An extraordinary thing has happened in Pakistan: the government is fighting to retain control of Peshawar even as the jihadis tighten their ring of control around this town of 3 million people in the sensitive Pashtun belt, overlooking the Khyber pass.


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P>An extraordinary thing has happened in Pakistan: the government is fighting to retain control of Peshawar even as the jihadis tighten their ring of control around this town of 3 million people in the sensitive Pashtun belt, overlooking the Khyber pass.

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