Pakistan

The US killed eight in an attack on a Taliban compound in South Waziristan. A suicide bomber killed 11 security personnel in Mohmand. Seven tribesmen and three Taliban were killed during a clash in Swat; the Taliban captured more than 60 tribesmen and beheaded one.

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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