The Long War Journal (Site-Wide)

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• Islamic State fights the Taliban, Afghan government-backed locals in Tora Bora Mountains
• NATO ignores false Taliban claims of killing US soldiers
• NATO: Islamic State falsely claimed killing of 2 Americans in Afghanistan

Islamic State fights the Taliban, Afghan government-backed locals in Tora Bora Mountains Posted: 10 Jul 2017 04:25 AM PDT The Islamic State's Wilayah Khorasan (or Khorasan province) released a set of photos documenting its battles against the Taliban near the Tora Bora Mountains. The group's offensive in the area forced the Afghan government to provide more support to locals who had sided with the Taliban in order to counter Wilayah Khorasan's offensive in June.

NATO ignores false Taliban claims of killing US soldiers Posted: 10 Jul 2017 03:41 AM PDT The Taliban has issued 11 official statements on Voice of Jihad where it has wrongly claimed to have killed 45 American soldiers, and Resolute Support ignored them. Yet when the Islamic State falsely claimed it killed two Americans, Resolute Support quickly jumped into action to refute it.

NATO: Islamic State falsely claimed killing of 2 Americans in Afghanistan Posted: 10 Jul 2017 02:27 AM PDT The Islamic State claimed that a "SPG-9 round destroyed an American Cougar vehicle" in Nangarhar, Afghanistan, killing two "Crusaders" and three Afghan soldiers on board. However, NATO's Resolute Support says that this isn't true, and the two Americans were wounded.