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POPSTaliban whip woman for socializing with a Man Sindhi women's rights groups protested in Hyderabad against the Taliban atrocities in Swat. The video is disturbing. The punishment is similar to what happens in Saudi Arabia: By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: March 10, 2009 A 75-year-old widow living in Saudi Arabia has been sentenced to 40 lashes and four months in jail for mingling with two young men who are not close relatives, her lawyer said Monday. The newspaper Al Watan said the woman, Khamisa Sawadi, met with two 24-year-old men in April after she asked them to bring five loaves of bread to her home. The two men, her nephew and his business partner, were arrested by the religious police after delivering the bread, the newspaper said.
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POPSPashtuns Oust Gen. Musharaf's pro-Taliban Allies The ANP are followers of the famous pacifist Pashtun Leader, Khan Ghaffar Khan, known as Bacha Khan, who led non-violent resistance movement against the British. After the creation of Pakistan, Bacha Khan was kept under house arrest in Pakistan and his allies were prevented from participating in elections for decades.