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Saving Pakistan’s Heartland

While media attention has focused on the battle for control in its restive tribal areas, Pakistan needs to develop a strategy for thwarting the creeping Talibanization of its urban centers.

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While media attention has focused on the battle for control in its restive tribal areas, Pakistan needs to develop a strategy for thwarting the creeping Talibanization of its urban centers.

While media attention has focused on the battle for control in its restive tribal areas, Pakistan needs to develop a strategy for thwarting the creeping Talibanization of its urban centers.

<p> Ahmed Humayun is a senior analyst on the Emerging Threats Project at Georgetown University's Imaging Science and Information Systems Center, which is funded by the DNI Open Source Center. He can be reached at humayun@isis.georgetown.edu. </p> <p> &nbsp; </p>
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