"It is too dangerous," he said. "The Talibans have their checkpoints, bunkers and snipers. **At night, **they patrol, sometimes on horses. They are always coming out with their weapons and RPGs intimidating people."
I wouldn't pay too much attention to this article.
"What do you think about the U.S. incursions?"
That got a reaction.
"God willing, we will fight them," said one teenager with a purple scar on his chin. "They are the enemy," he said and launched into a long explanation of America’s goal to occupy Muslim lands and undermine Islam. I’ve heard the same speech from Cairo to Lebanon, Baghdad to Riyadh. God bless the Internet.
I don't know whats the fascination of any "journalist" asking stupid questions.
Even if you ask a "non-Taliban-supporter" this same question they will reply in a similar way "We will fight". What answer does anyone expect? "we'll bend over"?
Author couldn't even name the area in Karachi where he visited... easy to digest for "foreign audience" but perhaps easily challengeable by Karachiites.