Pakistan

Security forces killed 27 Taliban fighters during operations in Swat, Buner, and Dir, and 10 more during airstrikes on a Taliban training camp in South Waziristan. The bodies of four Mehsud tribesmen loyal to Baitullah were found in Tank. Three small Taliban groups opposed to Baitullah reformed the Abdullah Mehsud Group.

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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