Pakistan

Pakistan denied a claim in the Indian media that it has withdrawn troops from the eastern border. Police believe suicide bombers have infiltrated the garrison city of Rawalpindi to attack Benazir Bhutto. The Taliban killed three soldiers captured several days ago in Landi Kotal. Nawaz Sharif asked the West to pull its support of Musharraf. The government filed treason cases against lawyers in Karachi.

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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