Pakistan

The government established Islamic courts in the Malakand Division. Sixteen Taliban fighters and two troops were killed after the Taliban assaulted a military post in Mohmand. A Taliban leader in Khyber surrendered to police. The Swat Taliban refused to surrender weapons.

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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