Pakistan

The military confirmed that Afghan Taliban deputy leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar was arrested and is in ISI custody in Karachi. Security forces killed six Taliban fighters in Kurram. A tribal policeman was killed in a bombing in Mohmand. A court rejected bail for five Americans captured while trying to join al Qaeda.

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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