Kamran Shafi, a Pakistani journalist, provides the most scathing and revealing look at just how the recent negotiations and the legalization of sharia in northwestern Pakistan have emboldened the Taliban. After their blitzkrieg takeover of the district of Buner, which is just 60 miles from the capital of Islamabad, the Taliban held a road march through territory it has yet to take control of. And the Pakistani security forces never lifted a finger to stop the march:

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