Pakistan

A suicide bomber killed 10 Pakistanis, including a journalist and senior police officials, in a hospital in Quetta. A US strike in North Waziristan killed six Taliban fighters. The Taliban killed two tribal leaders in Swat. Security forces detained eight Taliban fighters 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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