Pakistan

Reports indicate the military will step up operations in the tribal areas. The Czech ambassador and two US Marines were killed in the Sept. 20 suicide bombing in Islamabad. Five policemen were wounded in an IED attack in Dir. Tribes in Dir said they would halt Taliban attacks.

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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