Taliban Strikes Back At Pakistani Village That Resisted
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Four months ago, the people of the Pakistani mountain village of Shalbandi gained national repute after a village posse hunted down and killed six Taliban fighters who had tied up and killed eight local policemen. The posse displayed the Taliban corpses like trophies for other residents to see, and the village was celebrated as a courageous sign that the Taliban could be repelled.
On Sunday morning, the Taliban struck back.





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nytimes.com | RICHARD A. OPPEL JR. And PIR ZUBAIR SHAH | December 29, 2008 12:30 AM