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Bajaur and South Waziristan are next to be given a truce (see “Future Surrender and the Expansion of Talibanistan“). The Taliban have claimed responsibility for killing a “spy.” The “Taliban captured this spy and gave him punishment according to Shariah (Islamic law)… He had reported that 10 Taliban centres were here,” according to a leaflet that was distributed 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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