Afghanistan

The Taliban killed six US and two Afghan soldiers in an attack in Zhari in Kandahar, and wounded eight troops in a separate suicide attack in Jalai in Kandahar. Security forces killed and captured scores of Taliban fighters and commanders in Zabul, Khost, Wardak, Nangarhar, Kunar, and Kunduz. Twelve Taliban fighters surrendered in Kunduz.

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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