Pakistan

Benazir Bhutto ruled out discussions with Musharraf as she was placed under a seven-day house arrest. NWFP Governor Orakzai said the military did not exchange Taliban leaders for captured soldiers. Orakzai also said the situation in the tribal areas was conducive for holding elections. Upwards of 800 Taliban are active in Swat, said a government official. A solider was wounded in an IED attack in Miramshah, 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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