Pakistan

President Musharraf said the West should recognize the Taliban and attempt to change them from within. Two Taliban were killed and one captured during a suicide attack on a military checkpoint in Mohmand. Eight suicide bombers were arrested in Sargodha and Mianwali. The interior minister said all politicians are under threat of assassination and the government would provide protection.

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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