Afghanistan

Over 70 Taliban were killed and 20 captured during fighting in Ghazni and Helmand provinces. South Korea insists it did not pay a ransom to the Taliban to release its kidnapped citizens.

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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