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AFPPESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) — Salar Jadoon was kidnapped on the school run, his sister was shot in the head and his driver was killed in the sort of attack that is increasingly common at the gateway to Pakistan's tribal badlands.
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To the Pakistani middle class of Peshawar, the city was until about a year ago a refuge of flowers and gardens, where families would pass balmy summer evenings enjoying barbecues and green tea at river-side restaurants.
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On the outskirts of the metropolis, police barricade themselves inside fortified stations when dusk falls, too frightened to venture out when the Taliban come roaming.
"We are really scared. The Taliban are coming closer and closer to this city," Hidayat Khan, a salesman in a downtown garments shop, told AFP.
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