ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Authorities in a Pakistani border province plan to arm villagers with 30,000 rifles and set up an elite police unit to protect a region increasingly besieged by Taliban and al-Qaida militants, an official said Sunday.
Pakistan to arm village militias in tribal territories
Sunday, February 22, 2009 | 5:16 p.m. CST
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