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Pashtun Poets Challenge Religious Fundamentalism
Thu Jan 19, 2012 9:54 AM EST
Since their rise in the late 1990s, the Taliban and like-minded groups in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region have launched an aggressive campaign against liberal ways of life, bombing music shops, destroying schools, and murdering musicians, singers, and female dan …
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Pakistan's Swat Valley: Taliban Gone But Peace Remains Elusive
Wed Jan 11, 2012 6:15 AM EST
An idyllic valley rich in natural resources and heritage located in northwestern Pakistan, the Swat is bit by bit recovering from the trauma of conflict between pro Al-Qaeda Taliban militants and Pakistan security forces that in May 2009 displaced 2.5 million from the region and …
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Peace in AF-PAK Region: Talk to the People
Sat Oct 22, 2011 5:19 AM EDT
In the wake of strained US-Pakistan relations, each side is blaming each other for not taking action against militant commanders who have taken refuge in the mountainous areas along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.
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Dancing Girls of the Swat Valley | World Policy Institute
Seeded on Tue Sep 13, 2011 3:24 PM EDT (World Policy Journal)
Both the Taliban and radicalized Pakistani society consider performers to be sinners. In Pashtun areas, a singer or dancer is known as damor beghairat (a person without a sense of honor). “We don’t have any respect in this society.
What is the Plan for Re-building Swat Valley?
Mon Sep 5, 2011 3:15 PM EDT
After three years of bloodshed and destruction by Taliban militants in Swat Valley, the Pakistan Army, understanding that more than force was needed to defeat extremists, held a conference on de-radicalisation.
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Swat's Female Dancers Struggle With Taliban's Legacy - Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty © 2011
Seeded on Thu Aug 4, 2011 11:25 AM EDT (Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)
The Swat Valley was once the only place in Pakistan's Pashtun regions where women could pursue careers as singers and dancers. Then Taliban extremists banned all music after taking over in 2007.
Pakistan-Voices of Dissent Silenced
Thu Jul 7, 2011 6:12 PM EDT
Pakistan—a country with more than 170 million people and a deteriorating economy—has been in the eye of the storm since its inception in 1947.
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Orphans Of War: The Innocent Victims Of Pakistan's Swat Offensive
Tue Jun 28, 2011 2:22 PM EDT
MINGORA, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan -- The worn-out burqa covering her from head to toe fails to conceal Rekhmina's sense of loss and uncertainty. The mother of four has come to the Khpal Kor Foundation, an orphanage located in Swat District's largest city, Mingora, i …
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British Royal Couple Invited to Witness ''King of Games''
Thu Jun 16, 2011 9:49 AM EDT
To promote soft image of the militancy hit north western region of Pakistan and ‘’to put it in the news internationally for something heartwarming and positive””, Amir Haidar Khan Hoti, chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has formally invited th …
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Peshawar: A City Alive In The Shadow Of Death
Tue Jun 7, 2011 7:25 AM EDT
Peshawar, capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province and once a central city of the ancient Kingdom of Gandhara, is becoming known as one of the world's most dangerous cities.Bombings, targeted killings, and kidnappings have left behind an acute feeling of insecurity.
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Pakistan's Pashtuns React To Bin Laden's Death
Wed May 4, 2011 8:35 AM EDT
Pashtun nationalist leaders in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Baluchistan regions are reacting positively to the news that Al-Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden has been killed.
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In A State Of Denial Regarding Pakistan's 'Punjabi Taliban'
Wed Mar 9, 2011 6:51 AM EST
While pro-Taliban militant groups are largely united by their terror agenda, Pakistan's political leadership has failed to define a shared vision and develop a unified strategy to defeat militancy and religious bigotry.Recent developments show that ethnic, political, and religio …
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Reviving Swat, Stitch by Stitch
Fri Mar 4, 2011 3:24 PM EST
The illuminated seat of Buddhist learning and the traditional centre of governance, Saidu Sharif is a small town in the Swat Valley of North Western Pakistan.
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The Dynamics Of Outrage And Silence In Pakistan
Wed Mar 2, 2011 11:49 AM EST
Activists from some Pakistani religious parties have been organizing demonstrations to demand that Raymond Davis -- an American citizen who was assigned as a CIA agent to the U.S.
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What Pak Media Wants to Achive?
Wed Feb 16, 2011 3:20 PM EST
From religious militancy and sectarianism to poverty and corruption, common Pakistanis are confronted with serious challenges for their survival-uncertain about their present and seriously concerned about the future.
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Remembering Bacha Khan's Message In Pakistan And Afghanistan
Fri Jan 21, 2011 2:09 PM EST
Followers of the nonviolent Pashtun movement known as Khudai Khidmatgar Movement (Servants of God) are marking 23 years since the death of their legendary leader, Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan.
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Active anniversary
Seeded on Thu Jan 20, 2011 12:59 PM EST (The Prague Post)
There are few places in the world, if any, that present more challenges for working journalists than Pakistan. The country was declared "the world's deadliest country for the press" in 2010 by the Committee to Protect Journalists.
The Struggle For The Soul Of Pakistan
Mon Jan 10, 2011 2:09 PM EST
In 1999, some friends and I were sitting in the Haji Sahib Turangzai hostel of Islamia College Peshawar, a college built by the British rulers of the Indian sub-continent in 1913 to educate the youth of the frontier region in the modern disciplines of knowledge.At around 9:30 p. …
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National Games- An oasis of Peace in Pakhtunkhwa
Wed Dec 29, 2010 8:44 AM EST
On December 25, as worldwide Christmas celebrations were in full swing, a burqa-clad woman exploded herself at World Food Programme (WFP) distribution point in Khar, a city in the Bajaur Tribal district, close to the volatile Afghanistan-Pakistan border.
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Taliban Has Failed To Kill Pashtun Musical Spirit
Seeded on Tue Dec 7, 2010 6:05 AM EST (Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)
The Taliban's anti-music campaign has actually given rise to a new form of Pashtun music that has been dubbed The Music of Resistance. The spirit of resistance through art has existed in the region since the British colonial times when Pashtun poets wrote poetry advocating ind …
A Daunting Winter Ahead For Pakistan's Kalashas
Thu Nov 18, 2010 5:58 AM EST
Every year the Kalash Valley in Chitral district of North Western Pakistan is cut off and isolated from the rest of Pakistan for several months.
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Pakistan's Endangered Sufi Spirit
Thu Nov 4, 2010 9:58 AM EDT
Peace, tolerance, and humanity are the fundamental values of Sufi thought, while violence and intolerance are the hallmarks of religious extremism.
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Saving Pakistan's Last Pagan Tribe
Thu Nov 4, 2010 8:14 AM EDT
Some call members of the Kalash tribe the descendants of Alexander the Great.
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Pakistan's Pashtuns Feel More Alone Than Ever
Mon Oct 25, 2010 12:55 PM EDT
Pashtuns straddling the Pakistani-Afghan border face serious challenges to their socio-cultural survival.
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How Secure Is NATO's Supply Line In Pakistan?
Seeded on Fri Oct 8, 2010 3:23 PM EDT (Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)
For almost a week now, there have been almost daily attacks on NATO's supply line through Pakistan. The most spectacular of the attacks have destroyed dozens of trucks at a time. On October 4, some 60 trucks were destroyed in northern Pakistan.
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Pashtun Poets Challenge Religious Fundamentalism
Since their rise in the late 1990s, the Taliban and like-minded groups in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region have launched an aggressive campaign against liberal ways of life, bombing music shops, destroying schools, and murdering musicians, singers, and female dan …
Pakistan's Swat Valley: Taliban Gone But Peace Remains Elusive
An idyllic valley rich in natural resources and heritage located in northwestern Pakistan, the Swat is bit by bit recovering from the trauma of conflict between pro Al-Qaeda Taliban militants and Pakistan security forces that in May 2009 displaced 2.5 million from the region and …
Peace in AF-PAK Region: Talk to the People
In the wake of strained US-Pakistan relations, each side is blaming each other for not taking action against militant commanders who have taken refuge in the mountainous areas along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.
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