Pakistan

The military killed 15 Taliban fighters in the Kurram tribal agency. Tribesmen in North Waziristan claimed to have shot down a second US Predator. The Taliban rewarded a man who claimed to have shot down the first. Former ISI officer Colonel Imam said Mullah Omar is open to negotiations.

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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