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A month ago, the army started an operation against Islamic extremists in the north west, in the Swat valley and neighboring districts. Commentators had previously expressed surprise that there had been no big reprisal so far. Lahore ...
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Interior Minister Rehman Malik suggested the attack could be retaliation for the government's military offensive to rout Taliban militants from the northwestern Swat Valley. Wednesday's attack was the third major strike in Lahore in ...
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Interior Minister Rehman Malik said the bombing could be retaliation for the government's military offensive to rout Taliban militants from the northwestern Swat Valley. Lahore, Pakistan's second-largest city, sits near the Indian ...
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Western diplomats told Bokhari that Wednesday's attack underlined the degree to which Pakistan remains vulnerable to reprisal attacks from Taliban militants, angered by the ongoing military operation in Swat Valley, now in its third ...
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“Very possibly, it is an attempt to subvert the army's brave and courageous operation and the government's resolve to defeat terrorists [in the Swat valley]” a presidential spokesperson told the New York Times. ...