A paramedic examines a girl who was injured in a air strike in Mir Ali at a local hospital in Peshawar October 10, 2007. Pakistani artillery bombarded Taliban and al Qaeda positions on Wednesday as villagers buried relatives killed by an air strike during the heaviest fighting seen so far in a tribal area near the Afghan border.
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An internally displaced person, fleeing military operations in Buner, prays at a UNHCR camp (United Nations High Commission for Refugees) in Mardan, about 100 km (60 miles) north west of Pakistan’s capital Islamabad, May 6, 2009. Pakistani forces attacked Taliban fighters in the Swat valley with artillery and helicopters on Wednesday after the United States called on the government to show its commitment to fighting militancy.
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Thread split. BR please provide some direction to the discussion, and post links to any external material you include (such as the above picture)
Thread split. BR please provide some direction to the discussion, and post links to any external material you include (such as the above picture)
A picture speaks a thousand words. Its very clear from the title of the thread. Let people discuss it with freedom on the other hand you can be unfair as usual and remove this thread. The choice is yours!
A picture speaks a thousand words. Its very clear from the title of the thread. Let people discuss it with freedom on the other hand you can be unfair as usual and remove this thread. The choice is yours!
Business as usual from you. You don't follow the rules, when thread is closed you cry 'bias'. Either you follow the rules or I'll move the thread to trash.
Re: Civilian casualties from the war [split: Musharraf was responsible for rise..]
Pakistan is at war, it has been for a long time now. As long as we are talking about civilian casualties why don’t we start with the hundreds killed in suicide bombings throughout the country in the past yr alone.
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Pakistan tops Iraq, Afghanistan in suicide bombing deaths
AFP: 26 killed in suicide attack on Pakistan police**
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30 die as twin suicide blasts rock Lahore**
**100 die in Taleban suicide bombing
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the enemy is within, using civilians as a shield in the north west and for target practice in other parts, its a sad day indeed to be fighting a war within the confines of our own borders but every possible option was availed to avoid this, including making a deal with the devil itself, just to bring peace and avoid human suffering. Army action now is unavoidable because the sanctity of this sovereign nation is at stake thus the evacuation of thousands of residents to safe havens to avoid innocent casualties
Business as usual from you. You don't follow the rules, when thread is closed you cry 'bias'. Either you follow the rules or I'll move the thread to trash.
Do it then...The most you can do is have me banned. Stop harassing people with the little authority you have and grow up!
Do it then...The most you can do is have me banned. Stop harassing people with the little authority you have and grow up!
what is your actual problem dude, no one is harassing you. If you follow the guidelines & rules their will be no problem.
As far as goat-lovers/thugs/killers commonly known as "taliban" concerned, they are threat to existence of Pakistan.
Not a single Pakistani with his head intact at right please will support these rascals. The civilian casualties are happening because of Talibans using civilians as human shields !
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Death to Taliban !**
Re: Civilian casualties from the war [split: Musharraf was responsible for rise..]
DAWN.COM | Provinces | Fleeing Swatis describe horrific scenes
** Fleeing Swatis describe horrific scenes**
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A displaced family from Swat valley arrives at a make shift camp in Swabi.—AFP
PESHAWAR: Shop owner Saeed Khan has already buried one child killed in fighting between the Taliban and government forces in northwest Pakistan. He cannot bear to lose another, AFP reports.
So the 50-year-old bundled his wife, son and daughter onto a bus in the Taliban-infested town of Mingora in the Swat valley and hurried to the city of Peshawar, hoping for a future free from further bloodshed.
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‘I lost my son, who was a police officer in Swat, in a suicide attack in Mingora early this year. I buried him in front of my house,’ **Khan told AFP, tears rolling down his cheeks.
‘I don’t want to dig graves for my daughter and son in Mingora. That is why I left the area… His death broke me. Tell me where should I go and from whom should I seek justice?’
Local officials say more than 40,000 men, women and children have packed up and fled Mingora since Tuesday, fearing that Pakistan’s military could unleash a fresh ground and air assault against Taliban fighters.
The bedraggled refugees, some leading goats and cattle through the streets, are seeking safety for their loved ones, as the Taliban claimed to control 90 per cent of the former ski resort and tourist getaway, once favoured by Westerners.
‘I am immediately leaving the city with my wife, mother and four kids,’ said taxi driver Ali Rehman, 46.
‘I don’t really know my destination and destiny. My family and I need protection.’
At the bus stop in Peshawar — the capital of the North West Frontier Province — exhausted and anxious people told stories of horror as they poured out of vehicles carrying old bags, blankets and bundles of clothes.
Zarina Begum, 40, pleaded for help as she staggered off a bus.
‘A mortar hit my house and as a result, I lost one of my eyes. Please take me to hospital, I want medical treatment,’ Zarina begged.
‘They (Taliban) killed my husband, they slit his throat after accusing him of spying… I escaped Swat because I don’t want my son to be killed under the same circumstances. I don’t want to receive his decapitated body.’
The government had hoped that a peace deal agree in February would placate hardliners trying to impose a repressive brand of Islam, but instead the deal appears to be in tatters.
Clashes have flared in recent days throughout Swat, where wealthy Pakistanis and foreigners used to enjoy the breathtaking mountain scenery from plush hilltop hideaways, or cruise down the ski slopes.
Now, gunfire rings out in Mingora, where armed Taliban patrol the streets.
‘I’m really scared of going to Swat. Whenever I see Taliban, they look like vampires,’ said 25-year-old shop keeper Salman Mujtaba, who lost family members in a suicide attack near Mingora.
‘I will never ever go back to Swat. It has lost its beauty.’
Do it then...The most you can do is have me banned. Stop harassing people with the little authority you have and grow up!
You can stop following rules completely, I will give you enough warnings resulting in ban and you'll be happy camper (outside). Its actually you who needs to grow up, we are here to enforce rule, we don't cry "bias".