The Long War Journal (Site-Wide)

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• Taliban suicide assault teams kill Paktia police chief
• Taliban overruns 2 districts in southern Afghanistan
• US kills ‘dozens’ of Islamic State members in Yemen
• Iran’s Revolutionary Guard threatens the US over terrorism designation
• CJTF-OIR: Kirkuk a ‘misunderstanding’ attributed to ‘limited visibility conditions’
• US drones target Taliban commander in Pakistan’s tribal areas

Taliban suicide assault teams kill Paktia police chief Posted: 17 Oct 2017 08:00 AM PDT Taliban suicide teams hit the police headquarters and a training center in the provincial capital of Gardez City. Twenty-two policemen and 20 civilians were killed and scores more were wounded.

Taliban overruns 2 districts in southern Afghanistan Posted: 17 Oct 2017 07:47 AM PDT Taliban forces have overrun two district centers in Kandahar and Farah provinces over the past two days. The jihadist group continues to gain ground in Afghanistan despite a change in US strategy that has reduced restrictions on local commanders to launch airstrikes against the group.

US kills ‘dozens’ of Islamic State members in Yemen Posted: 16 Oct 2017 04:31 PM PDT The Pentagon announced today that "dozens" of Islamic State jihadists were killed during a strike on two training camps in Yemen. The Islamic State regularly advertises its presence in Yemen, including a camp named after the group's deceased spokesman.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard threatens the US over terrorism designation Posted: 16 Oct 2017 04:19 PM PDT Before President Donald Trump levied a terrorism designation against Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the IRGC and the Islamic Republic threatened the US over the move. One senior Iranian official initially called it a "declaration of war" and then he tampered it down.

CJTF-OIR: Kirkuk a ‘misunderstanding’ attributed to ‘limited visibility conditions’ Posted: 16 Oct 2017 07:40 PM PDT CJTF-OIR made the statement despite the fact that it was abundantly obvious that the Iraqi government sought to seize Kirkuk from the Kurdish Peshmerga, and had signaled its intentions days before.

US drones target Taliban commander in Pakistan’s tribal areas Posted: 16 Oct 2017 03:29 PM PDT The strike took place just days after Pakistan freed two westerners and their children from Taliban custody in the same tribal agency.