Afghanistan

U.S. Forces capture HIG chief and al Qaeda ally Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. Afghan and Coalition forces retake Garmsir in Helmand province, killing 20 Taliban. NATO requested reserve force of 1,000 troops over 18 months ago.

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

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