Taliban declares ceasefire, Islamabad loses control

Pakistani Taliban declared a 10-day ceasefire with the Pakistani government in response to the Pakistani government agreeing to impose Shariah Law in the Swat district. Islamabad has steadily lost control of a growing portion of the country..

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Al Qaeda & Talibans threat to India and Pakistan

After the Soviets withdrew from Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden returned to his native Saudi Arabia. He founded an organisation to help veterans of the Afghan war, many of whom went on to fight elsewhere and comprise the basis of Al-Qaeda..

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