Afghanistan

Security forces killed 13 Taliban fighters. The Taliban killed a reporter and another man in Helmand. Sixteen Taliban fighters in Herat defected and joined the government.

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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