Pakistan

A suicide bomber killed 10 civilians and two policemen in an attack at a market in Mingora, the main town in Swat. Security forces detained 34 suspected Taliban fighters in Hangu and 25 more in Khyber. Pakistan’s Senate unanimously passed a resolution in support of Aafia Siddiqi, the al Qaeda operative who was convicted in the US of attempting to kill soldiers and FBI agents in Afghanistan.

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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