Afghanistan

The Taliban killed two soldiers in a bombing in Herat and executed a counterterrorism official in Kunar. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Khost, Paktia, Logar, and 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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