Pakistan

Security forces killed three Taliban fighters and detained 18 more in Swat. The bodies of 14 suspected Taliban fighters were found in Swat. Security forces detained 39 tribesmen in Bajaur under the Frontier Crimes Regulation, which President Zardari said would no longer be used.

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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