A Who's Who of the Insurgency in NWFP

Last Updated (Friday, 07 November 2008 05:54) Written by Shabbir Hussain Imam Tuesday, 04 November 2008 03:49

A Who's Who of the Insurgency in Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province:

Part One – North and South Waziristan
By Rahimullah Yusufzai

Militants operating in Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province (NWFP)
include both Taliban and non-Taliban forces. However, the Taliban
militants are much larger in number and have a lot more influence in
the region. The Pakistani Taliban have close links with the Afghan
Taliban and operate on both sides of the Pakistan-Afghanistan border,
also known as the Durand Line after the British diplomat who
demarcated the boundary in 1893, Sir Mortimer Durand. The non-Taliban
militants, on the other hand, are often pro-government and enjoy
cordial ties with the Pakistan authorities and security forces.

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