dallasnews.com - 1/18/2009
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12:00 AM CST on Sunday, January 18, 2009 Reuters, The Associated Press Taliban militants have banned female education in the northwest Pakistan valley of Swat, depriving more than 40,000 girls of schooling, officials said on Saturday. "My daughters are sitting at home," said Mohammad Ayub, ...
getafghanistanright.com - 1/12/2009
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getafghanistanright.com —
Get Afghanistan Right Week posted on January 12th,
2009 by Jason Rosenbaum at The Seminal As you...
may have noticed or may have heard, The Seminal has a new project that is going public this week. Along with fellow bloggers, journalists, and ...
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Get Afghanistan Right!
whitehouse.gov - 1/20/2009
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whitehouse.gov —
Afghanistan: Obama and Biden will refocus American resources
on the greatest threat to our security -- the...
resurgence of al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan. They will increase our troop levels in Afghanistan, press our allies in NATO ...
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Foreign Policy
longwarjournal.org - 1/25/2009
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longwarjournal.org —
Mullah Fazlullah. Click image to view the slideshow
of the Taliban Leadership in Pakistan and Afghanistan. The...
leader of the Taliban-controlled district of Swat in Pakistan's northwest has ordered more than 50 political and ...
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Swat Taliban summon government officials to sharia courts
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Taliban ban 'un-Islamic' female education in Pakistan region
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... of two girls whose school was blown up by militants in October. "Their future looks bleak because they will stay uneducated." There has been fighting in the valley for more than a year, but residents say the military is losing control to militants who aim to impose a severe form of Islamic law. Swat is just one front the militants have opened up as violence has spread across Northwest Frontier province from adjoining semi-autonomous tribal areas that border Afghanistan. Read more: http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/world/... Have I mentioned that I hate these ...
Taliban Bans Female Education in NW Pakistan
Crooks and Liars —
There goes Bush's last alleged achievement:
Taliban militants have banned female education in the northwest Pakistan valley of Swat, depriving more than 40,000 girls of schooling, officials said on Saturday.
"My daughters are sitting at home," said Mohammad Ayub, father of two girls whose school was blown up by militants in October. "Their future looks bleak because they will stay uneducated."
There has been fighting in the valley for more than a year, but residents say the military is losing control to militants who aim to ...
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