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January 05, 2015

One Pakistani's dogged fight against rats
Peshawar, Pakistan (AFP) Jan 05, 2015
The people of Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar have lived through countless bombings, shootings and kidnappings in recent years, but now a new peril stalks the streets - huge house rats. Residents of the city, on the front line of Pakistan's battle against homegrown Taliban militants, say the rodents have eaten countless chickens, bitten dozens of adults, spread disease and even killed a baby. But help is at hand in the stocky form of Naseer Ahmad. Armed with a hoe, wheelbarrow and ... read more

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