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Like the Wild, Wild West. Plus Al-Qaeda. (Washington Post) |
Darra Adam Khel, a small burg in Pakistan’s tribal areas, is the quintessential frontier town. Picture Wyatt Earp sashaying down the streets of Tombstone in a turban, and you begin to get the idea. Because Pakistani laws don’t apply here, smugglers, gunsmiths and, most recently, the Taliban find Darra, as it’s locally known, an optimal place to do business.
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