Pakistan

The Taliban overran police stations in Matta and Maydan in Swat. One soldier was killed and two wounded in two IED attacks in North Waziristan. Three soldiers and a security guard were captured after the Taliban attacked a checkpoint in Kurram agency. Security forces are looking for 61 terrorists freed earlier this year. MMA president Ameer Qazi Hussain was placed under house arrest.

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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