Pakistan

The military hit South Waziristan with air and artillery strikes; two tribal leaders are thought to have been killed. The Taliban claimed credit for the suicide attack in Shangla and vowed to conduct further attacks. Investigators said three Uzbeks may have been among the assault team that attacked Army GHQ.

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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