Pakistanis Increasingly Look to Taliban to Hear Legal Disputes

Mon, 06/16/2008 - 12:26
  • Artist: Rahmanullah
  • Length: 5:36 minutes (5.14 MB)
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In the autonomous tribal areas of Pakistan, and the volatile Swat Valley in the Northwest Frontier Province, the power of the Taliban is growing. The fundamentalist movement has established a parallel court system and jails, based on Islamic law or "shariah." Residents say they have lost trust in the regional government's judicial system, which is accused of taking bribes and often takes years to resolve cases. 

FSRN correspondent Rahmanullah has more.

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