Ahmed Rashid speaks with Hugh Eakin about the continuing conflict between the Taliban and the Pakistani government, the humanitarian crisis in Swat, and the violence that has spread from the border with Afghanistan to within sixty miles of the capital,
In the basement below United Educational Credit Union's lobby on Riverside Drive, nine employees commit to memory the phrases, "This is a deposit slip," and, "How can I help you?" in Spanish.Some of its credit union tellers, asset managers and
