Afghanistan

Two Taliban and one policeman were killed after the Taliban attacked a police checkpoint in Zabul. A Canadian soldier was killed in the Panjwai district of Kandahar after setting off a land mine. Afghan and Coalition forces disable several roadside bombs in Paktika province, which sits across the border from Waziristan.

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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