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  • An armed member of the AVCC, (Anti-Violence Crime Cell) a special police unit mostly involved in anti-terrorism operations and kidnap cases in the city of Karachi, is riding in a police van in the city on their way to a night raid aimed at freeing a hostage and arresting the offenders.
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  • An armed member of the AVCC, (Anti-Violence Crime Cell) a special police unit mostly involved in anti-terrorism operations and kidnap cases in the city of Karachi, is sitting in a police van on the way to a night raid on the outskirts of Karachi, Pakistan's main economic hub.
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  • Members of the AVCC, (Anti-Violence Crime Cell) a special police unit mostly involved in anti-terrorism operations and kidnapping cases in the city of Karachi, are collecting their weapons from the AVCC armory in central Karachi in preparation of a night raid on the outskirts of the city searching for a kidnap suspect.
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  • Recruits of the Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Elite Police Training Center, a commando and anti-terrorism academy on the outskirts of Karachi, are taking part to a raid simulation exercise involving the freeing of a hostage. The training center was founded by retired colonel Abdul Wahid Khan, a brave officer who served as a gunship helicopter pilot in the Pakistani Air Force and around the globe with the United Nations, but who's first task as a young army officer in 1979 was to train Afghan Mujahedeen to fight the Soviet Army, the very Mujahedeen that are today's Taleban.
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  • Recruits of the the Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Elite Police Training Center, a commando and anti-terrorism academy on the outskirts of Karachi, are exercising at dawn. The training center was founded by retired colonel Abdul Wahid Khan, a brave officer who served as a gunship helicopter pilot in the Pakistani Air Force and around the globe with the United Nations, but who's first task as a young army officer in 1979 was to train Afghan Mujahedeen to fight the Soviet Army, the very Mujahedeen that are today's Taleban.
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  • Two suspected kidnappers are being questioned on the spot inside a police car by members of the AVCC (Anti-Violence Crime Cell) and by the local police force in Thatta, on the outskirts of Karachi, while on his search for a hostage during a fake ransom meet up with the criminals. The AVCC is a special police unit mostly involved in anti-terrorism operations and kidnap cases.
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  • A member of the AVCC (Anti-Violence Crime Cell) is portrayed while at their headquarters in Karachi, Pakistan. The AVCC is a special police unit mostly involved in anti-terrorism operations and kidnap cases in the city and its vicinity.
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  • A member of the AVCC (Anti-Violence Crime Cell) is portrayed while at their headquarters in Karachi, Pakistan. The AVCC is a special police unit mostly involved in anti-terrorism operations and kidnap cases in the city and its vicinity.
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  • A member of the AVCC (Anti-Violence Crime Cell) is portrayed while at their headquarters in Karachi, Pakistan. The AVCC is a special police unit mostly involved in anti-terrorism operations and kidnap cases in the city and its vicinity.
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  • A member of the AVCC (Anti-Violence Crime Cell) is portrayed while at their headquarters in Karachi, Pakistan. The AVCC is a special police unit mostly involved in anti-terrorism operations and kidnap cases in the city and its vicinity.
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  • Naveed Ahmed, 27, a young and ambitious member of the AVCC (Anti-Violence Crime Cell) is portrayed while at their headquarters in Karachi, Pakistan. The AVCC is a special police unit mostly involved in anti-terrorism operations and kidnap cases in the city and its vicinity.
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  • A member of the AVCC, (Anti-Violence Crime Cell) a special police unit mostly involved in anti-terrorism operations and kidnapping cases in the city of Karachi, is loading his Pakistani made G3 assault rifle in preparation of a night raid on the outskirts of the city searching for a kidnap suspect.
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  • SSP (Senior Superintendent of Police) Raja Umer Khattab, head of the anti-terrorism SIU (Special Investigation Unit) of the Karachi Police and one of Pakistan's most experienced terror experts, is portrayed in his office in the SIU headquarters in central Karachi, Pakistan. Mr Khattab was nearly killed by a suicide attack aimed at his assassination in 2008, returned to his job three months later and personally arrested the jihadist that had directed the attack.
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  • High-rise buildings mainly housing expensive apartments and shopping malls have grown very rapidly in Pakistan's main economic and financial hub, Karachi, under the recent leadership of Syed Mustafa Kamal, its mayor. Mr Kamal, 36, who was short-listed for the 2010 World Mayor Prize, is courting foreign investment, encouraging international ties, and boosting the city's tourism.
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  • Members of the Karachi Police are routinely patrolling the streets of the financial area of the city.
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  • A recruit of the Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Elite Police Training Center, a commando and anti-terrorism academy on the outskirts of Karachi, is exercising on a high rope structure located on the premises. The training center was founded by retired colonel Abdul Wahid Khan, a brave officer who served as a gunship helicopter pilot in the Pakistani Air Force and around the globe with the United Nations, but who's first task as a young army officer in 1979 was to train Afghan Mujahedeen to fight the Soviet Army, the very Mujahedeen that are today's Taleban.
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  • Moinuddin Syed, 42, the AVCC (Anti-Violence Crime Cell) second in command, is sitting at his desk in Karachi where he usually analyse information and prepare raids. The AVCC is a special police unit mostly involved in anti-terrorism operations and kidnap cases in the city.
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  • Moinuddin Syed, 42, the AVCC (Anti-Violence Crime Cell) second in command, is on his mobile phone giving instructions to his men during a night raid on the outskirts of the city of Karachi on their search for a kidnap suspect during a fake ransom meet up with the criminals. The AVCC is a special police unit mostly involved in anti-terrorism operations and kidnap cases.
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  • A kidnap suspect is being detained for questioning by a member of the AVCC, (Anti-Violence Crime Cell) a special police unit mostly involved in anti-terrorism operations and kidnap cases in the city of Karachi.
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  • Armed members of the AVCC, (Anti-Violence Crime Cell) a special police unit mostly involved in anti-terrorism operations and kidnap cases in the city of Karachi, are riding their vehicles in the city on their way to a night raid.
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  • Armed members of the AVCC, (Anti-Violence Crime Cell) a special police unit mostly involved in anti-terrorism operations and kidnap cases in the city of Karachi, are preparing to raid a cluster of houses on the outskirts of the city on their search for a kidnap suspect during a fake ransom meet up with the criminals.
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  • Recruits of the the Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Elite Police Training Center, a commando and anti-terrorism academy on the outskirts of Karachi, are exercising and simulating extreme actions on a high tower located on the premises. The training center was founded by retired colonel Abdul Wahid Khan, a brave officer who served as a gunship helicopter pilot in the Pakistani Air Force and around the globe with the United Nations, but who's first task as a young army officer in 1979 was to train Afghan Mujahedeen to fight the Soviet Army, the very Mujahedeen that are today's Taleban.
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  • A member of the AVCC (Anti-Violence Crime Cell) is portrayed while at their headquarters in Karachi, Pakistan. The AVCC is a special police unit mostly involved in anti-terrorism operations and kidnap cases in the city and its vicinity.
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  • A member of the AVCC (Anti-Violence Crime Cell) is portrayed while at their headquarters in Karachi, Pakistan. The AVCC is a special police unit mostly involved in anti-terrorism operations and kidnap cases in the city and its vicinity.
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  • A member of the AVCC (Anti-Violence Crime Cell) is portrayed while at their headquarters in Karachi, Pakistan. The AVCC is a special police unit mostly involved in anti-terrorism operations and kidnap cases in the city and its vicinity.
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  • A member of the AVCC (Anti-Violence Crime Cell) is portrayed while at their headquarters in Karachi, Pakistan. The AVCC is a special police unit mostly involved in anti-terrorism operations and kidnap cases in the city and its vicinity.
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  • Moinuddin Syed, 42, the AVCC (Anti-Violence Crime Cell) second in command, is portrayed while at their headquarters in Karachi, Pakistan. The AVCC is a special police unit mostly involved in anti-terrorism operations and kidnap cases in the city and its vicinity.
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  • Students at a large Madrassa (Islamic school) in North-West Karachi, Pakistan's main economic hub, are about to face end of the year examinations.
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  • A kidnap suspect (center) is being questioned by two members of the AVCC, (Anti-Violence Crime Cell) a special police unit mostly involved in anti-terrorism operations and kidnap cases in the city of Karachi, Pakistan's main economic hub.
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  • An advertisement portraying Naseem Hamid, 100-metres gold medal at the recent South Asian Federation Games in Bangladesh, is presented on a billboard standing along a busy road in Karachi, Paksitan. Naseem has become Pakistan's first woman to sprint to gold in the championship's 26-year history.
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  • Recruits of the Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Elite Police Training Center, a commando and anti-terrorism academy on the outskirts of Karachi, are taking part to a raid simulation exercise. The training center was founded by retired colonel Abdul Wahid Khan, a brave officer who served as a gunship helicopter pilot in the Pakistani Air Force and around the globe with the United Nations, but who's first task as a young army officer in 1979 was to train Afghan Mujahedeen to fight the Soviet Army, the very Mujahedeen that are today's Taleban.
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  • Colonel Abdul Wahid Khan (center) is posing for a portrait inside the Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Elite Police Training Center, a commando and anti-terrorism academy on the outskirts of Karachi. The training center was founded by retired colonel Abdul Wahid Khan, a brave officer who served as a gunship helicopter pilot in the Pakistani Air Force and around the globe with the United Nations, but who's first task as a young army officer in 1979 was to train Afghan Mujahedeen to fight the Soviet Army, the very Mujahedeen that are today's Taleban.
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  • A recruit of the Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Elite Police Training Center, a commando and anti-terrorism academy on the outskirts of Karachi, is exercising and simulating an extreme action on a high tower located on the premises. The training center was founded by retired colonel Abdul Wahid Khan, a brave officer who served as a gunship helicopter pilot in the Pakistani Air Force and around the globe with the United Nations, but who's first task as a young army officer in 1979 was to train Afghan Mujahedeen to fight the Soviet Army, the very Mujahedeen that are today's Taleban.
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  • A member of the AVCC (Anti-Violence Crime Cell) is portrayed while at their headquarters in Karachi, Pakistan. The AVCC is a special police unit mostly involved in anti-terrorism operations and kidnap cases in the city and its vicinity.
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  • A member of the AVCC (Anti-Violence Crime Cell) is portrayed while at their headquarters in Karachi, Pakistan. The AVCC is a special police unit mostly involved in anti-terrorism operations and kidnap cases in the city and its vicinity.
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  • A member of the AVCC (Anti-Violence Crime Cell) is portrayed while at their headquarters in Karachi, Pakistan. The AVCC is a special police unit mostly involved in anti-terrorism operations and kidnap cases in the city and its vicinity.
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  • A boy offering rides on his horse for a fee is walking alone along Clifton Beach, a renowned costal area near the centre of Karachi, Pakistan's main economic hub.
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  • Muslim children are studying the Koran, Islam's holy book, at a large Madrassa (Islamic school) in North-West Karachi, Pakistan's main economic hub.
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  • Children of policemen living in houses near the AVCC (Anti-Violence Crime Cell) headquarters in central Karachi are playing on the street after a sprout of rain fell on the city.
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  • A symbol signifying 'Allah', (right) is seen at a roundabout in central Karachi near a McDonald's fast-food restaurant sign. (left)
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  • Young men are dancing on stage at a Coca Cola event organised at a McDonald's fast-food restaurant on Clifton Beach, a renowned costal area near the centre of Karachi, Pakistan's main economic hub.
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  • SSP (Senior Superintendent of Police) Abdullah Sheikh, 42, the director of the AVCC (Anti-Violence Crime Cell) is portrayed while overlooking documents in his office in the AVCC headquarters in central Karachi, Pakistan's main economic hub.
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  • A kidnap suspect (left) is being detained for questioning by a member of the AVCC, (Anti-Violence Crime Cell) a special police unit mostly involved in anti-terrorism operations and kidnap cases in the city of Karachi, Pakistan's main economic hub.
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  • A kidnap suspect (right) is being detained for questioning by a member of the AVCC, (Anti-Violence Crime Cell) a special police unit mostly involved in anti-terrorism operations and kidnap cases in the city of Karachi, Pakistan's main economic hub.
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  • Naveed Ahmed, 27, (left) a young and ambitious member of the AVCC (Anti-Violence Crime Cell) is portrayed while taking a short break after an unsuccessful rescue operation in the outskirts of Karachi, Pakistan's main economic hub, in Sindh Province. During the raid the police detained kidnap suspects and recovered the phone and SIM card used by the criminals to contact the hostage's family. The man however was not found on this occasion. The suspects have been brought to the AVCC headquarters in Karachi to be questioned. The AVCC is a special police unit mostly involved in anti-terrorism operations and kidnap cases in the city and its vicinity.
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  • Naveed Ahmed, 27, (left) a young and ambitious member of the AVCC (Anti-Violence Crime Cell) is portrayed while waiting to leave for a night raid on the outskirts of Karachi, Pakistan's main economic hub, in Sindh Province. The AVCC is a special police unit mostly involved in anti-terrorism operations and kidnap cases in the city and its vicinity.
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  • Truck drivers belonging to a Karachi-based company are sitting in their office. The company has been contracted by NATO to transport containers arriving to Karachi by ship to Afghanistan and other bases of NATO bases in the region. Many drivers have been killed on Afghan territory by insurgent's bandit attacks aimed at disrupting NATO's supplies. Some travel as far as Bagram Airfield, near Kabul, the Afghan capital.
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  • Karachi's habour, Asia's second largest, is NATO's main supply and logistical hub in South Asia. Here hundreds of ship containers are being reloaded onto trucks daily and then sent to Afghanistan and other bases of NATO bases in the region.
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  • Recruits of the Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Elite Police Training Center, a commando and anti-terrorism academy on the outskirts of Karachi, are exercising at dawn. The training center was founded by retired colonel Abdul Wahid Khan, a brave officer who served as a gunship helicopter pilot in the Pakistani Air Force and around the globe with the United Nations, but who's first task as a young army officer in 1979 was to train Afghan Mujahedeen to fight the Soviet Army, the very Mujahedeen that are today's Taleban.
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  • Colonel Abdul Wahid Khan (right) is inciting young recruits during a boxing class at the Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Elite Police Training Center, a commando and anti-terrorism academy on the outskirts of Karachi, are exercising and simulating extreme actions on a high tower located on the premises. The training center was founded by retired colonel Abdul Wahid Khan, a brave officer who served as a gunship helicopter pilot in the Pakistani Air Force and around the globe with the United Nations, but who's first task as a young army officer in 1979 was to train Afghan Mujahedeen to fight the Soviet Army, the very Mujahedeen that are today's Taleban.
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  • A member of the AVCC, (Anti-Violence Crime Cell) a special police unit mostly involved in anti-terrorism operations and kidnap cases in the city of Karachi, is portrayed while sitting inside their headquarters in center of the city.
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  • Recruits are exercising at a long-range shooting ground at the Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Elite Police Training Center, a commando and anti-terrorism academy on the outskirts of Karachi. The training center was founded by retired colonel Abdul Wahid Khan, a brave officer who served as a gunship helicopter pilot in the Pakistani Air Force and around the globe with the United Nations, but who's first task as a young army officer in 1979 was to train Afghan Mujahedeen to fight the Soviet Army, the very Mujahedeen that are today's Taleban.
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  • A night view of Karachi, Pakistan's main economic hub and its largest city, counting for over 18 million inhabitants.
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  • Recruits of the the Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Elite Police Training Center, a commando and anti-terrorism academy on the outskirts of Karachi, are being briefed on raids and security procedures. The training center was founded by retired colonel Abdul Wahid Khan, a brave officer who served as a gunship helicopter pilot in the Pakistani Air Force and around the globe with the United Nations, but who's first task as a young army officer in 1979 was to train Afghan Mujahedeen to fight the Soviet Army, the very Mujahedeen that are today's Taleban.
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  • A Muslim boy is waiting for breakfast at a large Madrassa (Islamic school) in North-West Karachi, Pakistan's main economic hub.
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  • A night view of Karachi, Pakistan's main economic hub and its largest city, counting for over 18 million inhabitants.
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  • Armed members of the AVCC, (Anti-Violence Crime Cell) a special police unit mostly involved in anti-terrorism operations and kidnap cases in the city of Karachi, are reciting prayers in their vehicle on the way to a raid on the outskirts of the city while searching for a kidnap suspect.
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  • Recruits are running during training exercise at the Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Elite Police Training Center, a commando and anti-terrorism academy on the outskirts of Karachi. The training center was founded by retired colonel Abdul Wahid Khan, a brave officer who served as a gunship helicopter pilot in the Pakistani Air Force and around the globe with the United Nations, but who's first task as a young army officer in 1979 was to train Afghan Mujahedeen to fight the Soviet Army, the very Mujahedeen that are today's Taleban.
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  • Recruits are taking part in a raid simulation exercise at the Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Elite Police Training Center, a commando and anti-terrorism academy on the outskirts of Karachi. The training center was founded by retired colonel Abdul Wahid Khan, a brave officer who served as a gunship helicopter pilot in the Pakistani Air Force and around the globe with the United Nations, but who's first task as a young army officer in 1979 was to train Afghan Mujahedeen to fight the Soviet Army, the very Mujahedeen that are today's Taleban.
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  • A member of the AVCC (Anti-Violence Crime Cell) is portrayed while at their headquarters in Karachi, Pakistan. The AVCC is a special police unit mostly involved in anti-terrorism operations and kidnap cases in the city and its vicinity.
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  • Members of the AVCC, (Anti-Violence Crime Cell) a special police unit mostly involved in anti-terrorism operations and kidnapping cases in the city of Karachi, are gathering on the outskirts of a suspected criminal hiding position in order to discuss the approach on the ground and to retain a strategic advantage on all possible escape routes.
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  • Armed members of the AVCC, (Anti-Violence Crime Cell) a special police unit mostly involved in anti-terrorism operations and kidnap cases in the city of Karachi, are sitting in their vehicle on the way to a raid on the outskirts of the city while searching for a kidnap suspect.
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  • An instructor of the Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Elite Police Training Center, a commando and anti-terrorism academy on the outskirts of Karachi, is instructing recruits. On his t-shirt are printed the letters ATF, meaning Anti-Terrorism force, The training center was founded by retired colonel Abdul Wahid Khan, a brave officer who served as a gunship helicopter pilot in the Pakistani Air Force and around the globe with the United Nations, but who's first task as a young army officer in 1979 was to train Afghan Mujahedeen to fight the Soviet Army, the very Mujahedeen that are today's Taleban.
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  • Two snipers in mimetic disguise are practising at a long-range shooting ground at the Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Elite Police Training Center, a commando and anti-terrorism academy on the outskirts of Karachi. The training center was founded by retired colonel Abdul Wahid Khan, a brave officer who served as a gunship helicopter pilot in the Pakistani Air Force and around the globe with the United Nations, but who's first task as a young army officer in 1979 was to train Afghan Mujahedeen to fight the Soviet Army, the very Mujahedeen that are today's Taleban.
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  • Recruits are exercising at the Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Elite Police Training Center, a commando and anti-terrorism academy on the outskirts of Karachi. The training center was founded by retired colonel Abdul Wahid Khan, a brave officer who served as a gunship helicopter pilot in the Pakistani Air Force and around the globe with the United Nations, but who's first task as a young army officer in 1979 was to train Afghan Mujahedeen to fight the Soviet Army, the very Mujahedeen that are today's Taleban.
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  • An armed member of the AVCC, (Anti-Violence Crime Cell) a special police unit mostly involved in anti-terrorism operations and kidnap cases in the city of Karachi, is raiding a hut on the outskirts of the city on his search for a kidnap suspect during a fake ransom meet up with the criminals.
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  • Two armed members of the AVCC, (Anti-Violence Crime Cell) a special police unit mostly involved in anti-terrorism operations and kidnap cases in the city of Karachi, are raiding a cluster of houses on the outskirts of the city on their search for a kidnap suspect during a fake ransom meet up with the criminals.
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  • An armed member of the AVCC, (Anti-Violence Crime Cell) a special police unit mostly involved in anti-terrorism operations and kidnap cases in the city of Karachi, is preparing to raid a cluster of houses on the outskirts of the city on their search for a kidnap suspect during a fake ransom meet up with the criminals.
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  • Men are running along the horse-vans through the narrow streets of Ivrea, pop. 30.000. During the days of the Carnival, the town becomes crammed with tourists coming to witness the event which finds its roots at the end of the XII Century, when the people led an insurrection against the local tyrant, Count Ranieri of Biandrate, who was exercising the 'jus primae noctis' rule (having the first night) on the local young brides. The battle to overthrow him is represented with a 3-day-fight between factions in which more then 400 tonnes of oranges are thrown. During the celebrations, food stalls, bands playing music, and parades are also present, giving it a typical Medieval atmosphere. ...
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  • Member of the horse-van teams are taking a moment of break from the intense battle while his van moves from one square to the next during the Battle of the Oranges, in Ivrea, pop. 30.000. During the days of the Carnival, the town becomes crammed with tourists coming to witness the event which finds its roots at the end of the XII Century, when the people led an insurrection against the local tyrant, Count Ranieri of Biandrate, who was exercising the 'jus primae noctis' rule (having the first night) on the local young brides. The battle to overthrow him is represented with a 3-day-fight between factions in which more then 400 tonnes of oranges are thrown. During the celebrations, food stalls, bands playing music, and parades are also present, giving it a typical Medieval atmosphere. ...
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  • A member of a horse-van team is standing on the back of a van heading towards another square of the city of Ivrea, pop. 30.000. During the days of the Carnival, the town becomes crammed with tourists coming to witness the event which finds its roots at the end of the XII Century, when the people led an insurrection against the local tyrant, Count Ranieri of Biandrate, who was exercising the 'jus primae noctis' rule (having the first night) on the local young brides. The battle to overthrow him is represented with a 3-day-fight between factions in which more then 400 tonnes of oranges are thrown. During the celebrations, food stalls, bands playing music, and parades are also present, giving it a typical Medieval atmosphere. .
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  • Member of the horse-van team The Death, are taking a moment of break from the intense battle while his van moves from one square to the next during the Battle of the Oranges, in Ivrea, pop. 30.000. During the days of the Carnival, the town becomes crammed with tourists coming to witness the event which finds its roots at the end of the XII Century, when the people led an insurrection against the local tyrant, Count Ranieri of Biandrate, who was exercising the 'jus primae noctis' rule (having the first night) on the local young brides. The battle to overthrow him is represented with a 3-day-fight between factions in which more then 400 tonnes of oranges are thrown. During the celebrations, food stalls, bands playing music, and parades are also present, giving it a typical Medieval atmosphere. .
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  • A member of the horse-van teams is taking a moment of break from the intense battle while his van moves from one square to the next during the Battle of the Oranges in Ivrea, pop. 30.000. During the days of the Carnival, the town becomes crammed with tourists coming to witness the event which finds its roots at the end of the XII Century, when the people led an insurrection against the local tyrant, Count Ranieri of Biandrate, who was exercising the 'jus primae noctis' rule (having the first night) on the local young brides. The battle to overthrow him is represented with a 3-day-fight between factions in which more then 400 tonnes of oranges are thrown. During the celebrations, food stalls, bands playing music, and parades are also present, giving it a typical Medieval atmosphere. ...
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  • Calin, 30, from Romania, (left) is driving his van along the streets of Hampstead, one of the most exclusive residential areas of London in search of a new mansion to squat. Lukatz, 23, from Poland, (right) is having a beer while checking on the road, in Hampstead, London, England.
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  • A woman is being evacuated to a helicopter in Bakhmut, a town in eastern Ukraine’s conflict zone, carrying her to a better hospital in the city of Dnipropetrovsk. She was wounded when a sniper bullet hit the van she was travelling on in Zaitseve, close to the frontline, as she was bringing humanitarian aid to civilians alongside another volunteer, who was also injured.
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  • Julia Paevska is evacuating a volunteer named Sergey to a helicopter in Bakhmut, a town in eastern Ukraine’s conflict zone, carrying him to a better hospital in the city of Dnipropetrovsk. He was wounded when a sniper bullet hit the van he was driving in Zaitseve, close to the frontline, as he was bringing humanitarian aid to civilians alongside another volunteer, who was also injured.
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  • Julia Paevska is evacuating a volunteer named Sergey to a helicopter in Bakhmut, a town in eastern Ukraine’s conflict zone, carrying him to a better hospital in the city of Dnipropetrovsk. He was wounded when a sniper bullet hit the van he was driving in Zaitseve, close to the frontline, as he was bringing humanitarian aid to civilians alongside another volunteer, who was also injured.
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  • With other members of ASAP, Julia Paevska is evacuating a volunteer named Sergey to a helicopter in Bakhmut, a town in eastern Ukraine’s conflict zone, carrying him to a better hospital in the city of Dnipropetrovsk. He was wounded when a sniper bullet hit the van he was driving in Zaitseve, close to the frontline, as he was bringing humanitarian aid to civilians alongside another volunteer, who was also injured.
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  • Men are stading on the back of a small van in the mids of heavy traffic on the streets of Agra. The Taj Mahal has been struggling to keep in shape also because of the high levels of pollution in the city, mainly caused by congested roads and high levels of traffic, vehicles and an increasing population, in Agra.
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  • Julia Paevska is evacuating a volunteer named Sergey to a helicopter in Bakhmut, a town in eastern Ukraine’s conflict zone, carrying him to a better hospital in the city of Dnipropetrovsk. He was wounded when a sniper bullet hit the van he was driving in Zaitseve, close to the frontline, as he was bringing humanitarian aid to civilians alongside another volunteer, who was also injured.
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