Afghanistan

Four Taliban fighters and a policeman were killed in fighting in Helmand. The Taliban killed a British and a Polish soldier. An Afghan battalion planned and launched its first independent operation in Kandahar.

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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