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Pakistan ISI Backs Taliban: Claims LSE Report by Matt Waldman

June 13, 2010

The never ending propaganda against our ISI continues unabated. Today a famous British educational institution London School of Economics has joined the campaign by publishing a report stating that Pakistan ISI has strong links with the Afghan Taliban groups.  The report is published by Matt Waldman of Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Kennedy School [...]

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Fall of Dhaka: East Pakistan becomes Bangladesh

December 18, 2009

16th December will always be a black day for Pakistanis, because it is the same day when a part of Pakistan became an independent country called Bangladesh. A lot has been said and inquiries have been performed to find out the exact reason for the separation of East-Pakistan but there seems no valid answer for [...]

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Resignation Letter of Matthew P. Hoh, US Embassy Employee Afghanistan

November 9, 2009

I have just been forwarded this widely circulated resignation letter of Matthew P . Hoh, Senior Civilian Representative, Zabul Province, US Embassy in Afghanistan. I read the letter and found it to give a very good insight into the actual ground reality instead of what has been reported by the Western media. The Western media [...]

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Picture Post: Certificate of Suicide or Certificate of Shahadat

October 27, 2009

Tehrik e Taliban Pakistan issues “Sanad-e-Shahadat” or certificate of Shahadat to their “Mujahids” (or terrorists?). The certificate reads that Mujahid xyz was associated with TTP and that he embraced shahadah while making jihad for glory of Islam and defending Muslims. WELL, DOES SHAHADAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE CERTIFIED? Would a person killing innocent people be [...]

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Reforms for Countering Militancy in FATA

October 26, 2009

There is a growing realization that apart from our decades of abuse of religion for politics that resulted in the rise of militant religious and linguistic groups in the country at the cost of real political parties, systematic denial of fundamental rights and legalization of criminal activity through laws such as the Frontier Crimes Regulation [...]

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Operation Rah-i-Nijat (Path To Deliverance) : South Waziristan (Updates)

October 18, 2009

‘So it begins’ operation Rah-i-Nijat in South Waziristan against foreign backed terrorists ‘ Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan’ TTP. So lets get down to the business and give you the overview of this new battle against evil and show you how both the parties stack against each other. Besides we will daily update this post for any news, [...]

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Pakistan Army Accused Of Violence: Are We Too Quick To Judge?

October 9, 2009

On the news of the IDPs return home to the Swat Valley, I had mixed feelings, both elation and concern. The joy of people finally returning to their houses was overwhelming. However, increasing fears of backlash overshadowed enthusiasm and questions about the rehabilitation of these people along with the need to continue aid indefinitely were [...]

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Holbrooke’s Visit: Hopes And Expectations

August 17, 2009

I cannot tell whether the Taliban have been destroyed or dispersed as a result of this operation until I go myself, But one thing that is quite obvious is that security forces regained Swat and Buner from the Taliban, which itself is very significant.” – AP, said Holbrooke, US special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan. [...]

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Baitullah Mehsud Death and Burial Location on Google Earth

August 10, 2009

Few months back the government of Pakistan and US both got exposed by the media when they released the pictures of US Drones parked in Shamsi airbase in Baluchistan. The controversy became an embarassment for both Musharraf and the present democratic government as no one could deny the reality. The detail article about the US [...]

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Taliban: Should We Fear The Ideology More?

July 30, 2009

War brings with it a tinging uncertainty, which is almost impossible to overlook. The fact that war will bring peace sounds quite hypocritical.Yet there are many situations that appear to have no other solution. On a personal level, I am against war, or any sort of violence for whatever given reason. War is something I [...]

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The Incessant War

July 7, 2009

They say it’s a never ending war , that war has never been the solution. I want to agree , I want this madness to stop. The Taliban madness that makes all our daily life miseries seem ‘dim’. Everyday the headlines fill up with stories of war.  Accentuating the brilliance of  the military offensive and [...]

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Swat: Demystifing The Battle

June 29, 2009

Last week a drone attack in South Waziristan killed over 80 people. The Government has not released any information regarding these individuals. There has been no disclosure of evidence to prove  that all of the 80 dead were militants either. Appalled at the silence of constant drone attacks in Pakistan I scribbled down my condemnation [...]

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Cadet College Razmak Students & Staff Kidnapped By Taliban

June 1, 2009

Another Cowardly act by Taliban, this time kidnapped over 500 teenage students of Cadet College Razmak along with Teachers and other staff. Cadet College Razmak is a Military High School, located in the valley of Razmak, in North Waziristan, Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). The College was just closed and the students and staff were [...]

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Made in USA arms used in Swat by Terrorists

May 29, 2009

Seems the director of Iron Man had some real intelligence into the mess that Americans created in Afghanistan when he showed that Americans weapons were supplied to both Talibans and American military to keep the US arms manufacturers in business. Today ISPR head General Athar Abbas made the accusations that American supplied weapons have been [...]

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