Pakistan

A provincial minister survived an assassination attempt in Hangu. The military killed six Taliban fighter in Bajaur. Eight civilians were killed in sectarian violence in Kohat and Hangu. A suicide bomber surrendered in Peshawar.

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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