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PESHAWAR: INSIDE THE GATES (3#) -

In a followup to last night's stories, the Taliban are already openly inside the city, according to Reuters correspondent Zeeshan Haider.

"They arrive in broad daylight on the back of pick-up trucks, brandishing automatic weapons, and threatening owners of music stores to close down."

Last week, they kidnapped a couple of dozen Christians, but let them go shortly thereafter.

More police and related manpower are being deployed to the area. And gunship helicopters are reported to be nearby.

:: More:: about Peshawar - background.

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