Pakistan

Baitullah Mehsud’s forces overran Jandola after killing seven pro-government tribesmen. The Taliban kidnapped 17 government paramilitaries after storming checkpoints in Khyber. The government of the Northwest Frontier Province will honor the peace agreement with the Swat Taliban; sharia law will be implemented and charges against 600 Taliban fighters will be dropped.

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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