Afghanistan

NATO and Afghan forces killed 16 Taliban and wounded 10 in fighting in Paktika. An Arab al Qaeda member was among them. Six more Taliban were killed in Helmand’s Sangin district. German reconnaissance planes are in operation in Afghanistan.

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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