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Taliban warn woman against working for USAID

PESHAWAR, Pakistan: The Taliban on Wednesday warned a woman working for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) of "dire consequences' if she kept working. USAID employee Dr Aneesa Arif said three armed men with long hair and beards stopped her in front of her house in Hayatabad and demanded she stop working for USAID. She said the men told her they were Taliban and would kill her if she did not stop working. Dr Aneesa said the Taliban stole her car, bearing registration number 7522, cash and valuables, and fled the scene. Tatara police have registered a case.

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Bilal Qureshi

Bilal Qureshi is a resident of Washington, DC, so it is only natural that he is tremendously interested in politics. He is also fascinated by the relationship between Pakistan, the country of his birth, and the United States of America, his adopted homeland. Therefore, he makes every effort to read major newspapers in Pakistan and what is being said about Washington, while staying fully alert to the analysis and the news being reported in the American press about Pakistan. After finishing graduate school, he started using his free time to write to various papers in Pakistan in an effort to clarify whatever misconceptions he noticed in the press, especially about the United States. This pastime became a passion after his letters were published in Vanity Fair and The New Yorker and his writing became more frequent and longer. Now, he is here, writing a blog about Pakistan managed by Foreign Policy Association.

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Taliban; US-Pakistan Relations; Culture and Society

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