Afghanistan

Nine Taliban fighters and three Afghan soldiers have been killed during fighting throughout the country. Provincial officials in Herat said five districts are on the verge of falling to the Taliban. ISAF captured an IMU weapons trafficker in Kunduz. The government said it would not negotiate with the Haqqani Network.

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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