insurgents captured in Balkh province this year.
Also Thursday, insurgents attacked a road construction site in the southern province of Uruzgan, killing two security guards and a police officer. Provincial spokesman Milad Ahmad Mudasir said a number of the attackers were also killed in subsequent fighting.