Pakistan

The Taliban in South Waziristan beheaded one of the 16 captured Pakistani soldiers. The government claimed the Wazir tribes backed paramilitary forces against Baitullah Mehsud’s Taliban in South Waziristan. The Taliban and the military clashed after the Taliban attacked two posts in Miramshah.

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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