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POPSTeenage bombers are rescued from Taleban suicide training camps The Army believes that between 1,200 to 1,500 boys as young as 11 who were trained in Swat to become suicide bombers were recruited after the Pakistani Government signed a peace deal with the Taleban in February, handing over control of the valley to the militants. The agreement broke down after the Taleban started advancing on Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, which led to a military offensive that has all but driven the militants from the region. The boys were rescued after the Taleban were forced to abandon their camps. Many are still missing, however, having been sold to militants in other areas.
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POPSBahai Non-Involvement In Politics Dr. Ali-Murad Davudi’s essay is at once chastening, a cautionary note. Yet it is a loving embrace of a nascent faith, an emerging global religion, the light of which we can as yet not fully observe, but a light that nevertheless is bathing the whole of humanity within God’s loving grace, in which the diversity of humanity will reach its zenith once unity is achieved through God’s loving grace. His apparent martyrdom at first glance for me left a pit in my stomach and terribly saddened my heart and soul. Reading this left me bittersweet. Bitter because I am human and I see his martyrdom as grossly unjust. However, the sweet nectar is that Mr. Dr. Ali-Murad Davudi’s spirit reaches through these words to touch our hearts. The effect is at once profound and humbling. Let his words be studied by all seekers of the light of God of whatever faith. And, if you are of any faith in our one Creator, please say a prayer for Dr. Ali-Murad Davudi, a scholar, a gentle