Pakistan

A tribal militia killed 21 Taliban fighters in Kurram; 10 more fighters were killed in airstrikes in Arakzai. Security forces detained a Taliban commander in Karachi. The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan distributed pamphlets in North Waziristan that declared it would liberate Pakistan from US control. The Taliban bombed two schools in Bajaur.

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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