Pakistan

The Army said it killed 50 Taliban fighters during the effort to retake the Kohat Tunnel. Pakistani intelligence claimed Afghan Taliban, Arabs, and Chechens led by Qari Ziaur Rehman are fighting in Bajaur. Police killed five civilians in Swat. Taliban fighters claimed to have shot down a US Predator in South Waziristan. Security forces in Islamabad are searching for two trucks rigged with explosives.

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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