Afghanistan

The Taliban claimed to have executed the second South Korean hostage after the latest deadline past. Twenty-one more hostages are in custody. The government sacked the provincial police chiefs of Daykundi and Wardak provinces.

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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