Pakistan

Security forces killed four Taliban fighters in Swat and detained 23 Lashkar-i-Islam fighters in Khyber. Five Taliban were killed in a premature detonation of an IED in Kurram. The Taliban bombed three schools in Bajaur, Mohmand, and Landi Kotal. Police arrested a Taliban leader in Islamabad.

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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