Afghanistan

A Taliban suicide bomber killed 18 outside the main Kabul base where VP Cheney was visiting. A suicide bomber killed 2 civilians during an attack on a provincial official in Kandahar. The Taliban are executing informants after 3 senior commanders were killed in the last 3 months.

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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