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Militants force thousands to flee FR Peshawar
[Dawn] Thousands of people fled the semi-tribal Akakhel area and shifted to different localities of Beautiful Downtown Peshawar...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. after receiving threats from banned beturbanned goon group Lashkar-e-Islam of Khyber Agency  .A number of Akakhel people told Dawn on Tuesday that they had to leave their homes because Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) had warned them to support it or vacate the area. Posted by: Fred 2013-04-18 |
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