Pakistan

Security forces killed four Taliban fighters in Bajaur and detained 20 in Karachi and 12 more in Swat. The Taliban killed a tribal leader in Bajaur and wounded six soldiers in North Waziristan. The UN said an operation in Waziristan would displace more than 170,000 civilians.

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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