Afghanistan

An Afghan official said more than 70 Taliban fighters were killed in an airstrike in the Baram Cha district in Helmand province on the border with Paksitan. ISAF said the strike targeted and killed three Taliban leaders. Al Qaeda fighters are bypassing Iraq to go to Afghanistan.

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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