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Archive Home > 2008 > July > 26 > Taliban exploit sectarian divide in Pakistan

Taliban exploit sectarian divide in Pakistan

By Jane Perlez and Pir Zubair Shah / The Bulletin
July 26, 2008

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — It was once known as the Parrot’s Beak, a strategic jut of Pakistan that the U.S.-backed mujahedeen used to carry out raids on the Russians just over the border into Afghanistan. That was during the Cold War.

Now, the area around the town of Parachinar is....

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