Afghanistan

The Taliban took credit for a coordinated bombing and small-arms assault that killed six security guards and a Norwegian journalist at the five-star Serena Hotel in Kabul. Four Canadian soldiers were wounded in an IED attack in Kandahar 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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