Pakistan

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said calls for peace talks are “worthless” and ridiculed the Afghan-Pakistani jirga. Four Taliban were killed in fighting in Bajaur; the Mamoond tribes banned the Taliban from entering their areas.

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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