Spiegel Online, 21 February 2009
Islamists Triumph in Swat Valley
Bowing Down to the Taliban
By Susanne Koelbl
Pakistan is capitulating to the Taliban in the picturesque Swat Valley, where the Islamists have introduced Sharia law. Now the militants’ triumph threatens to encourage radicals throughout the region.
The defeat was celebrated as if it had been a victory. The chief minister of the North-West Frontier Province greeted a delegation from the local Taliban. The Taliban officials, with (...)