Pakistan

A senior provincial politician said the government has lost control of Swat. Thirteen Taliban, five civilians, and one soldier were killed in Swat. Three people were killed and a shipping terminal was set ablaze after the Taliban attacked a NATO convoy 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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