Pakistan

Security forces killed 22 Lashkar-e-Islam fighters in Khyber and killed five Taliban fighters in Swat. Two policemen were wounded in a suicide attack in Hangu. More than 350 tribal police in Khyber were fired for failing to show up for duty after threats from extremists.

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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