Pakistan

An Army official was wounded after the Taliban resumed attacks in South Waziristan. The Taliban attacked a village in Kurram agency. Haji Namdar’s Taliban group in Khyber agency has established a virtue and vice squad to punish those who miss prayers and shave their beards. The residents of Mardan fear the Taliban will resume attacks if peace talks fail.

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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