Pakistan

Sixteen Pakistanis were killed and 10 were wounded in an IED attack on a vehicle carrying a wedding party in Matta, Swat. The Pakistan People’s Party will nominate the next prime minister; Makhdoom Amin Fahim will likely be the new PM. The new government may result in a reduction of covert US strikes against al Qaeda leaders inside Pakistan.

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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