Pakistan

The government is close to completing a peace deal with the Taliban in Mohmand agency. Baitullah Mehsud said the Taliban is gearing up for the media war and will soon have their own YouTube channel. In Hangu the Taliban distributed pamphlets that ordered locals to turn over criminals and practice business in line with sharia law.

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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