Pakistan

The Taliban overran a military fort in Sararogha in South Waziristan; the Taliban claimed to have killed 16 paramilitary troops and captured 24. The Mehsuds have cut off electricity to the Waziri controlled tribal region in Wana, South Waziristan. Police arrested three teenaged suicide bombers in Hyderabad. The military said it has achieved its objective in Swat. The US will play a larger role in training the Pakistani military.

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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