Afghanistan

Mullah Dadullah, the Taliban’s most senior military commander, was killed by NATO and Afgan forces in Helmand province. NATO and Afghan forces killed 55 Taliban in 2 operations in Paktika province near the Pakistani border. The U.S. is building “super-madrassa” in Afghanistan to prevent parents from sending their children to schools in Pakistan. Iran claimed to have expelled over 85,000 Afghan refugees over the past 3 weeks.

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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