Pakistan

Nawaz Sharif is set to return to Pakistan, according to reports. The military has blockaded food shipments into Taliban controlled areas of Swat; the Taliban threatened suicide attacks if the blockade is not lifted. The Peshawar Corps Commander said the writ of the government will be established in Swat at all cost.

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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