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Pakistani Rights Group Attracts 8,000 To Rally Despite State Pressure
A Pakistani ethnic rights group drew over 8,000 people to a rally in Lahore on Sunday, despite pressure from security officials to call off the event focusing on human rights violations in areas bordering Afghanistan.
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Pakistan Targets Afghan Pashtuns And Refugees In Anti-Terrorism Crackdown
Since the Pakistani security forces launched a nationwide anti-terrorist operation in February after a spate of suicide bombings, Pashtun leaders have complained vociferously that their communities are being targeted for harassment and racial profiling, especially here in Punjab Province.
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Afghan Teenager Braves Threats, Family Pressure To Lead Women's Orchestra
Like many teenagers, 19-year-old Negin Khpalwak from Kunar in eastern Afghanistan loves music, but few people of her age have battled as fiercely to pursue their passion in the face of family hostility and threats.
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Moldova Says Nationals Seized by Taliban, Calls on US for Help
The government in Moldova said today that two of its nationals were among those captured by the Taliban after their helicopter crash-landed in northern Afghanistan and appealed to the United States for help.
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Wedding Revellers in Afghan Village Exult Over Taliban Rout
Ankle bells chimed as male dancers shimmied beneath chandeliers in midnight wedding revelry that drew together an entire frontline Afghan village just days after its residents humiliatingly routed the Taliban.
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YouTube video shows young boys enacting suicide bombing
A disturbing video posted recently on YouTube, which has received more than 300,000 hits, shows a group of young Afghan or Pakistani Pashtun boys enacting a suicide bombing where one of them, whose face is covered by a black mask, bids farewell to others and then pretends to blow himself up. The boys all appear to be pre-tee...
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Taliban increasingly taking shelter in Karachi: Report
Karachi is increasingly becoming a safe haven for Taliban and other extremist elements in the country, an article in a US magazine said.
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Pakistani Rights Group Attracts 8,000 To Rally Despite State Pressure
A Pakistani ethnic rights group drew over 8,000 people to a rally in Lahore on Sunday, despite pressure from security officials to call off the event focusing on human rights violations in areas bordering Afghanistan.
-
Pakistan Targets Afghan Pashtuns And Refugees In Anti-Terrorism Crackdown
Since the Pakistani security forces launched a nationwide anti-terrorist operation in February after a spate of suicide bombings, Pashtun leaders have complained vociferously that their communities are being targeted for harassment and racial profiling, especially here in Punjab Province.
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Afghan Teenager Braves Threats, Family Pressure To Lead Women's Orchestra
Like many teenagers, 19-year-old Negin Khpalwak from Kunar in eastern Afghanistan loves music, but few people of her age have battled as fiercely to pursue their passion in the face of family hostility and threats.
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Moldova Says Nationals Seized by Taliban, Calls on US for Help
The government in Moldova said today that two of its nationals were among those captured by the Taliban after their helicopter crash-landed in northern Afghanistan and appealed to the United States for help.
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Wedding Revellers in Afghan Village Exult Over Taliban Rout
Ankle bells chimed as male dancers shimmied beneath chandeliers in midnight wedding revelry that drew together an entire frontline Afghan village just days after its residents humiliatingly routed the Taliban.
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YouTube video shows young boys enacting suicide bombing
A disturbing video posted recently on YouTube, which has received more than 300,000 hits, shows a group of young Afghan or Pakistani Pashtun boys enacting a suicide bombing where one of them, whose face is covered by a black mask, bids farewell to others and then pretends to blow himself up. The boys all appear to be pre-tee...
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Taliban increasingly taking shelter in Karachi: Report
Karachi is increasingly becoming a safe haven for Taliban and other extremist elements in the country, an article in a US magazine said.
