Pakistan

The military claimed 72 Taliban fighters and eight soldiers were killed in Bajaur. More than 100 Taliban fighters overran a government building on the outskirts of Peshawar. Police in Peshawar are purchasing their own weapons to defend themselves. A suspected suicide bomber was arrested in Islamabad. The Pakistani Air Force patrolled over the Waziristans.

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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