Pakistan

President Zardari said “non-state actors” cannot hold a state hostage. The Taliban killed two civilians and torched 21 NATO supply trucks in Peshawar. A suicide bomber killed 10 civilians in an attack outside of a police checkpoint in Swat. Soldiers killed 15 Taliban fighters in Bajaur.

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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