Pakistan

A car bomb outside the Danish embassy in Islamabad killed eight and wounded more than 30 Pakistanis. Norway and Sweden have closed their embassies. The Taliban reported a missile strike on a home in North Waziristan; no one was killed. Haji Khanan, a close lieutenant of Mullah Nazir, was killed in Dera Ismail Khan. A paramilitary soldier was wounded in an attack on a checkpoint in Swat. Taliban activities have increased in Nowshera.

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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