Afghanistan

A suicide bomber attempted to assassinate the interior minister in Parwan. The Taliban killed 11 civilians in Wardak, four civilians in Herat, and an ISAF solider in the south. President Karzai said Afghanistan would back Pakistan if attacked, even by the US.

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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