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| India-Pakistan |
| Punjabi Taliban threat growing |
| 2009-10-22 |
| Pakistan is facing a rising threat from Punjabi Taliban, who authorities fear are regrouping in the province after the army launched a major offensive to clear South Waziristan Agency of the threat. A report published by the Washington Times said extremists from Punjab had increasingly taken control of the Taliban forces fighting the army in Waziristan, but might now be fleeing back to Punjab "which already has been the scene of multiple suicide bombings" before the army launched the offensive. "The growing role of Punjabis marks a major escalation of the extremist threat in the country, analysts told Washington Times. "Punjab is the heartland of Pakistan, home to its political and military elite, and some of the extremist leaders received military training that has made them far more lethal than rural Pashtun fighters," the paper said. |
| Posted by:Fred |