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<p>A Pakistani militant holds his AK-47 while guarding the militia headquarters in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Dec. 9. Tribal militias allied with the government helped block a Taliban advance in this corner of northwest Pakistan close to the Afghan border, but their success has come at a price: the empowerment of untrained, unaccountable private armies that could yet emerge as a threat of their own.</p>

<p>A Pakistani militant holds his AK-47 while guarding the militia headquarters in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Dec. 9. Tribal militias allied with the government helped block a Taliban advance in this corner of northwest Pakistan close to the Afghan border, but their success has come at a price: the empowerment of untrained, unaccountable private armies that could yet emerge as a threat of their own.</p>

December 28, 2010

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Militias pay big price in Pakistan
December 28, 2010 8 p.m.

Militias pay big price in Pakistan

Tribal groups help stem Taliban, but at what cost?

MATANI, Pakistan - Tribal militias allied with the government helped block a Taliban advance in this corner of northwest Pakistan close to the Afghan border, but their success has come at a price: the empowerment of untrained, unaccountable private armies that could yet emerge as a threat of their own.