Afghanistan

US Defense Secretary said Iran is “playing a bit of double game in Afghanistan” by arming the Taliban. NATO ministers back the US plan to shake up the command structure in Afghanistan and give more control to the US. A British soldier was killed in an IED attack in Kandahar province. Afghan and Coalition forces detained four Haqqani Network fighters in Khost 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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