Swat Valley

13-Year-Old Pakistani Girl Nominated For International Peace Award

The Times of India | Posted 11.21.2011

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A brave girl from Pakistan, who as an 11-year-old wrote about the Taliban banning girls' schools in the picturesque Swat Valley and missing watching h...

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De-radicalizing The Pakistani Taliban

Shehzad H. Qazi | Posted 12.04.2011

Read More: Islam, Taliban De-Radicalization, Pakistan, De-Radicalization, Swat Valley, Pakistani Militants, Pakistani Taliban, Taliban, Al Qaeda, Insurgency, Counterinsurgency, Religion News
Shehzad H. Qazi

Putting captured militants through systemized de-radicalization and rehabilitation programs is a necessary tactic in the counterinsurgency in Pakistan.

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Swat Valley: A Return To Hell

Foreign Policy | Posted 05.25.2011

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On a sunny afternoon last fall, I took a Chinook helicopter flight to the grounds of a former boarding school in Pakistan's Swat Valley, where I drank...

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Arab Oil States AWOL on Pakistani Flood Relief

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Indus River, Egypt, Pakistan Taliban, Pakistan, U.S. Agency for International Development, Nick Clegg, Pakistan Floods, Opec, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Islamabad, Saudi Arabia, Swat Valley, Asif Zadari, Qatar, Fata, World News
Amb. Marc Ginsberg

Arab states fail to deliver on their promises to support international causes, such as disasters, because they refuse to empower and fund the very organizations they helped create for this purpose.

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Drones Over Pakistan -- Menace or Best Viable Option?

C. Christine Fair | Posted 05.25.2011

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C. Christine Fair

American analysts would do well to appreciate the developing nuances in the drone debate in Pakistan before seeking to undermine the best program that the U.S. and Pakistan have in their mutual war on terror.

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Begging for Security in Pakistan

Taha Gaya | Posted 05.25.2011

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Taha Gaya

As Albert Einstein famously remarked, insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Last week, the UN humanita...

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Invitation to a Beheading: South Waziristan Park on Steroids

Qanta Ahmed, MD | Posted 05.25.2011

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Qanta Ahmed, MD

If we blinker our focus to cartoons on cable we will pose no obstacle to the endless anonymous, slow execution of Islam at the hands of a thousand unrecorded decapitations.

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Pressured from All Sides in Pakistan's Swat Valley

Kathy Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

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Kathy Kelly

The government offensives, the militants, the landowners and the United States' insistence on crushing the Taliban have all made life extremely difficult for Swat's residents.

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The Children's Hour

Nick Mills | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Swat Valley, Taliban, Education, Afghan Children, Malala, World News
Nick Mills

This is what gives one hope for Afghanistan: the population is young (the median age is only 17.6 years) and avid for education.

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Taliban Fight Back Against Pakistan Offensive

AP | ISHTIAQ MAHSUD | Posted 05.25.2011

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DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — Pakistani troops and the Taliban fought fierce battles in a militant sanctuary near the Afghan border, with both si...

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Environmental mayhem in Pakistan

Saad Khan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environment, Developing Countries, Deforestation, Environmental Pollution, Pakistani Military, South Asia, Zardari-Government-Fodpyworld, Swat Valley, Green News
Saad Khan

Along with other South Asian nations, Pakistan is one of the countries worst affected by environmental pollution.

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How We All Bow to the Saudi King

Ali A. Rizvi | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ali A. Rizvi

The US is showing some signs of "getting tough" with Israel. But where are the calls for getting tough with Saudi Arabia, that "other" country that has now enjoyed virtually unconditional, bipartisan support from the United States for decades?

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Taliban Returns To Pakistan; Immediate New Offensive By Pak Army In Waziristan Unlikely

Naveen Naqvi | Posted 05.25.2011

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Naveen Naqvi

Now if the Pakistani Taliban have regrouped and found a leader in the newly elected Hakeemullah Mehsud, is it a good time for the Pakistan military to launch a new offensive in Waziristan?

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Pakistan Army Accused Of Extrajudicial Killings In Swat

nytimes.com | JANE PERLEZ and PIR ZUBAIR SHAH | Posted 05.25.2011

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MINGORA, Pakistan Two months after the Pakistani Army wrested control of the Swat Valley from Taliban militants, a new campaign of fear has taken hold...

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Pakistani Forces Arrest Taliban Spokesman In Swat

Reuters | Zeeshan Haider | Posted 05.25.2011

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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) �" Pakistani security forces have arrested the spokesman for the Taliban in the Swat valley, the military said, the first major ...

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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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Majority Of Pakistan Swat IDPs Back Home

GroundReport | Posted 05.25.2011

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ISLAMABAD: Around 90 per cent displaced people, out of the total, due to the operation in Swat, have so far returned to their homes....

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Urban Pak Youth Meet With Their Swat Counterparts To Work Towards Change

Nosheen Abbas | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nosheen Abbas

This retreat was organized by youths from Islamabad in order to share a message of progressive tolerance.

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Pakistan Military Accused Of Summary Executions After Dozens Of Bodies Found

The Guardian | Mark Tran | Posted 05.25.2011

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Pakistan's security forces are under pressure to hold an inquiry after being accused by human rights groups of summarily executing suspected militants...

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Asking Pakistanis, When?

Betwa Sharma | Posted 05.25.2011

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Betwa Sharma

Why have Pakistanis endured decades of bad politics and their violent consequences? Why do they watch their leaders play a foolhardy game with the Taliban? Can they not do more?

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Conflicting Reports on Pakistan and Quality Reporting

Matthew Palevsky | Posted 05.25.2011

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Matthew Palevsky

Thanks to over a hundred Eyes & Ears investigators who signed up through News Trust, we have highlighted some great journalism on the situation in Pakistan.

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Pakistan Taliban Attacks Prevent Return Of Landowners

The New York Times | Jane Perlez and Pir Zubair Shah | Posted 05.25.2011

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Even as hundreds of thousands of people stream back to the Swat Valley after months of fighting, one important group is conspic...

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Sufi Muhammad, Pro-Taliban Cleric Who Brokered Swat Deal, Arrested By Pakistan

AP | ELENA BECATOROS | Posted 05.25.2011

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ISLAMABAD — Police arrested an influential pro-Taliban cleric on Sunday who had brokered a failed peace deal in northern Pakistan's troubled Swa...

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Zebunisa Jillani: 'Princess Of Swat' Returns

GlobalPost | Posted 05.25.2011

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By Nasir Khan and Ayesha Nasir | Global Post ISLAMABAD -- When Zebunisa Jillani visits the camps established for Swat refugees in Islamabad, her f...

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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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