An Afghan diplomat was kidnapped near Peshawar; a Marriott hotel in Islamabad was hit with a suicide bomb killing at least 53 people; and the killing of Pakistani villagers by a U.S. missile has strained relations between Islamabad and Washington.
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Retired Pakistani General Talit Masood believes that "if the Taliban continue with this activity, I think there is going to be a civil war."
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