Twenty-three Taliban and allied fighters died during a cold snap in Baghlan province. Coalition and Afghan forces killed a Taliban commander and detained three more commanders and an undisclosed number of fighters during raids in Khost, Helmand, Kandahar, and Zabul. The UN believes opium production will drop this year.
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