Pakistan

Security forces killed 19 Taliban fighters in Arakzai, four in Tank, and a commander in Swat. Thirty people have been killed in Karachi. A pro-Taliban politician was killed in Tank. Sweden shut down its embassy as the Pakistani government blocked YouTube. A court ordered the release of four known Taliban fighters.

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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