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Tackling the other Taliban

Source: The Economist
Islamabad : Pakistan | about 1 month ago  
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South Waziristan, a remote part of Pakistan that borders Afghanistan, Wazir Khan Mehsud reached safety last week with his three small children, 40 other relations and their bundled possessions. Pakistan’s semi-autonomous tribal belt, to escape an army assault on the local Taliban.
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