The McChrystal Departure

"50 years after General MacArthur was retired the US Commander in Afghanistan General David Mckiernan was relieved of his command, and now, in the third such instance in the midst of war, General McChrystal has been removed and the command in Afghanistan has been given to the...

Female dancer killed in Pakistan as robbers ambush troupe in rest

In bizarre act of crime, some unidentified robbers killed a female dancer on Sunday in Pakistan's troubled North West Frontier Province. Militants have been threatening performing artistes for past couple of years in the restive north of the country, killing some of them...

13 die in Pakistan suicide bombing

As the Pakistanis were still in a shock after over a half dozen bombings, including suicide attacks, in Lahore Friday, a suicide bombing killed 13 people, including policemen and security personnel, in Pakistan's troubled Swat district on Saturday."MINGORA: At least 13...

5 militants killed, Nato fuel tanker destroyed in Pakistan

Five militants were killed in an early morning clash with Pakistani security forces in the troubled Swat Valley while miscreants attacked an oil tanker carrying fuel for Afghanistan-based Nato forces with guns and rockets on Monday on the outskirts of Peshawar, the capital...

29 Dead in Blast: Pakistan

Stories from Pakistan always starts will blast, blood, death. In one similar story, sorry reality, 29 people died in north west Pakistan died in a bomb blast. Militants are flexing muscles in these area which army claims that they have retaken it from Taliban. "At least 29...

200 child fidayeen rescued in Pakistan

Finally - a great step towards the betterment of Pakistan and its future generations.....Fidayeen means -one who sacrifices himselfA fidayeen attack is a suicide tactic used by terrorists. Such attacks are modelled upon suicide attacks by Palestinian Native Inhabitants...

DIVERGENCES

Yesterdays New York Times has a story that hints at divergences between the US and Pakistan in the war on terror in Afghanistan. Unnamed Pakistani intelligence officials are reported as having said that Pakistan had concerns that the US operational surge in Afghanistan could...

Taliban buys kids to be recruited as suicide bombers

Rehman Malik, Pakistan's Interior Minister claims that the Taliban is paying Rs500,000 to Rs2.5 million for children to be recruited as suicide bombers. " ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said the government is determined to continue the war against terrorism...

Peeling the Onion: The Taliban in Pakistan

“The Taliban are no longer a single movement with a single cause, The Taliban have become a phenomena, a hydra with different heads and no centre of gravity, an organizational structure with commonalities but different goals and objectives depending on locations and...

The Enemy Within

The Pakistan Army is now the undoubted lead agency in the battle against those who challenged and continue to challenge the writ of the State. Malakand and Bajaur at the northern end of FATA are being cleared—this area had to be given priority because of the blatant...

Pakistan : People's Resistance Against Taliban

 By Zia Ur Rehman   The fact “When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty” proved itself true in a remote area of Dir District of North West Pakistan where the locals attacked on a stronghold of Taliban militants near Pak-Afghan bordering...