On TV at 1500GMT: Pakistan Taliban claim revenge for Bin Laden
| 12:48 UK time, Friday, 13 May 2011
This topic was discussed on 13 May 2011.
Our two main guests on TV today will be:
, form UN head of humanitarian affairs. Many of you will have heard him speak to the ´óÏó´«Ã½ and other media over the years.
of the New York Times who over a million of you follow on twitter.
You'll have seen in the news that at least 80 people have been killed at paramilitary force academy in north-west Pakistan. Many of you expected Islamists to respond to Bin Laden's death and now that revenge is here (though it's worth noting that the Pakistan Taliban have a track record of claiming attacks they did not carry out). All of which pushes the issue of how Pakistan should tackle Islamist extremism to the top of the agenda. Though, to be honest, it was already there in the wake of Bin Laden's death. We'll talk through the issues.
Also, make time to read the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s Owen Bennett Jones on the situation in Pakistan. Another excellent piece.
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