North West Frontier

Trapped in the Other Gulf Oil Slick -- Saudi Women Tell Mr. President: Set Us Free!

Qanta Ahmed, MD | Posted 05.25.2011

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Qanta Ahmed, MD

It's time that Saudi Arabia antes up and empowers its women to show the world they fear not the choice of powerful women.

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Pakistan Army Kills 45 Taliban; Border Reopens

AP | ZARAR KHAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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ISLAMABAD — Pakistani soldiers killed at least 45 Taliban militants in scattered gunbattles across the northwestern Swat Valley after a suicide ...

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IDP Resettlement A Crucial Step To Keeping Extremism At Bay

Hisham Wyne | Posted 05.25.2011

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Hisham Wyne

It was the historic lack of government involvement and social alienation that allowed Islamic militants gain a foothold in the North-Western regions in the first place.

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Pakistan's Homeless Displaced By Fighting "Totally Ignored"

Nosheen Abbas | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nosheen Abbas

They can't even provide us a tent, how will they make our houses? What are we expected to go back to?

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More Clarity Needed About Pakistan's Swat Operation

Madiha Sattar | Posted 05.25.2011

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Madiha Sattar

More and clearer information would go a long way towards winning over a still- skeptical public burned by three failed operations in the past.

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When in India, Please Don't Wear a Sari

Virginia M. Moncrieff | Posted 05.25.2011

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Virginia M. Moncrieff

Leave the saris (the most elegant national costume in the world, no argument entered into) and the salwars, the churidors, and kurtas to the Indians. You've got your own clothes. Wear them.

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Pakistan To Arm Village Militias To Fight Terror

AP | ASIF SHAHZAD | Posted 05.25.2011

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ISLAMABAD — Authorities in a Pakistani border province plan to arm villagers with 30,000 rifles and set up an elite police unit to protect a reg...

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Taliban Forces Sharia Onto Large Areas of Pakistan

Virginia M. Moncrieff | Posted 05.25.2011

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Virginia M. Moncrieff

The announcement to 'go Sharia' is usually made at a mosque, by decree, at Friday prayers. Sharia is imposed by those who have the power and the weapons to tell people how they will live.

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