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The Guardian - UK
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Pakistan's army under threat

Pakistan: 4 October 2009: Pakistan's new Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud
4 October 2009: Pakistan's new Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud, centre, operates a light machinegun with his comrades in Sararogha, South Waziristan Photograph: Ishtiaq Mahsud/AP
Pakistan: 5 October 2009: A policeman at the UN World Food Programme offices
5 October 2009: A police officer stands on the walls of the UN World Food Programme offices in Islamabad as smoke rises from the aftermath of a suicide bomb attack inside the compound Photograph: Adrees Latif/Reuters
Pakistan: 5 October 2009: A woman cries next to the body of suicide attack victim
5 October 2009: A woman cries next to the body of a person killed in a suicide attack in Islamabad Photograph: Alexandre Meneghini/AP
Pakistan: 5 October 2009: People watch a broadcast of Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud
5 October 2009: People watch a broadcast of Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud on television in Quetta Photograph: Banaras Khan/AFP/Getty Images
Pakistan: 9 October 2009: Bystanders gather at the site after a car bomb blast
9 October 2009: Bystanders gather at the site after a car bomb blast in Peshawar Photograph: A Majeed/AFP/Getty Images
Pakistan: 9 October 2009: Men walk past the aftermath of a car-bomb explosion
9 October 2009: Men walk past the aftermath of a car-bomb explosion in Peshawar Photograph: Reuters
Pakistan: 9 October 2009: The wreckage of a burnt out NATO supply truck
9 October 2009: Dejected drivers sit in front of the wreckage of a burnt-out Nato supply truck after an attack on the outskirts of Peshawar Photograph: A Majeed/AFP/Getty Images
Pakistan: 9 October 2009: People help an injured person out of the site in Peshawar
9 October 2009: People help an injured person out of the bombing site in Peshawar Photograph: Mohammad Sjjad/AP
Pakistan: 10 October 2009: Military helicopters
10 October 2009: Military helicopters fly over the entrance to Pakistan's army headquarters after an attack by armed men in Rawalpindi Photograph: Faisal Mahmood/Reuters
Pakistan: 10 October 2009: Police commandos take position
10 October 2009: Police commandos take position after an attack on the entrance of army headquarters in the garrison city Rawalpindi Photograph: Farooq Naeem/AFP/Getty Images
Pakistan: 12 October 2009: A man who was injured in a bomb attack in Shangla district
12 October 2009: A soldier, police officer and hospital staff move a man, who was injured in a bomb attack in Shangla district, to the Lady Reading hospital in Peshawar Photograph: Fayaz Aziz/Reuters
Pakistan: 12 October 2009: A police officer stands guard at a checkpoint in Islamabad
12 October 2009: A police officer stands guard at a checkpoint in Islamabad Photograph: Alexandre Meneghini/AP
Pakistan: 12 October 2009: A woman places flowers next to portraits of army soldiers
12 October 2009: A woman places flowers next to portraits of army soldiers killed by Taliban militants who stormed Pakistan's army headquarters in Rawalpindi Photograph: Aamir Qureshi/AFP/Getty Images
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