A crackdown on undocumented migrants is forcing thousands back to uncertain fates in Afghanistan, and ratcheting up tensions between Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban
To understand the current conflict in Swat, one has to look back to 1897
"A year hath passed since Aurangzeb is encamped against us,
Disordered and perplexed in appearance,
By using illegal FM radio broadcasts, militants in Pakistan are gaining the stature of a parallel government, . But one government response shows that the militants have power but not credibility.
