Pakistani soldiers patrol near Peshawar in February 2008. A soldier and at least seven Taliban militants, including a senior commander, were killed in a gunfight Tuesday in a Pakistani tribal area bordering Afghanistan. (AFP/File/Tariq Mahmood)Pakistanis Strike Back Against Taliban -- Washington Times
PESHAWAR, Pakistan| Suicide attacks and bombings have driven some neighborhoods to take up arms in the city best known as the gateway to terrorist hide-outs in Pakistan's tribal areas.
Budabar is one example of a Peshawar neighborhood with its own squad of "Guardian Angels." But unlike the U.S. vigilante group known for its red berets and armed only with martial-arts skills, the Pakistanis make their rounds with Kalashnikov rifles.
When the Taliban blew up one of the government's girls schools, a member of Peshawar's provincial assembly called a meeting of more than 200 elders.
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