Pakistan

President Zardari said the government would be in control of Mohmand and Bajaur agencies by the end December. Security forces clashed with the Taliban in Bajaur; the Taliban kidnapped a policeman in Arakzai and attacked a police station in Bannu. A leader in the Awami National Party urged the Jamaat-e-Islami to declare jihad against the US in Afghanistan.

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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