Afghanistan

A suicide car bomber killed 5 and wounded 4 during an attack on a convoy outside Kabul. Two local Taliban commanders were confirmed killed during operations in Ghazni and Zabul provinces. Rumors persist that Taliban military commander Jalaluddin Haqqani died; the latest report said in the UAE.

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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