Pakistan

The military claimed it killed 69 Taliban fighters during operations in Swat and Buner. Seventeen civilians were wounded in a grenade attack at a mosque in Dera Ismail Khan. Three suspected suicide bombers were detained in Lahore. The US will provide Pakistan with five attack helicopters for counter insurgency uses.

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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