VOA Broadcasting to Pakistan

A couple of years ago, VOA started Deewa Radio -- it's aimed at people who live in Pakistan's Northwest Frontier Province where there's fighting between the Taliban and the Pakistan Army. Deewa is terrific. Most people in Pakistan speak Urdu, but people living in NWFP speak Pashto. Deewa has been doing a great job of covering the area -- examining the Taliban's efforts to disrupt life including shutting down schools for girls. If you speak -- I don't -- you can listen to Deewa at www.voanews.com. Deewa has a staff of 13 with some 21 stringers in the region. If you are in Washington, let me introduce Deewa to you.