Afghanistan

The Taliban released two of the 21 South Korean hostages. Afghan police killed nine Taliban fighters in Kandahar province, while five police were killed in an IED attack.

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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