Pakistan

The Taliban are releasing 15 paramilitary soldiers kidnapped in South Waziristan the same day that al Qaeda operative Mohammed Naeem Noor Khan was freed from jail. Six soldiers were killed and 18 wounded in a suicide bombing in Hangu. Two paramilitary soldiers were wounded in a rocket attack in Bajaur.

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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