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Two films on NWFP and global war on terror

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

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LONDON: The US enlisted the help of the mujahideen to fight the Soviet army in 1980s Afghanistan. But Pakistan, too, began fostering extremism. Now, Declan Walsh reports, it is suffering the violent consequences. Two recent films feature Pakistan’s lawless North-West Frontier Province. The first is Charlie Wilson’s War, a glossy Hollywood tale about how a [...]

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