Pakistan

A tribal jirga made direct contact with Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud in North Waziristan. The Taliban torched a girls’ primary school in Swat. The UN is reviewing Benazir Bhutto’s murder case. The US declined to send $81 million in military aid requested by Pakistan.

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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