Afghanistan

Canadian soldiers are helping to round up the more than 1,000 prisoners sprung from a prison in Kandahar; 398 Taliban operatives were among those freed. Four US Marines were killed in an IED attack 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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