Stepping Up the Fight against the Taliban in Pakistan
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 10 June 2009
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
The Taliban, which has moved within sixty miles of Islamabad, has alienated many Pakistanis recently, with videos of the public flogging of a young girl, as well as speeches challenging the democratic principles that are cherished by Pakistanis. Guest host Sara Terry considers whether the military offensive against the Taliban is diverting attention from the need for a new Pakistani-US relationship. Also, the White House appoints a "compensation czar" with authority over executives at companies that receive federal support, and why fighting among Britain's leftist Labor Party could leads to gains for the right.
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| 0:00.0 | From PRI, Public Radio International and KCRW Santa Monica, this is To the Point. |
| 0:08.1 | Stepping up the fight against the Taliban, but who's paying the price in Pakistan? |
| 0:16.4 | I'm Sarah Terry sitting in for Warren Olney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International, a daily look at the issues Americans care about most. |
| 0:25.5 | Suicide bombers set off a massive blast in Peshawar yesterday, killing 18 people. |
| 0:30.9 | Was it a response to the Pakistani military's recent offensive against the Taliban in the Swat Valley? |
| 0:36.7 | Is Pakistan stepping up military action as a way |
| 0:39.3 | to get more U.S. aid? More than two million civilian refugees have fled the fighting. Could this |
| 0:45.1 | humanitarian crisis have been averted? How is Pakistani public opinion affecting the fight against |
| 0:50.3 | the Taliban? On reporter's notebook, Britain's Labor Party, why fighting among the left could |
| 0:55.5 | lead to gains for the right. First, here's the news. Support for To the Point comes from |
| 1:00.8 | subscribers of KCRW Santa Monica and from the Public Radio International Program Fund, whose contributors |
| 1:06.9 | include the Ford Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. McArthur Foundation, and the Rockefeller Foundation and its campaign for American workers. More at rockfound.org. |
| 1:17.2 | I'm Sarah Terry, sitting in for Warren Olney. We're back with To the Point from PRI. Much has been made of the fact that the Taliban have moved within 60 miles of the northern Pakistani city of Islamabad, |
| 1:29.6 | but how serious is the threat? The Taliban have alienated many Pakistanis recently with |
| 1:34.9 | videos of the public flogging of a young girl, as well as speeches challenging the democratic |
| 1:40.2 | principles that are cherished by Pakistanis. Is the government's military offensive against |
| 1:45.1 | the Taliban in the Swat Valley diverting attention from the need for a new Pakistani-U.S. relationship? |
| 1:51.5 | On reporter's notebook, turmoil in Britain's labor party, how long can British Prime Minister |
| 1:56.8 | Gordon Brown hold on to office? First, this news update. The White House is expected to appoint |
| 2:02.9 | a Compensation Tsar, who will have wide authority to set the pay for 175 top executives |
| 2:09.2 | at seven companies that received hundreds of billions of dollars in federal assistance. Kenneth |
| 2:14.9 | Feinberg, a Washington lawyer, who's expected to be appointed, will also develop |
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