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Posts Tagged ‘Mingora’

Peuchar is the Key in Operation Rah-e-Haq IV

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • May 14th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Fazlullah is in Peuchar and preparing to slip into the FATA from the PATA areas. Many of his aides have been killed by the SSG commonadoes of Pakistan Army, who where droppedĀ  from the choppers few days ago. These gallant men struck at the militant hideouts with extreme savagery and before the enemy could know, [...]



Purchased Peace in Swat

By Zeenat Rehman • Mar 14th, 2009 • Category: Politics

The shrine of mystic poet Rahman Baba was blown up by suspected militants and the people of the area were warned of not visiting the shrine to pay the homage. Bomb blasts, suicide attacks, shelling, rocket firing, kidnapping and encounters have become routine in many cities of NWFP from Kohat, Peshawar, Mingora, Charsadda, Shabqadar, Mardan [...]



How to Counter Talibanization in Balochistan

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • Jan 19th, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

We have seen Swat and our tribal region slipping to the Taliban and just see what’s happening there. One could claim that the devastation and fight in the tribal region is due to the fight between Pakistani security forces and the militants and that is primarily in the retaliation of US Drone attacks.
There are no [...]



Should America Be Allowed in Swat?

By Mohsin Sehgal • Jan 15th, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Pakistanis, do you have any idea that we have actually lost the valley of Swat to the Taliban? The once paradise of Swat has now become a living horror where terrorists are massacring people, hanging them, exhuming them out of the graves, running their own government and exploiting the name of Islam and forcing people [...]