Afghanistan

Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, an ally of al Qaeda and the Taliban and leader of Hizb-i-Islami Gulbuddin, has declared a cease-fire. Hekmatyar later denied calling for a cease-fire. The Taliban kidnapped two Germans working for the UN.

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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