Pakistan

Thirty-five Taliban were killed during airstrikes in Bajaur; a policeman was beheaded in Swat. Eight tribal elders were killed in Arakzai. The US has started training Frontier Corps troops. Pakistan will begin arming the tribes with Chinese-made weapons.

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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