Afghanistan

Three German soldiers and a Taliban fighter were killed during heavy fighting in Kunduz. A Japanese journalist was kidnapped in Kunduz. Coalition and Afghan forces detained two Taliban 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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