Pakistan

Security forces killed 17 Taliban fighters in Swat and two more in South Waziristan; the bodies 15 Taliban fighters were found in Swat. One soldier and two Taliban fighters were killed in a clash in North Waziristan. The Taliban killed a soldier in Bajaur and launched three rockets at Peshawar.

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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