Pakistan

The Taliban killed a US aid worker and his driver in a secure neighborhood in Peshawar, and killed seven Pakistanis, including three security personnel, in a suicide attack in Charsadda. Eight Taliban fighters and one soldier were killed in fighting in Swat. The Taliban bombed a security checkpoint in Khyber. Taliban spokesman Mullah Omar warned of more attacks on security forces if military operations are not halted.

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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