Pakistan

The MQM party held a large rallyin Islamabad opposing the “threat of ‘Kalashnikov Sharia™ of Islamabad™s Lal Masjid clerics.” The Lal Masjid clerics vowed to stop the sale of alcohol in the capitol. The Ahmadzai Wazir tribe promised not to shelter Uzbeks in South Waziristan. The Taliban claims “foreigners” are leaving 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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