Pakistan

Ten Taliban fighters and a soldier were killed during clashes in Arakzai. Pakistan closed the Chaman border crossing after a soldier was killed in a bomb blast. A US senator said the military may use manned bombers to attack the Haqqani Network in Pakistan.

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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