Pakistan

Security forces killed two Taliban fighters in South Waziristan and four more in Swat, and detained 19 more in Swat, South Waziristan, and Hangu. The Taliban bombed a police checkpoint in Peshawar. A top politician said sharia law would be implemented in Swat “at all costs.”

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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