Afghanistan

The Taliban said it mistakenly kidnapped four Red Cross workers, and would release them shortly. Two Danish soldiers were killed during an attack on their base in Helmand province. A battalion of The Royal Gurkha Rifles has deployed to Helmand.

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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