PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Islamic militants are using a recent peace deal with the government to consolidate their hold in northern Pakistan, vastly expanding their training of suicide bombers and other recruits and fortifying alliances with Al Qaeda and foreign fighters, diplomats and intelligence officials from several nations say. The result, they say, is virtually a Taliban mini-state.
“They are taking territory,” said one Western ambassador in Pakistan. “They are becoming much more aggressive in Pakistan.”
The Afghan intelligence service said last week in a statement that it had captured an Afghan suicide bomber wearing a vest filled with explosives. The man reportedly said he had been given the task by the head of a religious school in the Pakistani tribal region of Bajaur, and that 500 to 600 students there were being prepared to fight jihad and be suicide bombers.
The bomber said that the former head of Pakistani intelligence, Gen. Hamid Gul, was financing and supporting the project, according to the statement, though the claim is impossible to verify. Pakistani intelligence agencies have long nurtured militants in the tribal areas to pressure the rival government in Afghanistan, though the government claims to have ceased its support.
Humm..NY Times. I have no used of this newspaper in US. NYT is one which help the US government inflame the mass destruction weapons propaganda in Iraq before the Iraqi war started. Everytime something negative in China happened, NYT is not shy to relish over it. But it rarely ever reports the progresses we made in China. This newspaper clearly have an agenda.
Fortunately, a lot of Americans don't like NYT too, that's why its subscription is going down.
It reminds me of the Indian press, which used to publish laughable stories like 'the Taliban take over half of NWFP' especially during the times when the Taliban and Pakistan had very cordial relations lol
Im really getting tired of all the negative press Pakistan gets… Journalists see nothing good in Pakistan besides militants, taliban, and terrorists…
Our neighbors hardly get such negative press…
Particularly when it comes to NYT and WP it is very difficult to ascertain media bias vs news. For example WP has a lot of credibility in investigative reporting, highlight being watergate. NYT, in spite of having recently suffered several scandals in reporting, is very widely read and enjoys general credibility. The Bush republicans have tried for years discrediting NYT as a liberally biased publication but haven't had any serious impact partly because of the Fox bias and W's incompetence.
Lets stop thinking about it people they are not going to stop publishing negative stories about pakistan, they used to do same with russia and chaina, now look at china where they are. We should just think and do for pakistan and let these media know we are to be taken seriously.
Allah Bless Pakistan ALWAYS
AMEN
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they used to do same with russia and chaina, now look at china where they are
is it that easy? and where is russia today?
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If you dont know, russia is still considered a great power. They are even in G8!! and if you dont know what G8 is its an allience of 8 most powerfull countries.
I think you are taking my point in a wrong manner. My point was west use to do propoganda against them two countries but now becuase they are powerfull the frequency is gone down.
We should think before making any comments!!!!
Yeah but its not just out of necesity that these Journalists are constantly framing Pakistan in a negative light… Its also has a lot to do with making documentries and new stories that sell… And the fact is that people watch Pakistan the hub of terrorism, its what sells.
And since most Journalists have no loyalty toward Pakistan or its people, they have no problem showing people what they want to see.