Pakistan

General Ashfaq Pervez Kiyani has been named Vice Chief of Army Staff and is set to assume the job of Chief of Staff if Musharraf resigns after the October 6 election. At least 24 Frontier Constabulary soldiers are missing after a Taliban attack on a check post in Bannu.

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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