Afghanistan

The Haqqani Network captured a US soldier who left his post in Paktika province. US Marines and Afghan troops took control of the Khanishin district in Helmand province during the first day of a large scale operation in southern 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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