Pakistan

The top Taliban spokesman denied carrying out attacks in crowded cities and claimed Blackwater was behind the recent suicide strikes in Kohat and Peshawar. The Taliban warned shop owners and leaders to stop the “growing vulgarity.” Only four Taliban fighters were detained among 500 suspects rounded up in Swat.

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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