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In the past two months, Taliban militants have suddenly tightened the noose on this city of three million people, one of Pakistan's biggest, establishing bases in surrounding towns and, in daylight, abducting residents for high ransom.

The militants move unchallenged out of the lawless tribal region, just 16 kilometers, or 10 miles, away, in convoys of heavily armed, long-haired and bearded men. They have turned up at courthouses in nearby towns, ordering judges to stay away. On Thursday, they stormed a women's voting station on the city outskirts, and they are now regularly kidnapping people from the city's bazaars and homes. There is a feeling that the city gates could crumble at any moment.

The threat to Peshawar is a sign of the Taliban's deepening penetration of Pakistan and of the expanding danger that the militants present to the entire region, as well as nearby supply routes for NATO and U.S. forces in Afghanistan.

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I don't know about the "evil" part, but they may be paying for being foolish!