Adam Rawnsley is a Philadelphia-based reporter covering technology and national security. He co-authors FP’s Situation Report newsletter and has written for The Daily Beast, Wired, and War Is Boring.
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BALKH, May 24, 2016 -- Afghan army soldiers take part in a military training in Mazar-e-Sharif, Balkh province, Afghanistan, May 24, 2016. About 1,700 army soldiers and officers have been receiving the 15-week military training in northern Balkh province, Afghanistan. (Xinhua/Yaqoub Azorda via Getty Images)
Iraqi army general in charge of the Fallujah operation Abdel Wahab al-Saadi (C) walks among troops in an area on the southern outskirts of Fallujah on June 1, 2016 during fighting against jihadists of the Islamic State (IS) group.
Iraqi forces launched an offensive a week ago to recapture Fallujah, which became an IS group stronghold after its fighters seized the city in January 2014. / AFP / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)
ZHOUSHAN, CHINA - APRIL 03: (CHINA OUT) Soldiers of Chinese navy stand in line on the ship before they go to the Somalia Waters on April 3, 2015 in Zhoushan, China. The 20th Chinese Navy convoy fleet, made up of three ships, is scheduled to set sail for the Gulf of Aden near Somalia to rendezvous with the current anti-piracy fleet today. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)
WOODY ISLAND, SOUTH CHINA SEA - APRIL 26, 2016: DigitalGlobe imagery from 26 April 2016 of Woody Island (Yongxing Island) in the South China Sea. The Island has been under the control of the People's Republic of China since 1956. (Photo DigitalGlobe via Getty Images)
Special Operations Forces operators representing Croatia (first and third from left), the U.S. (second from left) and Poland (first and second from right), wear a variety of gear on Sept. 20 at Drawksow Pomorskie, Poland during a press conference as part of the official start of the Jackal Stone 10 exercise. Jackal Stone 10, hosted by Poland and Lithuania this year, is an annual international special operations forces (SOF) exercise held in Europe. Its objective is to enhance capabilities and interoperability amongst the participating special operations forces and as well as build mutual respect while sharing doctrinal concepts. The exercise, which is coordinated with U.S. Special Operations Command Europe, includes countries from Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Croatia, Romania, and Ukraine participating in the exercise. (U.S. Army photo by Master Sgt. Donald Sparks)
KABUL, May 23, 2016: An Afghan man reads the news of Taliban leader's death on a local newspaper in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, May 23, 2016. U.S. President Barack Obama confirmed on Monday that Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansoor was killed in a U.S. airstrike. (Xinhua/Rahmat Alizadah via Getty Images)
CEVIZCAN, AFGHANISTAN - MAY 23: A group of Taliban members are seen as they surrender to the authorities in Cevizcan, Afghanistan on May 23, 2016. 16 Taliban members laid their arms down and surrendered. (Photo by Farida Amini/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
This photograph taken on May 21, 2016 shows Pakistani local residents gathering around a destroyed vehicle hit by a drone strike in which Afghan Taliban Chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour was believed to be travelling in the remote town of Ahmad Wal in Balochistan, around 160 kilometres west of Quetta.
Afghan authorities scrambled May 22 to confirm the fate of Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour after US officials said he was likely killed in drone strikes -- a potential blow to the resurgent militant movement.
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Members of a brigade loyal to the Fajr Libya (Libya Dawn), an alliance of Islamist-backed fighters, stand on a pick up trucks mounted with machine guns during a military parade following battles against the Islamic State (IS) group, in the city of Sabratha, west of the capital Tripoli, on February 28, 2016.
On February 19, a US air strike near Sabratha targeted a suspected IS training camp, killing 50 people. / AFP / MAHMUD TURKIA (Photo credit should read MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP/Getty Images)
This picture taken on Septernber 12, 2015 shows the J-11B fighter aircraft from the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force performing at the Dafangshen airport in Changchun, China's Jilin province during the bi-annual Changchun airshow. CHINA OUT AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)
(FILES) A picture taken on October 5, 2005 shows Russian soldiers sitting on the launcher of a Tochka-M (Point-M), short range missile, which has a range of about 44 miles (70 kilometres) prior its launch at the military training ground outside Russian enclave of Kaliningrad. Russia will place short-range missile systems on the EU's eastern border to counter planned US missile defence installations in Eastern Europe, President Dmitry Medvedev said on November 5, 2008. Kaliningrad is a Russian exclave with a large military base that is wedged between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic Sea coastline. AFP PHOTO FILES (Photo credit should read STRINGER/AFP/Getty Images)
U.S. Army Soldiers from Alpha Company, 4th Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group, Fort Carson, Colo., observe a CV-22 Osprey during Emerald Warrior 2011, Cannon AFB, N.M., March 1. Emerald Warrior is a U.S. Special Operations Command sponsored, multiservice exercise designed to leverage lessons learned from Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom to provide trained and ready forces to combatant commanders. (US Air Force photo by Tech Sgt DeNoris Mickle)(Released)
NINEVEH, IRAQ - MARCH 25: Iraqi soldiers attack Daesh positions as they begin first phase of Operation Conquest to retake Iraq's Mosul from the terrorist organization Daesh, at Carulla village of Al Makhmour town in Nineveh, Iraq on March 25, 2016. (Photo by Yunus Keles/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
