Pakistan

The Taliban said they should control the border with Afghanistan to prevent US attacks. The UN will monitor the Swat peace agreement. The Taliban said peace depends on the enforcement of sharia law. A journalist was gunned down after conducting an interview with Taliban spokesman Maulvi Omar in Bajaur. The government may shut down the Madrassa Reforms Project.

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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