Pakistan

Three US soldiers were among nine people killed in an IED attack in Dir; the Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. Pakistani intelligence officials said Hakeemullah Mehsud and Qari Hussain Mehsud likely survived a US Predator strike. Two security personnel were wounded an IED attack in Khyber.

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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