This article on the front page of the sunday NYTimes presents the Taliban takeover of Buner as due to the lack of Pakistani military support and presence.
In fact, Buner's local residents had fended off Taliban attacks before, but had been weakened as a result of these confrontations and needed support from the Pakistani military this round.
They didn't get it and the Taliban strolled in.
Sunday, April 26, 2009
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