Afghanistan

President Karzai demanded an end to NATO airstrikes in Pakistani villages. A Japanese aid worker was kidnapped in Nangarhar province. One ISAF soldier was killed in an IED attack. Opium production has decreased by 19 percent since last year.

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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