Afghanistan

The Taliban announced that it would establish a “political office” in Qatar. The Taliban killed five policemen and six civilians, including four children, in a suicide attack and bombings in Kandahar. The US will move $30 billion in equipment out of the country starting in 2012.

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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