Afghanistan

Thousands of Afghans protested the brutal murder of 27 civilians by Taliban fighters in Kandahar. Afghan police captured a senior Taliban leader in Uruzgan. US forces killed three Taliban fighters and detained four more after a clash in Paktika.

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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