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India-Pakistan
New Pakistan PM Gets Tough On Insurgents
2013-07-24
[Ynet] Months after promising peace talks with Islamist krazed killers, Pakistain's new prime minister appears to be backing down and accepting that the use of military force may be unavoidable in the face of escalating violence across the South Asian country.

Almost 200 people have been killed in rebel attacks in Pakistain since Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf...
 came to power last month, advocating peace talks with the Pak branch of the Taliban. Sharif's tougher line signals that Pakistain's powerful military still has the upper hand in policy-making.
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