Afghanistan

NATO forces captured the Taliban commander of Panjwai district, Kandahar in Helmand province. An Afghan security guard and an interpreter stopped a suicide bomber outside of a US base in Kabul. US SecDef Gates considers sending more US troops to Afghanistan after meeting with President Karzai.

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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