Pakistan

More than 40 Pakistanis were killed in a suicide attack at a mosque in Dir. Five soldiers were killed in IED attacks in South Waziristan. Security forces killed 10 Taliban fighters in Swat, detained 12 more in Mohmand, and arrested the mastermind of the latest attack in Lahore. The government denied that Sufi Mohammed was arrested.

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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