Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Allied Militants Threaten Pakistan’s Populous Heart

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/14/world/asia/14punjab.html
DERA GHAZI KHAN, PakistanTaliban insurgents are teaming up with local militant groups to make inroads in Punjab, the province that is home to more than half of Pakistanis, reinvigorating an alliance that Pakistani and American authorities say poses a serious risk to the stability of the country
“I don’t think a lot of people understand the gravity of the issue,” said a senior police official in Punjab, who declined to be idenfitied because he was discussing threats to the state. “

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