Pakistan

The Taliban will exchange the kidnapped ambassador to Afghanistan for Mansoor Dadullah. Two nuclear officials were kidnapped in Dera Ismail Khan. Soldiers killed a Taliban fighter as he was preparing to attack them in Tank. The military captured 15 Taliban in Swat.

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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