Afghanistan

Coalition airstrikes killed 76 Taliban fighters as they massed near the Pakistani border in the Patan and Chauni regions in Paktia province; Afghan forces captured an additional 12. Afghan and ISAF forces recaptured the Gulistan district in Farah 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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