Pakistan

The co-leader of the ruling political party said the US should avoid talk of hot pursuit into the tribal areas. The Taliban beheaded a “US spy” in North Waziristan. A suicide bomber wounded three Pakistanis after detonating at a Shia gathering in Dera Ismail Khan. The Taliban said a jirga would decide the fate of 29 captured soldiers.

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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