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Pakistani Taliban website taken down

Pakistani Taliban website taken down

Rediff.com7 Apr 2014

Less than two days after the Taliban announced the launch of their official website hosting videos, a magazine, and its leaders' interviews and statements, it was taken down on Monday.

No shaving beards, no mobiles: Taliban 'moral' police

No shaving beards, no mobiles: Taliban 'moral' police

Rediff.com2 Apr 2012

The Pakistani Taliban have introduced "moral policing" in parts of northeastern Afghanistan in a bid to enforce their puritanical version of Islam, Afghan police officials have said.

Pakistan has paid a huge price to see evil

Pakistan has paid a huge price to see evil

Rediff.com18 Dec 2014

A grieving Pakistan's policy shift towards the Taliban has comes at a great cost, says Shahzad Raza.