Sit-in by Pakistanis against drone attacks today

On call of cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan, Pakistan are set to start two-day protest sit-in in Peshawar, capital city of the country's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, today."PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) is staging a sit-in here today to block the Nato...

3 killed in fierce clashes in tehsil Safi area of Mohmand, FATA

Three persons including a Khasadar were killed and 3 others were injured on Wednesday after fierce firing among security forces and Taliban in Qandharo area of Tehsil Safi, Mohmand Agency, sources told. The sources said that clash triggered when security forces launched...

Suicide Attacker gunned down in Bajaur Agency

 Pakistan Security forces have gunned down a suspected suicide bomber in Khar Tehsil of Bajaur Agency. According to official sources, a suicide bomber was spotted by security personnel near Shandai Mor.The...

From the heart of battle – journalist connects through NowPublic

Respecting confidentiality of NowPublic mail correspondence, I want to recognize that some of our writers are on the front line in the most dangerous places in the world. For instance, NowPublic’s Khalid Nisar...

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...

LIFE ( Behead), LIBERTY (Clutch) & SECURITY ( Kidnap): Taliban HR

Death by Beheading (Life), Captivity (Liberty) and Kidnapping (Security) is the new interpretation given by Taliban to 'Every one has the right to Life, Liberty and Security of a person.' Human rights...

A TEST OF WILLS

Spearhead Analysis "That war is a clash of wills is a cliché. Yet, as one of America’s earliest naval heroes John Paul Jones understood, “men (and by extension women) are more important than guns in the rating of a ship.” "

The Marjah Strategy

" Spearhead Analysis A deliberately well publicized campaign involving thousands of US, Britsh and Afghan troop’s code named ‘Operation Mushtarak’ is poised to begin in Afghanistan’s Helmand province with Marjah as the main geographic objective. Mushtarak, meaning...

The Taliban Shadow

Spearhead AnalysisThe latest media reports indicate that the Lashkar e Zil (The Shadow Army or Army of Shadows) is the organization responsible for the attacks on security forces in Azad Kashmir. With the Tehreek Taliban Pakistan at its core the LeZ is said to include the...

2010 (2010 started badly with horrendous attacks)

Spearhead Research Analysis2010 started badly with horrendous attacks---the attack on a Shia sect mourning procession and follow up arson attacks in Karachi and a suicide bombing attack on a village volley ball match in the western area. There have also been four drone...

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...

The Surge

As the ‘surge’ in Afghanistan gets underway two tragic incidents are noteworthy. The US air attack in Afghanistan’s Farah province on civilians a few weeks ago and the latest drone delivered missile attack in Pakistan’s South Waziristan area on a funeral procession....

Profile Baitullah Mehsud

Background. Baitullah is from the Broomikhel branch of the Shabikhel sub-tribe of Mehsuds. Son of the late Muhammad Haroon. Baitullah was born in the early 1970s in village Landi Dhok in Bannu. Baitullah Mehsud who primarily hails from South Waziristan has spent major portion...

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...

THE TERROR TRAIL

Last night a bombing attack destroyed the Pearl Continental Hotel—located in a high security zone and Peshawer’s only five star hotel. Before that the ISI ‘s provincial headquarters in Lahore had been bombed and in between there was the suicide bombing of the Police...

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