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Illegal but Tolerated Gun Market Thrives Around Pakistan's Swat Valley
17 February 2009
NDTV News (India)
SWAT — The latest deal struck by the Pakistan government with local hard line Islamist leaders in Swat on Tuesday may bring a temporary truce to the area but with a combination of a thriving arms market and lawless society, peace may just be a pause in the long history of violence in north western Pakistan.
The strategic Khyber Pass, gateway to Afghanistan from Pakistan's tribal areas, has been used for centuries by armies and tribal warlords to operate across two... (GunPolicy.org)