Pakistan

A US airstrike in South Waziristan killed eight Taliban and al Qaeda fighters. The US State Department put $5 million bounties out for Baitullah Mehsud and Siraj Haqqani. The Taliban have taken control of emerald mines in Swat. Police say they arrested the cell leader of this week’s suicide bombing in Islamabad.

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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