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Article: Politics.(Pskistan launched an offensive against the Taliban)(Afghanistan presidential elections)(Sri Lanka's record on human rights)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- October 24, 2009
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Pakistan's army launched a long-awaited offensive against Taliban strongholds in the tribal area of South Waziristan, to fierce resistance. Tens of thousands of civilians fled the region. Apparently in retaliation for the offensive, a series of terrorist attacks killed at least 166 people in a 12-day period. In Islamabad, a Pakistani brigadier was shot dead and an attack on an Islamic university killed eight people, forcing schools and colleges across the country to shut.
Afghanistan announced the result of its presidential election, two months after the poll. Although a preliminary tally had given the incumbent, Hamid Karzai, 55% of the vote, so many of the ...