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More Deaths in Northwestern Pakistan?!
Up to 71 civilians have reportedly been killed this past weekend in the Pakistani region on the border with Afghanistan. Residents from the Tirah Valley village said that the dead…
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Terrorists Kill Civilians in Lahore
Update: Juan Cole, a blogger on the Middle East and South Asia has a good analysis of this bombing. Suicide bombings are human rights violations. Normally I don't cover Pakistan…
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Aid Organization Under Attack In Northwestern Pakistan
This morning, suspected Islamist militants attacked World Vision, a Christian-based relief agency operating in the Manserha district of Pakistan. Six aid workers, all Pakistani, were murdered and seven others were…
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Wrong Strategy? Pakistan Not Smart to Hit Civilians
Am I the only one that notices that press coverage of the conflict in northwestern Pakistan is completely dominated by a geopolitical and counterterrorism viewpoint? I was reminded of that…
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Girls' Education Under Attack in Northwestern Pakistan
Last week, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) released their "Education under Attack" report, in which they have experts discuss the incidence of politically and ideologically motivated…
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New bill to end violence against women:"An act of compassion.."
I was honored to attend the event to mark the re-introduction of the International Violence Against Women Act (I-VAWA) on Thursday February 4th. There was quite a turn out -…
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Modern Warfare 2
The New York Times reported this morning that in the past two years the US military has killed more than 400 militants in 80 drone strikes for the loss of…
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The Story of Maajid Nawaz
Maajid Nawaz is a British citizen of Pakistani descent who became involved in his youth with the radical Islamic Liberation Party (Hizb al-Tahrir al-Islami), undertaking missions for the party in…
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Human Rights Flashpoints – October 13, 2009
What’s Up This Week: Sri Lanka: Humanitarian Disaster Looms Pakistan: New Violence Upcoming this week Sri Lanka: Trapped Between Military and Monsoon The quarter of a million Sri Lankans locked…
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A Tale of Two Taliban
(Originally posted on Daily Kos) In the last month, a spotlight has fallen on two sharply different terrorism cases that illuminate the best and worse of America's efforts to defeat…