Pakistan

President Musharraf is expected to resign in the next several days. The military said 12 Taliban fighters were killed in Bajaur as the Taliban are using civilians as human shields. Twelve Pakistanis were killed in sectarian fighting in Kurram. Local tribes killed six Taliban fighters in Buner. A woman was killed in a missile strike 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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