Pakistan

Security forces retook the toll booth at the Kohat tunnel after the Taliban captured it the day prior. Sixteen Taliban were captured in Swat. The Foreign Office rejected claims that Taliban and al Qaeda leaders are operating inside Pakistan.

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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