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News Wrap: Taliban kills influential Afghan police chief

Season 2018 Episode 389 | 5m 48s

In our news wrap Thursday, the Taliban conducted what Afghan and U.S. officials described as one of the most significant assassinations of the war. Kandahar's police chief Abdul Raziq was killed by bodyguards of the regional governor. Also, White House counsel Don McGahn has left his post after 21 months on the job.

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