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Pashtun Poets Challenge Religious Fundamentalism
Thu Jan 19, 2012 9:54 AM EST
Since their rise in the late 1990s, the Taliban and like-minded groups in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region have launched an aggressive campaign against liberal ways of life, bombing music shops, destroying schools, and murdering musicians, singers, and female dan …
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Pakistan's Swat Valley: Taliban Gone But Peace Remains Elusive
Wed Jan 11, 2012 6:15 AM EST
An idyllic valley rich in natural resources and heritage located in northwestern Pakistan, the Swat is bit by bit recovering from the trauma of conflict between pro Al-Qaeda Taliban militants and Pakistan security forces that in May 2009 displaced 2.5 million from the region and …
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Peace in AF-PAK Region: Talk to the People
Sat Oct 22, 2011 5:19 AM EDT
In the wake of strained US-Pakistan relations, each side is blaming each other for not taking action against militant commanders who have taken refuge in the mountainous areas along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.
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Dancing Girls of the Swat Valley | World Policy Institute
Seeded on Tue Sep 13, 2011 3:24 PM EDT (World Policy Journal)
Both the Taliban and radicalized Pakistani society consider performers to be sinners. In Pashtun areas, a singer or dancer is known as damor beghairat (a person without a sense of honor). “We don’t have any respect in this society.
What is the Plan for Re-building Swat Valley?
Mon Sep 5, 2011 3:15 PM EDT
After three years of bloodshed and destruction by Taliban militants in Swat Valley, the Pakistan Army, understanding that more than force was needed to defeat extremists, held a conference on de-radicalisation.
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Swat's Female Dancers Struggle With Taliban's Legacy - Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty © 2011
Seeded on Thu Aug 4, 2011 11:25 AM EDT (Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)
The Swat Valley was once the only place in Pakistan's Pashtun regions where women could pursue careers as singers and dancers. Then Taliban extremists banned all music after taking over in 2007.
Pakistan-Voices of Dissent Silenced
Thu Jul 7, 2011 6:12 PM EDT
Pakistan—a country with more than 170 million people and a deteriorating economy—has been in the eye of the storm since its inception in 1947.
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Orphans Of War: The Innocent Victims Of Pakistan's Swat Offensive
Tue Jun 28, 2011 2:22 PM EDT
MINGORA, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan -- The worn-out burqa covering her from head to toe fails to conceal Rekhmina's sense of loss and uncertainty. The mother of four has come to the Khpal Kor Foundation, an orphanage located in Swat District's largest city, Mingora, i …
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British Royal Couple Invited to Witness ''King of Games''
Thu Jun 16, 2011 9:49 AM EDT
To promote soft image of the militancy hit north western region of Pakistan and ‘’to put it in the news internationally for something heartwarming and positive””, Amir Haidar Khan Hoti, chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has formally invited th …
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Peshawar: A City Alive In The Shadow Of Death
Tue Jun 7, 2011 7:25 AM EDT
Peshawar, capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province and once a central city of the ancient Kingdom of Gandhara, is becoming known as one of the world's most dangerous cities.Bombings, targeted killings, and kidnappings have left behind an acute feeling of insecurity.
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