Afghanistan

The Taliban claimed to have kidnapped an Indian engineer working in Baghlan province. The Taliban and South Korean are seeking a venue to conduct negotiations for the release of the 21 Korean hostages. Afghan authorities are investigating claims that 200 civilians were killed in an airstrike that targeted two Taliban commanders in the Baghran district in Helmand province.

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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