Pakistan

A suicide bomber struck in Lahore, killing 26 and wounding over 70. Seven Taliban were captured in Swat; 18 Taliban fighters were captured Wednesday. The bodies of two police kidnapped by the Taliban in Bannu were discovered. Mullah Nazir’s tribe is raising a tribal Lashkar to fight Baitullah Mehsud’s tribe in South Waziristan.

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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