Karachi under the knife

Published August 25, 2011
Local residents shout slogans on a street during an operation by Pakistani paramilitary rangers against criminal gangs in a troubled area of Karachi.
Local residents shout slogans on a street during an operation by Pakistani paramilitary rangers against criminal gangs in a troubled area of Karachi.
During the operation, paramilitary soldiers stopped residents from entering the area without properly frisking them and their vehicles.
During the operation, paramilitary soldiers stopped residents from entering the area without properly frisking them and their vehicles.
Paramilitary soldiers cordon off a street during the operation.
Paramilitary soldiers cordon off a street during the operation.
Paramilitary soldiers patrol the streets of a cordoned off area.
Paramilitary soldiers patrol the streets of a cordoned off area.
Paramilitary soldiers patrol the streets in a troubled area of Karachi.
Paramilitary soldiers patrol the streets in a troubled area of Karachi.
Pakistani security troops arrest suspects  during a crackdown operation against target killers and the extortion mafia.
Pakistani security troops arrest suspects during a crackdown operation against target killers and the extortion mafia.
Paramilitary soldiers guard men with covered faces as they sit at the back of a ranger's van after being detained during a house to house search.
Paramilitary soldiers guard men with covered faces as they sit at the back of a ranger's van after being detained during a house to house search.
Pakistani security personnel visit a troubled area during the crackdown operation.
Pakistani security personnel visit a troubled area during the crackdown operation.

Police raided troubled areas in Pakistan's commercial hub of Karachi and detained dozens of suspects after more than 100 people were killed in a week of gang and political violence. Pakistani politicians, industrialists and citizens stepped up calls for the army to intervene to quell the violence destabilizing the city  in the worst bout of criminal and ethnic violence to hit the financial capital in 16 years. -Photos by AFP

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