istan, given the Taliban's continual public refusal and denial of direct talks. Pakistan: The much-anticipated talks between the Pakistani Taliban (Tehreek-e-Taliban) and the Pakistani government announced by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on January 29th have stalled due to attacks by the Taliban against

2009, pushing the militants out. There are no fatwas in Swat against PEC. Originally, Mullah Fazlullah who led a fundamentalist jihadi group called Tehreek e Nafaz e Shariat Muhammadi and later allied himself with the TTP, did not oppose PEC. He even threw out a challenge that his religious sermons (on

2009, pushing the militants out. There are no fatwas in Swat against PEC. Originally, Mullah Fazlullah who led a fundamentalist jihadi group called Tehreek e Nafaz e Shariat Muhammadi and later allied himself with the TTP, did not oppose PEC. He even threw out a challenge that his religious sermons (on

2009, pushing the militants out. There are no fatwas in Swat against PEC. Originally, Mullah Fazlullah who led a fundamentalist jihadi group called Tehreek e Nafaz e Shariat Muhammadi and later allied himself with the TTP, did not oppose PEC. He even threw out a challenge that his religious sermons (on

2009, pushing the militants out. There arc no fatwas in Swat against PEC. Originally, Mullah Fazlullah who led a fundamentalist jihad' group called Tehreek e Nafaz e Shariat Muhammadi and later allied himself with the TTP, did not oppose PEC. He even threw out a challenge that his religious sermons (on