Afghanistan

A suicide bomber killed his family as his mother attempted to stop him from carrying out his attack. A Danish soldier was killed in a Taliban attack in Helmand province. US forces captured five Taliban in Paktika 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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