Afghanistan

US AfPak envoy Richard Holbrooke said the Taliban are welcome to join the political process if they renounce al Qaeda. NATO may supply up to 5,000 troops. A US Air Force MQ-1 Predator has gone missing in southern Afghanistan.

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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