Afghanistan

The Taliban beheaded 17 civilians and killed 10 Afghan soldiers in Helmand. An Afghan soldier killed two ISAF troops in Laghman. Afghan senators claimed the Hizb-i-Islami is behind the anti-Taliban uprisings.

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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