Picture of the Day

It's gotten very little coverage, but the Taleban are operating openly and in control of territory about 150 miles from Islamabad.

There's no real risk of the militants overthrowing the government, but their area of control is growing.

ABC had a decent piece tonight. 200,000 refugees fleeing. Girls' schools and businesses destroyed. Standing checkpoints. Pakistani troops publicly beheaded.....

(Masked Pakistani pro-Taliban militants who are supporters of Maulana Fazlullah stand at a check post in Charbagh, a Taliban strong hold, near Mingora, the main town of Pakistan's Swat valley November 2, 2007. (REUTERS/Sherin Zada Kanju))