Pakistan

Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif returned to Pakistan and vowed to oppose President Musharraf. Over 2,000 of Nawaz’s PML-N supporters were arrested as they clashed with police. The Safi tribe in Mohamand signed a peace deal with the Taliban. The Taliban in North Waziristan threatened members of national and provincial assemblies against voting for Musharraf. The Taliban bombed a video center in Swat.

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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