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Civilians
Sep 18 2008, KHURSHID ALAM

I posted a blog on terror attack on our country in which I expressed our helplessness. I found many comments to my writing but the one thing that came out clear was - all people think that now the time has come the civilians should do something and...

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Map locates Azizabad, Afghanistan in Herat province where civilians were caught in clashes between U.S. coalition forces and militants;