Resolute Support Obscures Status of 7 Ghazni Districts As 3 More Fall to Taliban
By Bill Roggio & Alexandra Gutowski, FDD's Long War Journal: “As the fight between the Afghan government and the Taliban for control of Ghazni City continues, three additional districts have been overrun by the Taliban.”
(Task & Purpose) Afghan troops and police have suffered significant casualties and the Taliban still occupy Ghazni city. Reconciliation has fallen by the wayside.
(Long War Journal) A recently released UN report contains intriguing details concerning the dispute between Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and al Qaeda’s senior leaders, including the role played by two veteran operatives living in Iran.
In an interview with a Saudi-owned media outlet published on Monday, ex-Mossad chief Tamir Pardo expressed doubt that Russia had the ability to remove Iran from Syria — a longstanding Israeli goal. - Algemeiner