Afghanistan

Police and Coalition forces killed three armed Haqqani Network fighters and detained five more Khost province. The US will deploy an additional combat aviation brigade next year. Czech lawmakers rejected an extension of the mission in Iraq and Afghanistan; 415 soldiers and more than 100 special forces will leave Afghanistan within the next two months.

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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