http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7174425.stm
Troubling signs of growing instability in Pakistan... If things continue to deteriorate, it will be interesting to see what kind of effects it will have on the political race for president here in the states...
A somewhat timely and related article is this NY Times story on increasing interest/pressure by Washington to step up military/CIA actions in Pakistan...
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01...MYWAY&pagewanted=print
Pakistan tribal elders shot dead
BBC breaking news graphic
Gunmen in Pakistan have shot dead eight pro-government tribal leaders in the troubled South Waziristan region on Afghanistan's border, officials say.
The tribesmen were killed in two separate attacks on Sunday night and early Monday, a security official said.
Three of the men died in a market in Wana, the region's main town, while the others were shot dead at their homes in Shkai, a town north of Wana, he said.
South Waziristan is a known stronghold of Taleban and al-Qaeda militants.
The region has been at the centre of fighting between the army and the militants in recent months.
Troubling signs of growing instability in Pakistan... If things continue to deteriorate, it will be interesting to see what kind of effects it will have on the political race for president here in the states...
A somewhat timely and related article is this NY Times story on increasing interest/pressure by Washington to step up military/CIA actions in Pakistan...
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01...MYWAY&pagewanted=print