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Pakistani Army Kills 45 Taliban; Border Reopens

AP | ZARAR KHAN | Posted 10.16.2009 | World

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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 08.22.2009 | World

Read More: Spotlight on Pakistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Swat, Idp, North West Frontier, Internally Displaced Persons, Internally Displaced People, Taliban, Pakistani, North-West-Frontier-Province, World News
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 08.16.2009 | World

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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 08.07.2009 | World

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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 06.13.2009 | Style

Read More: Sari, Indian Clothing, Afghanistan, Salwar Kameez, Pakistan, Pakistan-Women, North West Frontier, India, Taj Mahal, Times of India, Style News
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 03.25.2009 | World

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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 02.05.2009 | World

Read More: Women, Afghanistan, Nato, Pakistan, Mumbai Attacks, North West Frontier, Taliban, Lakshar E Toiba, Taliban Pakistan, Islamist Militants Pakistan, Sharia, Hangu, World News
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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