Afghanistan

The Taliban killed eight civilians in IED attacks in Helmand and Khost. Afghan and Coalition forces detained an undisclosed number of Taliban fighters in Ghazni, Logar, Khost, and Helmand. The UN said 10 Taliban leaders may be removed from the sanctions list.

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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