Afghanistan

The Taliban claimed to have shot down a Chinook in Wardak, killing 30 US soldiers, including 22 SEALs, an interpreter, and seven Afghan commandos. ISAF is investigating reports that an airstrike killed eight civilians in Helmand. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in the south.

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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