Pakistan

The Taliban are holding two well known Pakistani journalists: Syed Saleem Shahzad and Qamar Yousafzai. The government is monitoring Afghan ‘prayer leaders’ in the NWFP. This is part of Pakistan’s attempt to shift the blame for the Taliban on 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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