Pakistan

The Taliban killed 18 civilians in an ambush on a convoy in Kurram. Security forces killed 18 Taliban fighters in Arakzai. Six people were wounded in two bombings in Lahore and five policemen were wounded in an IED attack in Charsadda.

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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