Pakistan

A 15-year-old suicide bomber killed 17 in an attack on a bus in Dera Ismail Khan. The Taliban clashed with security forces after one of Baitullah Mehsud’s aides was killed. The Taliban damaged a Buddhist statue in Swat.

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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