Mosque Bombing Kills 11 in Nowshera District
04 March 2011
"A bomb attack on a packed mosque in militant-infested northwest Pakistan killed at least 11 people and wounded over 20 others after it ripped through Friday prayers, police and medics said. Hundreds of people were coming out of the mosque or waiting for a charity meal when the blast hit, police said, adding that the bomb had been planted inside the building near the town of Nowshera. [...] An AFP reporter at the site said: 'There were blood marks...
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Tribal Militia Threatens to Stop Fighting Taliban
04 March 2011
"A tribal militia fighting the Taliban in the Adezai outskirts of Peshawar has threatened it would stop its fight if the government does not issue the militia ration and ammunition within one week. Dilawar Khan, chief of the Adezai Qaumi Lashkar, told a press conference here on Thursday that the government had 'an ambiguous policy' about the Taliban in Adezai and accused local legislators of supporting the Taliban. 'The local MPA and MNA of Awami...
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Taliban Militants Regroup in Dir Region: Analysis
04 March 2011
"Despite the Pakistani government’s announcement that its military offensive in the mountainous Dir region of northwest Pakistan had succeeded in securing the area, recent attacks by militants of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) have not only belied the military’s claims but have also whipped up fear among local residents. The attacks make it clear that the militants, who had dispersed and fled to Afghanistan and adjacent tribal areas...
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Pakistan Unlikely to Move on Blasphemy Law: Analysis
04 March 2011
"The killing of a Pakistani minister opposed to a blasphemy law is unlikely to prompt reform in a country under international pressure but hemmed in by conservative Muslim opinion, analysts say. [...] The government backtracked on amending the law, which provides for the death penalty, on December 30 after a number of popular protests despite criticism from rights groups who say the law is often abused to settle personal scores. [...] Rasool Bakhsh...
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