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Will the women from South Waziristan be casting their vote?
Karāchi :: Pakistan | 14 days ago
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COM 25 mins ago Dawn.com will follow developments for women voting in South Waziristan. On Friday, the Taliban shura (council) allowed women voters from the tribal region's Ahmadzai Wazirs-dominated area to exercise their right. The shura's condition,
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Security threats in Waziristan: Candidates forced to campaign in Pindi
Rāwalpindi :: Pakistan | 29 days ago
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Ali Wazir, 37, is a candidate for NA-41 South Waziristan, but is forced to campaign in Rawalpindi 822km away from his volatile hometown Wana, from where his people had to flee due to the Taliban's influence. For Ali Wazir, campaigning in Rawalpindi
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Former peace volunteer, vendor killed in Tank
Tānk :: Pakistan | 3 months ago
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Unidentified motorcyclists shot dead two persons, including a former member of a peace committee, and injured another here on Wednesday. Police and local people said that Gul Mohammad Shah, former member of a peace committee, was standing with a
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Mehsuds stage sit-in
Karāchi :: Pakistan | 3 months ago
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With politicians joining them in a show of solidarity, they cited the long-running military operation and the lack of government support as key concerns. The leader of the group, advocate Sherpao Khan, said that in the five years since its
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WFP food ration cuts hit IDPs in Pakistan
Peshawar :: Pakistan | 3 months ago
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Salim Mehsud, from Pakistan's South Waziristan tribal agency, was first displaced by conflict. For over three years he lived at a camp in the town of Dera Ismail Khan in Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa Province, after the military launched an operation against
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Three security men hurt in Bara ambush
Bannu :: Pakistan | 5 months ago
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Three security men and four children were injured in two separate incidents in Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency on Wednesday. Officials said that a khasadar, Khan Akbar, and two personnel of Mehsud Scouts naib-subedar Ashraf and sepoy Asad were injured
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Pakistan Taliban chief 'open to talks'
Peshawar :: Pakistan | 5 months ago
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S Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud says his organisation could be open to talks with Islamabad, but has poured scorn on the idea his men would give up their guns. Mehsud, who has a $US5 million ($A4.84 million) US government bounty on his head, said
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Militant commander among three dead in SWA blast ...
Peshawar :: Pakistan | 5 months ago
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Pro-Uzbek militant commander Maulvi Abbas was among three killed in a bomb blast on Friday in South Waziristan's Wana bazaar, officials and local residents confirmed. "According to our information, a bomb at the office of local Taliban commander
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When terrorists fought terrorists in Pakistan
Karāchi :: Pakistan | 6 months ago
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Faction and sub-factions within militant forces are battling each other and opening up "new threats and new risks of even greater violence", said a Pakistani daily Monday. An editorial in the News International said it was a fallacy to think of the
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Mehsuds want more time to leave South Waziristan
Tānk :: Pakistan | 6 months ago
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The Mehsud elders have requested the political administration to extend the deadline, set for expulsion of the tribe from South Waziristan Agency. Scores of Mehsud elders submitted a written application with political agent of South Waziristan Agency
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