Afghanistan

More than 450 Taliban members, including more than 100 leaders, escaped from a prison in Kandahar City; two escapees have been killed and 24 more captured. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban, HIG, and Haqqani Network fighters in Uruzgan, Kandahar, Logar, Kunduz, Ghazni, Khost, Wardak, Nangarhar, Baghlan, and Badghis.

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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