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...Americans and NATO create problems for the Taliban in Afghanistan, then Taliban militants have the option to target American sites anywhere. And in that case, "Peshawar is the easiest target," says Dr. Hasan Askari Rizvi, a defense analyst and professor emeritus of political science at the University of Punjab in Lahore...
...example, is selling its controversial stun-guns, used by law-enforcement authorities to subdue people, to Indian state police forces as well as central security forces, which are conducting joint anti-Maoist operations. It has already signed contracts for Taser weapons with the police forces of two states - Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir - and expects India to become one of its "top 10, if not top 5," export markets, says spokesman Yogesh Saini. "They're not allowed for private security guards [in India], but we have had people asking about...
...claim that was at once disputed by the Taliban. Then on Tuesday, Pakistani TV channels, quoting an unnamed Taliban commander, reported that Mehsud had indeed been injured by the missile, and that he lapsed into a coma and died on Feb. 7 near Multan, a large town in Punjab province, where Mehsud's aides were hoping to find a doctor, both skilled and discreet, who was willing to treat Pakistan's most-wanted man. On Wednesday, the Pakistani government confirmed reports that Mehsud has died, and the Taliban has continued to deny...
...Last year was Hollywood's best performance in India to date. The success of the U.S. exports in the world's most prolific movie market - India makes over 1,000 films every year - began a year ago, as Indian audiences from Punjab to Chennai lapped up all genres of films, from Sony's Terminator Salvation to Warner's Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince to the Fox Star Studio-distributed Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs. Even Baz Luhrmann's romantic epic Australia, which tanked pretty much everywhere else in the world, made $2 million on the subcontinent - enough...
...that regard them as heretics or apostates. With the emergence of the Pakistani Taliban, that threat has intensified. In recent years, the town of Parachinar in the wild tribal areas along the Afghan border, Baluchistan province's capital of Quetta, Dera Ismail Khan in the northwest, and parts of Punjab have been among the areas scarred by anti-Shi'ite attacks. The latest bombing will call attention to the Taliban's long-standing but murky presence in Karachi. Until this past week, they have resisted mounting attacks in the city, preferring to use the sprawling metropolis as a base...