Video of Pakistani kids pretending to be suicide bombers is nothing to freak-out over.

By , on 2 March, 2011

The above video clip is popping up all over the Internet causing all sorts of horrified commentary like this:

This amateur video of Pashtun children enacting a suicide bombing has circulated on the internet in Pakistan in recent days, highlighting the disturbing psychological impact of Taliban violence on a generation.

The unsettling . . . → Read More: Video of Pakistani kids pretending to be suicide bombers is nothing to freak-out over.

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Someone in Pakistan is very busy making fake accounts on SEB.

By , on 11 October, 2010

And I haven’t a clue as to why as they don’t appear to be using them for a damned thing. There’s at least two IP address ranges that they keep showing up under, the latest was from 116.71.57.96 which shows up as part of PTCL Triple Play Project which belongs to the Pakistan Telecommunication Company . . . → Read More: Someone in Pakistan is very busy making fake accounts on SEB.

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The Horror of “Honor” Killings

By , on 2 September, 2008

Chalk another one up for that tried-and-true combination of religious fundamentalism and unchecked male aggression. Five Pakistani women, three of them teenagers, were shot and buried alive in rural Pakistan over the unspeakable horror of wanting to choose their own husbands. Naturally, it was relatives that kidnapped and killed them, but when they were arrested, . . . → Read More: The Horror of “Honor” Killings

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