Pakistan

The Taliban freed the Pakistani ambassador to Afghanistan after three months of captivity. The Army is withdrawing from strategic positions in South Waziristan. The Taliban and the military are exchanging prisoners. The Taliban beheaded a soldier in Bajaur.

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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