Et par blir overrasket av en gruppe Taliban-krigere, og dommen eksekveres på stedet. En lokal journalist er invitert med for å vise omverdenen hva de kan vente seg hvis de ikke følger påbudene for moralsk oppførsel. Hendelsen fant sted i Hangu-distriktet to timers kjøring nord for Peshawar, i North West Frontier Province. Videoen ble sendt på TV-kanalen Dawn News og har sjokkert pakistanerne. Dette er hva de kan vente seg hvis Taliban tar over.

Det er det en reell mulighet for, advarer den amerikanske forsvarssjefen Mike Mullen. Utenriksminister Hillary Clinton etterlyser sterkere engasjement fra flere pakistanere.

Flere pakistanske analytikere tror Taliban vil rykke frem mot Islamabad. Det finnes også ekstremister inn i byen som bare venter på et fremstøt. Predikanten i Den røde moske ble nylig sluppet løs fra fengsel. Det prekes revolusjon hver eneste fredag i moskeer i Islamabad, og utover i Punjab har ekstremistene mange tilhengere.

PRIO-leder Kristian Berg Harpviken sa til VG søndag at Taliban-bevegelsen i Pakistan har et anstrøk av klassekamp.

«The Taliban are steady and confident, the government is weak and faltering,» said Pervez Hoodbhoy, a professor at Islamabad’s Quaid-e-Azam University and one of Pakistan’s leading intellectuals.

«A Taliban victory will enslave our women, destroy Pakistan’s rich historical and cultural heritage, make education and science impossible, and make the lives of its citizens impossibly difficult. Some are already contemplating an exodus.»
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Islamabad’s defences are being hurriedly fortified, with paramilitary troops stationed on the Margalla Hills, which overlook the city from the West. In the capital, there are thousands of followers of the radical Red Mosque, where there are now open calls for Islamic revolution at the weekly Friday prayers.

«The Taliban will not stop at Swat. They will come towards Islamabad,» said Hasan Askari Rizvi, a military analyst based in Lahore. «If the army is to take action against them, it is going to be a really bloody battle. And then civil government will be knocked out.»

«Extremist groups based in Islamabad will move from within and they (Taliban) will build pressure from outside.»
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For those in areas falling under Taliban control, their harsh rule is terrifying.

An SOS text message sent out on Friday by a terrified local resident, in an area of Swat called Bahrain, says that the Taliban have established total control. Asking not be named for fear of reprisal, he said that they have set up check posts at the entrance to Bahrain, from where they kidnap those they want, including young women.

«They’ve even warned the local schools to close the girl classes or face dire consequences. Yet the government says its writ is in Swat.»

Another Swat resident said: «Every day I see armed Taliban move around freely. At the time of prayer, if they see anyone in his shop or walking about, they whip him with a stick.»

Taliban gunmen shooting couple dead for adultery caught on camera

Et par blir overrasket av en gruppe Taliban-krigere, og dommen eksekveres på stedet. En lokal journalist er invitert med for å vise omverdenen hva de kan vente seg hvis de ikke følger påbudene for moralsk oppførsel. Hendelsen fant sted i Hangu-distriktet to timers kjøring nord for Peshawar, i North West Frontier Province. Videoen ble sendt på TV-kanalen Dawn News og har sjokkert pakistanerne. Dette er hva de kan vente seg hvis Taliban tar over.

Det er det en reell mulighet for, advarer den amerikanske forsvarssjefen Mike Mullen. Utenriksminister Hillary Clinton etterlyser sterkere engasjement fra flere pakistanere.

Flere pakistanske analytikere tror Taliban vil rykke frem mot Islamabad. Det finnes også ekstremister inn i byen som bare venter på et fremstøt. Predikanten i Den røde moske ble nylig sluppet løs fra fengsel. Det prekes revolusjon hver eneste fredag i moskeer i Islamabad, og utover i Punjab har ekstremistene mange tilhengere.

PRIO-leder Kristian Berg Harpviken sa til VG søndag at Taliban-bevegelsen i Pakistan har et anstrøk av klassekamp.

«The Taliban are steady and confident, the government is weak and faltering,» said Pervez Hoodbhoy, a professor at Islamabad’s Quaid-e-Azam University and one of Pakistan’s leading intellectuals.

«A Taliban victory will enslave our women, destroy Pakistan’s rich historical and cultural heritage, make education and science impossible, and make the lives of its citizens impossibly difficult. Some are already contemplating an exodus.»
..

Islamabad’s defences are being hurriedly fortified, with paramilitary troops stationed on the Margalla Hills, which overlook the city from the West. In the capital, there are thousands of followers of the radical Red Mosque, where there are now open calls for Islamic revolution at the weekly Friday prayers.

«The Taliban will not stop at Swat. They will come towards Islamabad,» said Hasan Askari Rizvi, a military analyst based in Lahore. «If the army is to take action against them, it is going to be a really bloody battle. And then civil government will be knocked out.»

«Extremist groups based in Islamabad will move from within and they (Taliban) will build pressure from outside.»
..

For those in areas falling under Taliban control, their harsh rule is terrifying.

An SOS text message sent out on Friday by a terrified local resident, in an area of Swat called Bahrain, says that the Taliban have established total control. Asking not be named for fear of reprisal, he said that they have set up check posts at the entrance to Bahrain, from where they kidnap those they want, including young women.

«They’ve even warned the local schools to close the girl classes or face dire consequences. Yet the government says its writ is in Swat.»

Another Swat resident said: «Every day I see armed Taliban move around freely. At the time of prayer, if they see anyone in his shop or walking about, they whip him with a stick.»

Taliban gunmen shooting couple dead for adultery caught on camera