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A technician from Pakistan's top bomb disposal unit is helped into his protective suit during a bomb search operation in Peshawar
A technician from Pakistan's top bomb disposal unit is helped into his protective suit during a bomb search operation in Peshawar October 2, 2013. Twelve years into the war on militancy, Pakistan's police are chronically under-funded. This year's federal budget gave the military about $6 billion and the police $686 million, a lopsided allocation mirrored in the disbursement of foreign aid. While the United States has given Pakistan about $30 billion since 2001, the police have got a tiny fraction compared with the military. A little of that reached the country's top police bomb disposal unit in the city of Peshawar. Picture taken October 2, 2013. To match story PAKISTAN-BOMB/SQUAD REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra (PAKISTAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW)
A technician from Pakistan's top bomb disposal unit kneels down to rest, due to wearing a heavy protective suit, during a bomb search operation in Peshawar
A technician from Pakistan's top bomb disposal unit kneels down to rest, due to wearing a heavy protective suit, during a bomb search operation in Peshawar October 2, 2013. Twelve years into the war on militancy, Pakistan's police are chronically under-funded. This year's federal budget gave the military about $6 billion and the police $686 million, a lopsided allocation mirrored in the disbursement of foreign aid. While the United States has given Pakistan about $30 billion since 2001, the police have got a tiny fraction compared with the military. A little of that reached the country's top police bomb disposal unit in the city of Peshawar. Picture taken October 2, 2013. To match story PAKISTAN-BOMB/SQUAD REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra (PAKISTAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW)
Technicians from Pakistan's top bomb disposal unit talk with a police officer at a bazaar during a bomb search operation in Peshawar
Technicians from Pakistan's top bomb disposal unit talk with a police officer at a bazaar during a bomb search operation in Peshawar October 2, 2013. Twelve years into the war on militancy, Pakistan's police are chronically under-funded. This year's federal budget gave the military about $6 billion and the police $686 million, a lopsided allocation mirrored in the disbursement of foreign aid. While the United States has given Pakistan about $30 billion since 2001, the police have got a tiny fraction compared with the military. A little of that reached the country's top police bomb disposal unit in the city of Peshawar. Picture taken October 2, 2013. To match story PAKISTAN-BOMB/SQUAD REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra (PAKISTAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW )
Technicians from Pakistan's top bomb disposal unit prepare an improvised detonator to demonstrate how to destroy militant bombs at the unit's headquarters in Peshawar
Technicians from Pakistan's top bomb disposal unit prepare an improvised detonator, by fixing a cord into a plastic water bottle, to demonstrate how to destroy militant bombs at the unit's headquarters in Peshawar September 12, 2013. Twelve years into the war on militancy, Pakistan's police are chronically under-funded. This year's federal budget gave the military about $6 billion and the police $686 million, a lopsided allocation mirrored in the disbursement of foreign aid. While the United States has given Pakistan about $30 billion since 2001, the police have got a tiny fraction compared with the military. A little of that reached the country's top police bomb disposal unit in the city of Peshawar. Picture taken September 12, 2013. To match story PAKISTAN-BOMB/SQUAD REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra (PAKISTAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW)
Malik, head of a police bomb disposal unit, watches his team display their equipment during a demonstration at the unit's headquarters in Peshawar
Shafqat Malik (C), head of a police bomb disposal unit, watches his team display their equipment during a demonstration at the unit's headquarters in Peshawar September 11, 2013.Twelve years into the war on militancy, Pakistan's police are chronically under-funded. This year's federal budget gave the military about $6 billion and the police $686 million, a lopsided allocation mirrored in the disbursement of foreign aid. While the United States has given Pakistan about $30 billion since 2001, the police have got a tiny fraction compared with the military. A little of that reached the country's top police bomb disposal unit in the city of Peshawar. Picture taken September 11, 2013. To match story PAKISTAN-BOMB/SQUAD REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra (PAKISTAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW)
A technician from Pakistan's top bomb disposal unit walks during a bomb search operation in Peshawar
A technician from Pakistan's top bomb disposal unit walks during a bomb search operation in Peshawar October 2, 2013. Twelve years into the war on militancy, Pakistan's police are chronically under-funded. This year's federal budget gave the military about $6 billion and the police $686 million, a lopsided allocation mirrored in the disbursement of foreign aid. While the United States has given Pakistan about $30 billion since 2001, the police have got a tiny fraction compared with the military. A little of that reached the country's top police bomb disposal unit in the city of Peshawar. Picture taken October 2, 2013. To match story PAKISTAN-BOMB/SQUAD REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra (PAKISTAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW)
A technician from Pakistan's top bomb disposal unit stands as he wears a protective suit alongside his colleagues during a bomb search operation in Peshawar
A technician from Pakistan's top bomb disposal unit stands as he wears a protective suit alongside his colleagues during a bomb search operation in Peshawar October 2, 2013. Twelve years into the war on militancy, Pakistan's police are chronically under-funded. This year's federal budget gave the military about $6 billion and the police $686 million, a lopsided allocation mirrored in the disbursement of foreign aid. While the United States has given Pakistan about $30 billion since 2001, the police have got a tiny fraction compared with the military. A little of that reached the country's top police bomb disposal unit in the city of Peshawar. Picture taken October 2, 2013. To match story PAKISTAN-BOMB/SQUAD REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra (PAKISTAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW)