This is due to Taliban presence and imposition of the blasphemy laws.
There have also been innumerable drone attacks in the region due to US interference against the Taliban militancy.
The US government has been using armed unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, to carry out hundreds of covert missile strikes in northwest Pakistan since at least June 2004.
In the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks, the Bush administration began a campaign of ‘targeted killing' against suspected members of Al Qaeda and other armed groups in the region.
