Afghanistan

The US killed 49 Taliban fighters during an operation in the Pech River Valley in Kunar, and killed 13 more today in an airstrike in the Sar Kani district of Kunar. US troops also killed 18 Taliban fighters in Helmand.

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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