Pakistan

The Taliban desecrated the grave of a religious leader and destroyed six Shia shrines in Arakzai, and bombed a school in Bajaur. Security forces killed five Taliban fighters in South Waziristan and Swat. The Army claimed 80 percent of Mohmand has been cleared.

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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