Pakistan

Five security officials were killed and 11 were wounded in a suicide attack in Bannu. The local Taliban in the Mamoond region in Bajaur Agency surrendered to jirga and said they would not provide shelter to foreigners or fight the government. The government summoned the US ambassador to protest strikes in the tribal areas.

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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