Good morning. A little good news from the badlands:

Pakistan: Villagers fight back against Taliban, militants killed

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) — Hundreds of residents in northern Pakistan attacked villages suspected of sheltering Taliban militants following a mosque bombing last week, authorities said Sunday.

Some 400 villagers killed at least seven Taliban fighters, burning a number of houses thought to be sheltering the militants, said Ijaz Kahn, Upper Dir police chief. The clashes between villagers and about 200 Taliban fighters started Saturday morning, intensifying in the late afternoon.

Authorities said Taliban fighters were driven out of Shot Ghas and Ghazigay — two villages where the Taliban have support.

A significant Achilles’ Heel of the islamothugs is that even among potentially sympathetic populations, they tend to wear out their welcome