Pakistan

Forty-five civilians, 16 Taliban fighters, and four security personnel were killed during fighting in Swat. A senior UNHCR official was kidnapped and his driver was killed in Quetta. Movie theaters are closing in Peshawar due to the rising of the Taliban.

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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