The Long War Journal (Site-Wide)

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• Taliban overruns district center in northeastern Afghanistan
• Hezbollah chief’s censored speech reaffirms group as Tehran’s arm in Lebanon
• Taliban contests 2 new Afghan districts

Taliban overruns district center in northeastern Afghanistan Posted: 04 May 2018 06:32 AM PDT The Taliban overran the district of Kohistan in the remote northeastern province of Badakhshan last evening after laying siege to it for several days.

Hezbollah chief’s censored speech reaffirms group as Tehran’s arm in Lebanon Posted: 03 May 2018 06:58 PM PDT In March, a state-affiliated Iranian media outlets published a speech by Lebanese Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah that it shouldn’t have. The speech, which was quickly retracted, was meant for internal distribution, thus making it a valuable document.

Taliban contests 2 new Afghan districts Posted: 03 May 2018 06:31 PM PDT Two districts, one in Paktika and another in Badakhshan, that were previously assessed by Resolute Support as influenced by the government of Afghanistan are now at risk.