US journalist Nicholas Schmidle was deported from Pakistan on 11 January.

It is thought his deportation is linked to his atricle, Next-Gen Taliban that appeared in New York Times Magazine on 6 January and details some of the emerging conflicts between Taliban leaders and Pakistan’s Islamic fundamentalist leaders.

The Committee to Protect Journalists remarked that it was “unfortunately accustomed to reporting on the government’s attacks on the local media, but now harassment seems to be spreading to foreign journalists as well”.