Pakistan

Nine tribal leaders were killed in a suicide attack in Bajaur. The military killed 24 Taliban fighters in Bajaur and 20 more in Swat. The Taliban beheaded two tribesmen in Arakzai. Hafiz Gul Bahadar threatened to end the peace agreement in North Waziristan if US strikes were not stopped. The Army is training its forces to fight in the northwest.

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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