Pakistan

Prime Minister Gilani extended General Kayani’s term as Chief of Army Staff by three years. TV footage claims to show that Mullah Fazlullah is alive. A Taliban commander and a fighter were killed in a premature detonation 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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