Afghanistan

Security forces killed and captured several Taliban commanders and fighters in Helmand, Paktika, and Laghman. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in the south. The US said the amount of civilian aid provided to Afghanistan will begin to decrease.

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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