Afghanistan

Six civilians were killed in a helicopter crash in Helmand province; the Taliban claimed it shot down the helo. The Taliban killed three Afghans in an IED attack in Uruzgan, and an Italian soldier was killed in Farah province. Britain will send an additional 140 soldiers 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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