Afghanistan

US and Afghan forces killed a Taliban fighter in Ghazni and detained a deputy to the Taliban shadow governor of Kandahar. NATO aircraft struck a Taliban compound in Kunar. The governor of Kandahar escaped an assassination attempt. NATO has located the crash site of a civilian helicopter.

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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