Afghanistan

More than 25 Taliban and Hezb-i-Islam Gulbuddin fighters have been killed during ongoing clashes in Baghlan. The Taliban killed three civilians in bombings in in Kandahar and Khost, and a British soldier in Helmand. Afghan and Coalition forces captured a Taliban sub-commander and an undisclosed number of fighters 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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