Pakistan

Over 200 Taliban crossed the Pakistani frontier and attacked an Afghan outpost in Khost. Pakistan denied Mullah Omar is operating in Quetta, and said he is in Kandahar. The secretary general of the MMA claims he holds the keys to peace in Afghanistan, and again admits to supporting the Taliban. Three suspects in the Dargai suicide bombing attack are being held, and have links to al Qaeda.

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

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