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Sponsor To Enemy: What's Behind Pakistan's Attack On Afghan Taliban?
Pakistan has been the Afghan Taliban's closest friend for decades. It was Islamabad that helped give birth to the Taliban in the early 1990s - as a way to give Pakistan "strategic depth" in its rivalry with India. What's gone wrong?
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"Bus, Man, Gun, Blood": Malala Yousafzai Reveals How Smoking Weed Brought Back Trauma Of Taliban Attack
Malala Yousafzai, now 28 and known worldwide for championing girls' education, was only 15 when she was shot by a masked Taliban gunman while riding a school bus in Pakistan's Swat Valley.
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Why Buddha Of Swat, Once Destroyed By Taliban, Is A Symbol Of Resilience
The Buddha of Swat, carved on a cliff in the seventh century, was dynamited by the Pakistani Taliban in 2007. Now it has been restored, a powerful symbol of tolerance in the traumatised Pakistani valley.
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''Back With Eyes Open'': Malala Yousafzai Visits Pakistan District Where She Was Shot
Malala Yousafzai visited the Swat valley Saturday for her first trip back to the once militant-infested Pakistani region where she was shot in the head by the Taliban more than five years ago.
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"I Have Never Been So Happy": Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai In Pakistan
Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai says she has pined for her home in Pakistan's picturesque Swat Valley, even as she recalled two years living in fear under the Taliban's harsh interpretation of Islamic law
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Joy In Nobel Winner Malala Yousafzai's Hometown, Though Some Pakistanis Decry Her
In the Pakistani hometown of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai, reminders are frequent of the daughter of scenic northwestern Swat Valley who survived a gun attack and so are memories of harsh rule by the Taliban.
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Taliban Phone Calls Demanding Cash Stir Fears Of A Comeback In Pakistan
When Pakistani shopkeeper Abdur Rahim's phone rang in mid-October, he was shocked to hear the voice of a senior terrorist commander demanding protection money from him and his fellow traders in the Swat Valley.
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Malala Yousafzai Becomes Millionaire With Book Sales, Lectures
Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai and her family have become millionaires as a result of income from her memoir describing life under Taliban rule in Pakistan's picturesque Swat valley and appearances on the lecture circuit around the world.
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Bomb in Toy Kills Father, 2 Children in Pakistan
A father and two of his children were killed in northwest Pakistan today after a bomb concealed inside a toy went off inside their home.
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Militant Attacks Kill Five in North West Pakistan
At least five people including three policemen were killed on Wednesday in two militant clashes near Pakistan's Swat Valley, officials said.
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Sponsor To Enemy: What's Behind Pakistan's Attack On Afghan Taliban?
Pakistan has been the Afghan Taliban's closest friend for decades. It was Islamabad that helped give birth to the Taliban in the early 1990s - as a way to give Pakistan "strategic depth" in its rivalry with India. What's gone wrong?
-
"Bus, Man, Gun, Blood": Malala Yousafzai Reveals How Smoking Weed Brought Back Trauma Of Taliban Attack
Malala Yousafzai, now 28 and known worldwide for championing girls' education, was only 15 when she was shot by a masked Taliban gunman while riding a school bus in Pakistan's Swat Valley.
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Why Buddha Of Swat, Once Destroyed By Taliban, Is A Symbol Of Resilience
The Buddha of Swat, carved on a cliff in the seventh century, was dynamited by the Pakistani Taliban in 2007. Now it has been restored, a powerful symbol of tolerance in the traumatised Pakistani valley.
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''Back With Eyes Open'': Malala Yousafzai Visits Pakistan District Where She Was Shot
Malala Yousafzai visited the Swat valley Saturday for her first trip back to the once militant-infested Pakistani region where she was shot in the head by the Taliban more than five years ago.
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"I Have Never Been So Happy": Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai In Pakistan
Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai says she has pined for her home in Pakistan's picturesque Swat Valley, even as she recalled two years living in fear under the Taliban's harsh interpretation of Islamic law
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Joy In Nobel Winner Malala Yousafzai's Hometown, Though Some Pakistanis Decry Her
In the Pakistani hometown of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai, reminders are frequent of the daughter of scenic northwestern Swat Valley who survived a gun attack and so are memories of harsh rule by the Taliban.
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Taliban Phone Calls Demanding Cash Stir Fears Of A Comeback In Pakistan
When Pakistani shopkeeper Abdur Rahim's phone rang in mid-October, he was shocked to hear the voice of a senior terrorist commander demanding protection money from him and his fellow traders in the Swat Valley.
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Malala Yousafzai Becomes Millionaire With Book Sales, Lectures
Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai and her family have become millionaires as a result of income from her memoir describing life under Taliban rule in Pakistan's picturesque Swat valley and appearances on the lecture circuit around the world.
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Bomb in Toy Kills Father, 2 Children in Pakistan
A father and two of his children were killed in northwest Pakistan today after a bomb concealed inside a toy went off inside their home.
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Militant Attacks Kill Five in North West Pakistan
At least five people including three policemen were killed on Wednesday in two militant clashes near Pakistan's Swat Valley, officials said.
