Pakistan

The Pakistani military retook the fort at Saklatoi and battled the Taliban in Chagmalai in South Waziristan; the military claimed 10 Taliban were killed and 40 captured. Soldiers captured 12 Taliban in Swat; a Saudi was reported to be among them. Police arrested five for plotting suicide attacks against Shia in Peshawar. Pakistan will transfer two al Qaeda operatives to US custody.

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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