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View from Pakistan: Today's Blast

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 11.02.2009 | World

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Shirin Sadeghi

Pakistani children may be enjoying the break, but most of them know exactly why they can't go to school. I sit stiff as one boy looks up from his video game to tell me the school buses might not be safe right now.

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

Naveen Naqvi | Posted 11.17.2009 | World

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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 11.15.2009 | World

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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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Muslim Khan: Taliban Spokeman Arrested By Pakistani Forces in Swat

Reuters | Zeeshan Haider | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

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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 Drone Attacks Kill At Least 10

Al Jazeera English | Posted 11.08.2009 | World

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At least 10 people have been killed after a suspected US drone fired missiles into Pakistan's North Waziristan region, Pakistani intelligence has said...

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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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Majority Of Pakistan Swat IDPs Back Home

GroundReport | Posted 09.28.2009 | World

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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 09.26.2009 | World

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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 09.25.2009 | World

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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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IDP Resettlement A Crucial Step To Keeping Extremism At Bay

Hisham Wyne | Posted 08.22.2009 | World

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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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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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Sarfraz Naeemi, Prominent Cleric, Among The Dead After Suicide Bombers Attack Pakistani Mosque, Seminary

AP | BABAR DOGAR | Posted 07.13.2009 | World

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LAHORE, Pakistan — Friday prayers had just ended when the suicide bomber walked into the seminary office of a popular anti-Taliban cleric and de...

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Pakistan Mosque Bombing Kills 30 As Richard Holbrooke Meets With Pakistani Officials

AP | RIAZ KHAN | Posted 07.06.2009 | World

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PESHAWAR, Pakistan — An attacker wearing an explosive vest blew himself up inside a packed mosque during Friday prayers, killing at least 30 and...

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Pakistani Bloggers Unite, Call For Action

Mona Sarika | Posted 07.02.2009 | World

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Mona Sarika

By communicating the problems to the local and international community, bloggers are hoping to mobilize financial and monetary support for refugees.

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Taliban: Lahore Attack Revenge For Swat Offensive

AP | RIAZ KHAN | Posted 06.28.2009 | World

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PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Militants detonated two bombs in a busy market and attacked two police checkpoints in northern Pakistan on Thursday, killin...

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Pakistani Taliban: We'll Avoid Combat In Swat City

AP | NAHAL TOOSI | Posted 06.25.2009 | World

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ISLAMABAD — The Taliban on Monday urged civilians to return to the Swat Valley's main city, promising they would not attack security forces batt...

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A Prognosis For Pakistan

Farrukh Rehan | Posted 06.22.2009 | World

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Farrukh Rehan

If Pakistan were a patient in a hospital and you were reading the chart at her bedside, the prognosis would look bleak.

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Pakistan Refugees: UN Seeks $543M To Help Nearly 2M People

AP | CHRIS BRUMMITT | Posted 06.22.2009 | World

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BANAI BABA ZIARAT, Pakistan — A Pakistani flag now flies over army troops dug in on a strategic ridge that until two days ago was held by the Ta...

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Swat Valley Could Be Worst Refugee Crisis Since Rwanda, UN Warns

The Guardian | Declan Walsh in Islamabad | Posted 06.18.2009 | World

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The human exodus from the war-torn Swat valley in northern Pakistan is turning into the world's most dramatic displacement crisis since the Rwandan ge...

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Will My Books in Swat Survive?

Akbar Ahmed | Posted 06.11.2009 | World

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Akbar Ahmed

I heard recently that the chaos created by the Taliban had allowed people to break in and steal our possessions. No one as far as I know has taken the books.

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Taliban's Popularity Linked To Perception It Will Lift Pakistanis From Poverty

Huffington Post Contributor | Emi Foulk | Posted 06.07.2009 | World

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by Emi Foulk The swelling power of the Taliban in Pakistan - or "Talibanistan," as The Nation so pithily put it - has caused much alarm amongst Ameri...

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Swat: Thousands Of Pakistanis Flee Flighting

AP | RIAZ KHAN | Posted 06.07.2009 | World

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MARDAN, Pakistan — Thousands of Pakistanis skirted burning military trucks Thursday as they fled clashes between Taliban militants and the army ...

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Pakistan Attacks Taliban Militants Ahead Of Washington Talks

AP | ZARAR KHAN and CHRIS BRUMMITT | Posted 06.06.2009 | World

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TAKHT BAI, Pakistan — Pakistan launched air and ground attacks against up to 7,000 Taliban militants entrenched in a northwestern valley Wednesd...

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Pakistan's Media Crucial In Fight Against Extremists

Madiha Sattar | Posted 05.24.2009 | World

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By Madiha Sattar, HuffingtonPost Contributor "So, it's not okay for women to be touched by male doctors but male executioners can hold hands and slap...

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Watching Royal Kill with America's Only Muslim Director

Frankie Martin | Posted 05.18.2009 | Media

Read More: Islam, Gail Kim, Swat, Muslims, Entertainment, Pat Morita, Pakistan, Media, Royal Kill, Eric Roberts, Babar Ahmed, Movies, Lalaine, Media News
Frankie Martin

It is enough of a feat to get an independent martial arts fantasy film into American multiplexes. But Ahmed also happens to be the only Muslim feature film director working in America today.

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