Afghanistan

A Taliban suicide bomber assassinated the mayor of Kandahar City. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban, HIG, and Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan leaders and fighters in Kandahar, Helmand, Zabul, Ghazni, Wardak, Kunduz, and Jawzjan.

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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