Pakistan

Fourteen Taliban fighters and two soldiers were killed during fighting in South Waziristan. The military claims to be closing in on Saraogha, where Waliur Rehman Mehsud is said to be directing the Taliban’s operations. The Taliban bombed a high school and a medical clinic in Hangu.

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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