Pakistan

The military said 17 Taliban fighters have been killed in the initial assault on Mingora in Swat, and 33 foreign fighters were detained in Darra Adam Khel. The Taliban sent threatening letters to the president, prime minister, and other political figures, and bombed a school in Mohmand. Police in Rawalpindi are on alert for attacks on installations.

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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