Students practice memorizing the Koran at the Darul Uloom Rahmaniya Madrassa in Dera Ghazi Khan in Pakistan's South Punjab. Zackary Canepari for The New York TimesMilitants Unite In Pakistan’s Populous Heart -- New York Times
DERA GHAZI KHAN, Pakistan — Taliban insurgents are teaming up with local militant groups to make inroads in Punjab, the province that is home to more than half of Pakistanis, reinvigorating an alliance that Pakistani and American authorities say poses a serious risk to the stability of the country.
The deadly assault in March in Lahore, Punjab’s capital, against the Sri Lankan cricket team, and the bombing last fall of the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad, the national capital, were only the most spectacular examples of the joint campaign, they said.
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