Pakistan

Eight Taliban fighters and one soldier were killed in fighting in South Waziristan. Security forces detained a “key” Taliban operative behind the recent suicide attack in Lakki Marwat, a Taliban commander in Karachi, and 30 fighters in Kohat.

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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