ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan is putting the military in charge of security in the capital, Islamabad, in case Pakistani Taliban militants try to launch attacks in response to an army offensive against them, the government said on Friday.
The military launched an offensive against the militants in their strongholds in ungoverned stretches of the northwest, along the Afghan border, last month.
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