Afghanistan

The Taliban killed two children in a mortar attack in Paktika and killed one ISAF soldier in southern Afghanistan. Afghan and Coalition forces detained 15 Taliban fighters and seized 500,000 pounds of explosive materials in Kandahar. Japan will donate $5 billion in aid over the next five years.

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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