Pakistan

The government is considering deploying high tech equipment to help stem the Talibanisation of the NWFP. The government in Lakki Marwat is negotiating with the Taliban to curb criminal activity. Police shot a Taliban fighter while he attempted to kidnap a principal at a school in Peshawar.

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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