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North West Frontier Province

Pakistan Courthouse Bombing Kills 16 In Peshawar

AP | RIAZ KHAN | Posted 11.20.2009 | World

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Peshawar, Pakistan Army, Al Qaida, Afghanistan, Suicide Bombing, Pakistan, North West Frontier Province, Taliban, South Waziristan, Zardari, World News

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A blast early Friday killed two police offers a day after a suicide bomber killed 19 people outside a courthouse in northwe...

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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

Read More: Pakistan, Idp, Internally Displaced Persons, Internally-Displaced-People, Taliban, North West Frontier, North-West-Frontier-Province, Pakistan Taliban, President Zardari, President-Zardari, Taliban Pakistan, Swat Valley, Pakistan Swat Valley, Swat Valley Pakistan, World News
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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Amidst Conflict, Pakistanis Persevere

Susan Davis | Posted 08.02.2009 | World

Read More: Women's Rights, Education, Poverty, Microfinance, Social Entrepreneurship, Pakistan Taliban, Pakistan, Working Women, Women in Business, Taliban, North-West-Frontier-Province, Nwfp, Poverty Alleviation, Brac, World News
Susan Davis

The impoverished North-West Frontier Province lays claim to devastating maternal and child mortality rates, and scant education for girls. But courageous women here are increasingly agents of change.

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Pakistanis Debate Their Future On Facebook

Sanjeev Bery | Posted 06.18.2009 | World

Read More: Pakistani Army, Twitter, Pakistan, Swat Valley, Pakistani Taliban, Asif Ali Zardari, Taliban, Facebook, North-West-Frontier-Province, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, World News
Sanjeev Bery

As the Pakistani military rains fire down upon villagers and Taliban alike, Pakistanis and members of the diaspora are engaged in numerous online debates about the future of their country.

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Pakistan's Tribal Areas 'Radicalized As Never Before'

The New York Review of Books | Posted 02.25.2009 | World

Read More: Pakistan Tribal Areas, Pakistan Afghan Border, Afghanistan Surge, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Taliban, Fata, Hamid Karzai, Nwf, Peshawar, Pakistan Burqa, Al Qaeda, North-West Frontier Province, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan Girls Schools, World News

The relative calm in Iraq in recent months, combined with the drama of the US elections, has managed to distract attention from the catastrophe that i...

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