Pakistan

The government reportedly reestablished contact with Baitullah Mehsud. The Taliban released 13 tribal leaders kidnapped in Bajaur. Five small explosions at two theaters in Lahore wounded six people. Two government officials were gunned down in North Waziristan.

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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