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Over a million flee homes as war continues in Swat
May 12 2009, Karim Khan

Since the fighting in Swat gained intensity after the Prime Minister’s address to the nation on Thursday, more than a million people have fled their homes in the war-torn district and moved to other cities and towns along with their families. People...

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Who's Funding the Taliban
Marco Villa, Connecticut
Some of the Saudi Royals. Only three nations recognized the Taliban prior to September 11th, 2001: Pakistan, United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. Needless to say,...
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Afghanistan Needs Foreign Forces for Four Years More
Ikramuddin Bahram, Peshawar
Afghan defense Ministry claimed its soldiers would be strong enough in four years time to secure its geographical boundaries and sovereignty. This means that the Afghan...
Afghan National Army, International Soldiers in Afghanistan, Taliban
made popular 17 hr. ago
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In Afghanistan, Taliban leaving al-Qaeda behind
Arsalan, Islamabad
As violence rises in Afghanistan, the power balance between insurgent groups has shifted, with a weakened al-Qaeda relying increasingly on the emboldened Taliban for...
Afghanistan war, Taliban, al-Qaeda
made popular Nov 11 2009
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Pakistan Suicide Bomb Kills 12: Mayor Targeted In Attack On Peshawar Suburb
Zafar, Islamabad
Pakistan, and Peshawar, Pakistan — A suicide bomber attacked a livestock market in the suburbs of the violence-racked northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on...
pakistan, Peshawar Bombing, Terrorism in Pakistan
made popular Nov 9 2009
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Afghan police officer kills 5 British soldiers
Sukhmani, shimla
The British Defense Ministry said Wednesday that five soldiers died Tuesday in Helmand province, apparently in an attack by what a British officer called a “rogue”...
US, British troops in afghanistan, NATO
made popular Nov 5 2009
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Co-operation: A Key to Peace
Aslam Khan, Karachi
We have reached such a stage that not a day passes without a suicide bombing in one place or the other in Pakistan. Terrorists, both the Taliban and its associated...
terrorism, India-Pakistan relations, Taliban
made popular Nov 4 2009
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Afghanistan - to be or not?
Ari Rusila, Jyväskylä
“democracies make elections, elections don’t make democracies” After Afghanistan’s fraudulent elections President Obama’s future politics...
Afghanistan war, War on terror, crisis management
made popular Nov 3 2009
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Triple III Agency Targeting Pakistan
Zaheerul Hassan, Lahore
On November 2, 2009 Suicidal bomber entered in National Bank building and blasted him. According to the media reports 35 individuals died and many injured. Reportedly,...
Taliban, RAW, USA
made popular Nov 3 2009
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A Suggestion, likely to be accepted by the world of terrorism
Asokananda Prosad, kharagpur town
Oh! What a strange! Hillary Clinton, US Secretary of State, is dauntless to throw charge against the Pakistani Government. “Pakistan is safe haven for Al Qaeda since...
Hillary, Pakistan, Al Qaeda
made popular Nov 3 2009
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Terrorists struck again, bomb outside bank kills 30 in Islamabad
Zain, Islamabad
A suicide bomber killed 30 people outside a bank near Pakistan’s capital Monday, as the U.N. said spreading violence had forced it to pull out some expatriate...
Pakistan, terror attacks, Violence
made popular Nov 2 2009
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Peshawar bombing toll rises to 127
Global Report, Shimla
This incident of suicide bombing is being regarded as the most appalling in the history of terrorist bombings in Pakistani cities. Over a 100 people lost their lives,...
Peshawar bombing, bomb blast, suicide bombers
made popular Nov 2 2009
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Clinton ‘Broke the Ice’ With Pakistanis Angry Over U.S. Role
Korey, Houston
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ended a three-day visit to Pakistan in which she confronted intense anti-American sentiment in a nuclear-armed country that has...
Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, anti-American sentiment
made popular Oct 31 2009
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Time For Co-operation: Now or Never
Aslam Khan, Karachi
By: Aslam Khan On the arrival of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Pakistan where she is welcome by bombing at Peshawar in which over 100 people died. It is...
US, India, Pakistan
made popular Oct 29 2009
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Suicide bombing in Islamabad and Lahore create fear and insecurity
Global Report, Shimla
Both the frequency and intensity of suicide bombing incidents have increased since early this month. While in the past, suicide bombings mostly happened in the NWFP and...
suicide bombing, Islamabad, Lahore
made popular Oct 28 2009
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Diwali in India, blast in Pakistan
Shiv, india
Ever since Pakistani army has launched offensive against Taliban life is not the same there. With the great divide the country is on the brink of a civil war....
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made popular Oct 26 2009
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Taliban call for Afghans to boycott runoff poll
DurkaDurka, Kabul
Taliban fighters warned Afghans not to take part in the war-wracked country’s upcoming presidential runoff, threatening Saturday to launch a fresh wave of...
Taliban, afghan elections, Afghans
made popular Oct 24 2009
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Pakistan says 'Taliban town seized'
Mubassir, Islamabad
The Pakistani military says it has captured Kotkai, the hometown of Hakimullah Mehsud, the Pakistani Taliban chief, in the country’s South Waziristan tribal...
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made popular Oct 24 2009
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Bomb Blast Hits Hayatabd (Peshawar)
Karim Khan, Peshawar
Hayatab’s popular Swan Restaurant was hit by a bomb blast on Friday morning, leaving at least eight people wounded. The area has been cordoned off and details of the...
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made popular Oct 23 2009
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Taliban offensive: Brigadier, soldier killed in Pakistan capital
Sajid, Islamabad
A pair of gunmen on a motorbike killed a soldier and a high-ranking army officer in the Pakistani capital Thursday morning, officials said, the latest strike against...
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made popular Oct 22 2009
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Pakistan students protest the Islamic University bombing
Global Report, Shimla
The latest incident of suicide bombing the Islamic University of Islamabad is yet another one of the most heartless attacks on the lives and peace of innocent people....
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made popular Oct 22 2009
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Sweating over swat
Shiv, india
As the reports on the military action in swat (will not call it a battle)are sketchy& authenticity of the same can not be verified I will keep my fingers crossed...
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made popular May 12 2009
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Taliban Threaten To Behead Female Shoppers in Pakistan
Incognito, Boca Raton
Where in the Qu’ran does it say shopping is haram (prohibited) for women? Because apparently the Taliban seem to think it is. They’ve banned women from...
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made popular Mar 18 2009
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Is restoration of Sharia in Swat a step towards complete Talibanization of Pakistan?
Pankaj, Shimla
Western media and West as a whole, are quite oblivious of the actual situation and how exactly Pakistan is trying to rebuilt the shattered country with the recent...
Al-Qaeda, Taliban, Swat Valley
made popular Feb 25 2009
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Why Restoration of Sharia Law is No Taliban Victory?
Pankaj, Shimla
Today was a historic moment for people in Pakistan’s Swat region, and a remarkable achievement by the provincial government of the northwest frontier province (NWFP)....
Taliban Analysis, Sharia, Islamic Jurisprudence, Swat Valley
made popular Feb 20 2009
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Pakistan agrees to Islamic law in Swat Valley, angering critics
Kamal Kishore, Shimla
The Pakistani government, desperate to restore peace to a Taliban-infested valley once known as the “Switzerland of Pakistan,” agreed yesterday to enforce...
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made popular Feb 20 2009
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Is 'Pak-Taliban deal' a surrender disguised as truce?
View Point, Shimla
While the Obama administration has been conspicuously silent about the Pak-Taliban peace accord, officials said privately that they considered it a major setback for...
Taliban, Swat Valley, Pak-Taliban peace deal
made popular Feb 19 2009
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Pakistani Journalist Killed By Taliban, Beheading Failed
Fatima, Islamabad
Oh boy...you gotta admit that the new peace deal signed by the Pakistani government with the Taliban in the Swat Valley area of NW Pakistan is off to a rousing start,...
Taliban, Journalist, GEO TV, Mosa Khankhel
made popular Feb 19 2009
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Pakistan's Swat Valley: Lest We Forget
Nissim Dahan, Baltimore
I saw a news report recently on ABC News, about a little known place called Swat Valley in northwest Pakistan. It used to be a tourist haven not long ago, a ski resort,...
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made popular Feb 3 2009
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Taliban will kill school girls
Farhan, Islamabad
Taleban militants in the Swat valley in north-west Pakistan have threatened to kill girls who attend school.A local Taleban commander ordered parents to stop sending...
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made popular Dec 29 2008
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Gastro Infests Swat
Karim Khan, Peshawar
The beautiful valley of Swat, in the northern part of NWFP (Pakistan), is being plagued now a day by multiple problems. Subject to the trials of terrorism, now the...
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made popular Oct 7 2008
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Swat Looking to a Dark Eid
Karim Khan, Peshawar
It has been a week now since the Grid station in Mingora, Swat (Northern Pakistan) was blown up by local Taliban, shutting down the electric power supply to about 70%...
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made popular Sep 29 2008
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