Pakistan

MMA leader Qazi Hussain Ahmed blamed the recent suicide attacks on government policies. Four Special Services Group soldiers were among the 12 killed in yesterday’s suicide attack in Swat. The military has advanced as far as Bahrain in central Swat. Three suicide bombers were captured in Dara Tang. Nine were killed in sectarian fighting in Kurram agency.

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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