Afghanistan

Mullah Omar spoke, and claimed the west will run from Afghanistan, and called the tribal jirgas a trap. “I am confident that the enemy will run away in degradation and embarrassment .” Ten Taliban were killed after attacking a police station, and another seven were killed in an airstrike in Khost.

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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