Pakistan

The Taliban took control of Mingora in Swat, killed one soldier, and destroyed a police station and a school. The Taliban killed five security officials in a suicide attack in Khyber and one policeman in a shooting in Hangu. Five soldiers and 10 Taliban fighters were killed during clashes in Buner, and one soldier was killed in Shangla. The Taliban vowed to fight to the death.

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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