Afghanistan

ISAF killed an an al Qaeda leader and three operatives in an airstrike in Kunar; the leader and two fighters were Pakistanis, another was a Saudi. Two former Taliban leaders and three Pakistanis were detained in Nuristan. The Afghan military took control of security in five districts in Baghlan.

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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