Afghanistan

[UPDATE2] Afghan security forces, backed by the U.S. Army, retook the Giro district in Ghazni province after the Taliban overran the district earlier today. Afghan and US forces encountered no resistance, and are searching nearby villages for Taliban remnants.

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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