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From The Nation, based in Lahore, Pakistan:

'Taliban' set newspapers on fire

From Our Correspondent
PESHAWAR – Alleged Taliban set on fire bundles of local and national newspapers before their delivery in Mirali town of NWA Monday morning, reports said.
The alleged Talibans told the tribesmen that they committed this act because they are dubbed as terrorists and miscreants in the newspapers and vowed to continue such acts, they also asked the local media representatives to mend their ways. Later these Talibans while brandishing their weapons fled from the scene.
, without being offered any resistance.

The story then takes a turn from the unintentionally amusing to the serious:

It is pertinent to add that ongoing war on terror and growing trend of militancy resulted into wide range of unrest amongst the tribal journalists. Almost all of tribal journalists from North and South Waziristan Agency have either left their profession or shifted to some other place. The whereabouts of Hayat Ullah, Correspondent of The Nation, mysteriously abducted from his residence on December 5 2005, are still not known. His relatives allege that he is in custody of the secret agencies, whereas government is contradicting such allegations. Some 17 months back two correspondents of The Nation Allah Noor Wazir and Amir Nawab Khan were mysteriously assassinated by armed persons.

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