KHYBER PASS & BEYOND (6#) -

Peshawar: Prof Irfan Ashraf from the University of Peshawar's Journalism Dept roundly criticizes recent reportage of profuse and conflicting rumours that the Afghan diplomat, Abdul Khaliq Farahi, has been released by his abductors.

The Afghan envoy is still missing.

# Miranshah: A drone attack occurred on Wednesday over the village of Khusali Toorikhel in North Waziristan, leaving an estimated four dead and nine injured. Contains some local color.

# The roaming militant menace in the FATA Tribal Area around Bara described by Paul Wiseman and Zafar M Sheikh. [usat]

# Is Baituallah Mehsud dead or alive? [ndtv]

# MSNBC's Richard Engel visits Karachi and discovers that residents there fear the encroachment of the Taliban. [msnbc]

# Pakistani Blogger Buzz
about the alleged Zardari-Palin flirtation.

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