Pakistan

The military said Mingora has been secured; 25 Taliban fighters, including two commanders, and one soldier were killed in Swat and ten more were killed in Dir. The Taliban denied claims that eight of its fighters were killed in Kohat. Two Taliban fighters and a soldier were killed in a clash in North Waziristan.

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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