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Next-Gen Taliban: Pakistan’s younger Islamic militants are bringing the jihad waged in Afghanistan back home: breaking with senior mullahs, renouncing elections and killing police officers, soldiers and, perhaps, Benazir Bhutto.
From The Economist, a cover story on Pakistan, the world’s most dangerous place (and more).
From Time, an article on why Pakistan matters.
A review of The Nuclear Jihadist: The True Story of the Man Who Sold the World’s Most Dangerous Secrets…and How We Could Have Stopped Him by Douglas Frantz and Catherine Collins.
From Foreign Policy, when Pervez Musharraf falls, too, will American leaders finally wake up and see Pakistan for what it is, not for what they wish it to be?
Bhutto and the candidates: David Remnick on the American election and the paradox of Pakistan.
From Asia Times, an interview with Hassan Abbas on Pakistan’s political future
An imperfect feminist: However disappointing Bhutto was in her actions on behalf of Pakistan’s women, she was a potent symbol of their potential empowerment — and symbols matter.
From The Nation, Barbara Crossette on why an age of hope is over (and more).
From Newsweek, a hero for democracy? As Pakistan threatens to fall into chaos, the martyred Benazir Bhutto may become in death what she never achieved in life (and more by Christopher Hitchens).
What’s next for Pakistan? Musharraf’s handling of the protests that will follow Benazir Bhutto’s funeral will decide Pakistan’s future (and more).
The question of what happens next is almost impossible to answer, especially at a moment when Bhutto herself seemed to be the only answer (and more). Here’s an op-ed Bhutto wrote after October’s unsuccessful assassination attempt.
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Surf Some of the Best Websites about Pakistan
Pakistan: Country Study by the Federal Research Division, Library of Congress. Comprehensive introduction to Pakistan. Includes a country profile, history, geography, society, economy, and government.
CIA World Factbook on Pakistan.
Economist Country Briefing on Pakistan.
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