Afghanistan

A Taliban suicide bomber killed 27 Afghan soldiers and wounded 21 in an attack on a bus in Kabul. Police arrested six Taliban fighters in Ghazni province. The Afghan government negotiated for the release of four captured Red Cross workers; they have been freed from captivity.

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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