Pakistan

Security forces killed 10 Taliban fighters in Swat and five more in Mohmand; one Taliban commander was captured. The Swat Taliban released 62 members of a lashkar who were captured during a clash; the tribe vowed not to oppose the Taliban. Sufi Mohammed asked religious political parties to boycott democracy.

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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