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A Swiss newspaper is reporting Mullah Obaidullah Akhund has been freed, but this has not been confirmed. Baitullah Mehsud prevented fighting between “local Taliban members and foreign militants”led by an Iraqi named Abu Okash. The dispute was over tinted windows. A tribal ulema in Darra Adamkhel ruled suicide bombings are forbidden and beards are not required.

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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