Militants have mounted numerous suicide attacks in Pakistan during the past two-and-one-half years.
VOA: standard.2009.10.05
Given that the population has increased by one-and-a-half million in the past 25 years, and two-and-a-half million people in this city were born in other countries, some of which are at war with each other, it is a miracle the place is as peaceful as it is.
Sunny assigns 25 or so men to each slum--the squad in Gaodevi has been there for the past two and a half years--and it's their job to scope out the leaders and the troublemakers.