Pakistan

Police captured al Qaeda’s commander in Karachi and killed three operatives. Nine civilians were killed in a train bombing in Bahawalpur. Five Taliban were killed in Darra Adam Khel. The Taliban publicly executed a “criminal” in Swat. The military said stability would be restored in Bajaur in two months.

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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