Pakistan

Clashes between Baitullah Mehsud’s forces and the Abdullah Mehsud Group in Tank reportedly led to more than 70 Taliban fighters killed. Two children were killed in an IED blast in Bajaur. Security forces detained 46 suspected Taliban fighters in Swat.

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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