Afghanistan

President Obama met with Afghan leaders in a surprise visit to Kabul. The Taliban killed 11 civilians, including five civilians, in bombings in Herat and Helmand. Security forces killed two Taliban fighters in Farah and an undisclosed number in Kapisa, and detained seven more in Helmand and Kandahar.

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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