Pakistan

A US airstrike in South Waziristan killed Baitullah Mehsud’s second wife and two Taliban fighters. Security forces killed eight Taliban fighters and detained 14 more in Swat, and detained 17 fighters in Hangu. A tribal lashkar in Upper Dir claimed to have killed 11 Taliban fighters.

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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