Pakistan

Intelligence agencies blamed today’s dual suicide attacks in Rawalpindi on “security lapses.” The Taliban freed 14 troops captured in Mohmand and Bajaur agencies. Two civilians and a cadet were kidnapped in North Waziristan. An MMA senator demanded troops withdraw from the Mehsud tribal agencies in South Waziristan, while another soldier was killed in the agency.

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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