Pakistan

Security forces killed 11 Taliban fighters in Swat and detained a suicide bomber in Tank. The Taliban executed five people in Mardan. Pakistan will detain a US consular official for an additional 14 days; the US has demanded his release.

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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