Pakistan

Security forces killed seven Taliban in Mohmand. Two civilians were wounded in a rocket attack in Peshawar. An oil tanker destined for Afghanistan was destroyed in Landi Kotal. US aircraft have been reported to be hovering in Baluchistan province. The Jamaat-e-Islami warned it would block NATO supplies moving through Peshawar starting Dec. 18.

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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