My Way News - Taliban extend hold, advance near Pakistan capital
AP reports: "Taliban militants have extended their grip in northwestern Pakistan, pushing out from a valley where the government has agreed to impose Islamic law and patrolling villages as close as 60 miles from the capital."

Comment: Is Pakistan about to fall to the Taliban? Probably not, the Taliban do not have enough troops to control the entire country. Then again, neither does the Pakistani military. Seizing the capital though would be an important strategic victory, one that still seems very unlikely at this point, but alarmingly within the realm of possibility.