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New province name: Pakistan taps ethnic pride as defense against Taliban

Pakistan renamed the North West Frontier Province to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in a nod to Pashtuns, but the minority Hazars launched deadly protests. The Taliban has sought to supplant ethnic identity with pan-Islamist philosophy.
Pakistan suicide attack ends lull in Peshawar

The latest attack in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar killed 11 more people, prompting a local official to question the province's security defenses and suggest targeting the militants' bases.
Taliban bomb Peshawar in response to Pakistan offensive

The Pakistan offensive against the Taliban is making some progress, but the militants have struck back with a series of suicide attacks in the city of Peshawar. Is this the last gasp of encircled Taliban militants – or a continuing counterattack?
In Pakistan, Taliban tearing apart a culture

Pashtun residents say militants have imposed extremist views on the population, displacing centuries-old traditions.
Pakistani Taliban under pressure from tribal rival

A escalating feud could distract Baitullah Mehsud and his 10,000-plus men from fighting Western forces in Afghanistan.