Pakistan

The military shot at two US helicopters attempting the cross the border in South Waziristan; the US military denied the incident happened. The Swat Taliban freed 25 captive officials as truce talks broke down. The military said 24 Taliban were killed in Bajaur. A Taliban commander was captured in Mohmand.

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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