Pakistan

Four civilians were killed in an IED attack in Swat, while three Taliban were killed in a military counterattack in South Waziristan after the Taliban attack a checkpoint. Police confiscated 4,000 kilos of explosives in Mardan. The TNSM fired rockets at a post in Bajaur. The NWFP government wants to negotiate with the Taliban in Darra Adamkhel.

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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