was hit by RPG fire during an ambush. At least 20 Taliban were also killed. Another 21 militants died until early May and 27 were captured. It was the first time that the Afghan military made use of their own aerial assets, raising hopes about the survivability of the local security forces. A sweep through Dahana-i Gori immediately afterwards was supposed to prevent remaining insurgents from hiding in neighbouring provinces. At least nine Taliban were killed and 11 wounded. In late April Two Americans were wounded in action by small arms, while retaking a captured police station on Main Supply Route Uranus. The third phase of concerted operations in Baghlan-i Jadid began in late June. It was planned to build a set of combat outposts and increase coalition presence in areas until then held by armed militants. International troops were also able to distribute humanitarian aid to the population of these areas. Several hostile encounters occurred during the following weeks. However, allied forces were not able to maintain permanent security along the line of communications between Kunduz and Pol-e Khomri initially. Two Hungarian and a US soldier were killed in several incidents. The international forces undertook another advance into the disputed area, the so-called "Highway Triangle" to the north of Pol-e Khomri between September and October 2010. The battle for Highway Triangle lasted for several days and included a large mechanised force as well as close air support. The liberated area around Shahabuddin and Aka-Khel was supposed to be secured by local pro-government militias. Their outpost was retaken by the Taliban only a few weeks later, though. The German TF Kunduz had to assault the outpost and retake it in close combat. Coalition forces used their gains to maintain a presence in Shahbuddin until the end of combat operations in Afghanistan in 2014. On October 7, 2010, one German soldier was killed and 14 wounded in a series of attacks; it was also in this outpost on February 18, 2011, that a Taliban sleeper in an Afghan uniform turned against German troops, killing three and wounding six. Only a day afterwards the Taliban scored a major propagandistic victory by killing Mohammed Omar, governor of Kunduz province and the foreign forces main – albeit unreliable – ally in the north. Operation Halmazag (Lightning) From October 31 to November 4, 2010, German troops, with the support of American, Afghan and Belgian forces