Home pagePress CenterIn the Media Rick Barton and Karin von Hippel, co-directors of the CSIS Post-Conflict Reconstruction Project, had an op-ed published in the Daily Times of Pakistan, "Dealing with Extremism."
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Rick Barton and Karin von Hippel, co-directors of the CSIS Post-Conflict Reconstruction Project, had an op-ed published in the Daily Times of Pakistan, "Dealing with Extremism."
The recent surge in extremist violence across Pakistan requires a dramatic shift in the current campaign against terrorism, in Islamabad as well as in Washington. Already, in early 2008, Pakistan has suffered the tragic consequences of more than 100 suicide and other bomb attacks, with more than 30 people killed in Lahore in a recent attack.
The recent parliamentary elections provide an opportunity for a citizen-driven campaign to reduce violence against civilians. Indeed, the one area of post-election political convergence is that extremist violence is now a critical threat in Pakistan.
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