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Pakistan to Free a Taliban Commander - New York Times Fri, 20 Sep 2013 19:05:40 GMT

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Pakistan to Free a Taliban Commander
New York Times
By SALMAN MASOOD. Published: September 20, 2013. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The Pakistani government said Friday that it would release a senior Taliban commander on Saturday to facilitate peace talks in neighboring Afghanistan. World Twitter Logo.
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Pakistan says to free senior Afghan Taliban commander - Reuters Fri, 20 Sep 2013 16:03:12 GMT

Pakistan says to free senior Afghan Taliban commander
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The United States and Afghanistan have long pressed Pakistan to free Baradar, a figure they believe could be used to tempt moderate Taliban leaders to the negotiating table and transform the Taliban insurgency into a political movement. "In order to ...

Challenging Bollywood: Pakistan's fledgling film sector - BBC News Fri, 20 Sep 2013 11:50:44 GMT

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Challenging Bollywood: Pakistan's fledgling film sector
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In a bright yellow dress and with her heavily kohled eyes, it is impossible to miss film director Iram Parveen Bilal. She is the driving force behind Josh, an independently produced Pakistani film that has won much critical acclaim from across the ...

Infanticide prompts imam response in Pakistan - BBC News Fri, 20 Sep 2013 23:28:51 GMT

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Infanticide prompts imam response in Pakistan
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Among the cases which have made headlines recently are the gang rape of a five-year-old twins abandoned on a railway line and a baby girl thrown into a river by her father. In response imams in mosques across Pakistan have been asked to preach a ...

Pakistan to Release Senior Taliban Commander - Voice of America Fri, 20 Sep 2013 17:05:49 GMT

Pakistan to Release Senior Taliban Commander
Voice of America
Pakistan's Foreign Office said in a statement on Friday that Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban's former second-in-command, was being freed to "further facilitate the Afghan reconciliation process." Baradar was arrested in Pakistan in 2010. Afghanistan ...

'Pakistan bashing only on cricket field' - The Hindu Fri, 20 Sep 2013 14:11:02 GMT

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'Pakistan bashing only on cricket field'
The Hindu
A large media contingent on Friday questioned the delegation of Indian MPs on “Pakistan bashing” in India and were assured that on the contrary, there was a constituency for peace. Over 50 Parliamentarians from Pakistan and 13 MPs from India took part ...
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Pakistan to release Taliban's second-in-command from prison Saturday - PBS Fri, 20 Sep 2013 17:31:45 GMT

Pakistan to release Taliban's second-in-command from prison Saturday
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Reuters reports that the Pakistani government plans to release the Taliban's second in command, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, on Saturday in a move the U.S. and Afghanistan hope will work as an olive branch to bring the Taliban to the negotiating table.

Pakistan's YouTube ban, 1 year later - Christian Science Monitor Thu, 19 Sep 2013 17:46:22 GMT

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Pakistan's YouTube ban, 1 year later
Christian Science Monitor
The ban came after YouTube refused Pakistan's demand that it remove “the Innocence of Muslims” clips, outtakes from an attempt at making an anti-Islamic film that enraged many Muslims, from its website. Islamists, backed by different religious parties ...

Pakistan Must Beware Taliban Bearing Gifts - the Diplomat Fri, 20 Sep 2013 09:56:48 GMT

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Pakistan Must Beware Taliban Bearing Gifts
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In late August, a senior Pakistani militant commander, Asmatullah Muawiya, welcomed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's call for talks with anti-state insurgents. Days later, the spokesman of the Tehreek-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) — the main insurgent group ...

Grenade Attack on Mosque Kills 3 in Pakistan - ABC News Fri, 20 Sep 2013 12:30:20 GMT

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Grenade Attack on Mosque Kills 3 in Pakistan
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Pakistani police say assailants hurled hand grenades into a Sufi mosque in the country's northwest in a late night attack that left three people dead. Police official Misri Khan says the attack late Thursday in Achini Bala village near the Khyber ...
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