The Buner District Falls to Militants

Earlier this month in Pakistan, militants from the Taliban-controlled Swat Valley invaded the neighboring Buner District. This event is only the latest in what has become a worrying trend in the North-West Frontier Province. How did the district fall? What are the implications? What will happen next? Frederick Barton, Karin von Hippel, and Adam Lockyer addressed these questions as part of the CSIS Critical Questions series. Recent Critical Questions from the PCR Project covered the NATO Summit and Pakistan's March showdown between Nawaz Sharif, along with the lawyers movement, and President Zardari.