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Elders losing to extremists in Pakistan - -

By David Montero

from the June 08, 2006 edition

Elders losing to extremists in Pakistan

About 150 elders have been killed in Waziristan in recent years, emboldening mullahs.

By David Montero | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor

PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN � To be a tribal elder in Pakistan's Waziristan region once meant unquestioned power and respect. These days it connotes title to a way of life ruptured by the modern world. Increasingly, it also carries a death sentence.

Some 150 tribal elders have been killed in Waziristan in the past three years. No arrests have been made; no prosecutions handed down. But most of the whispers point to the Taliban, who have publicly condemned many elders for supporting the military's war against radical militants.


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