Pakistan

Security forces killed a senior Taliban commander in North Waziristan and 10 fighters in Arakzai. Four Taliban fighters and a soldier were killed in a clash in Dir. Punjab has banned 23 terror groups. The US will send a delegation to Pakistan to convince the government to strike at al Qaeda.

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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