Archive for the ‘Af-Pak War’ Category
Af-Pak War
Journalists in Quetta arrested for terrorism
Implicating political opponents and dissenting journalists in cases of ’sedition’ and ‘terrorism’ are two old-fashioned but regular tactics applied by governments. Such tools have been applied across the world, mainly in repressive regimes, in an effort to muzzle nonconforming opinion and put the key detractors of the ruling elite behind bars. Confronted with a war-like [...]
Quetta goverment releases accused terrorists
QUETTA, Pakistan: The government of Balochistan on Wednesday announced the withdrawal of 89 cases registered against different Baloch nationalist leaders, including Nawabzada Bramdagh Bugti, Sardar Akhtar Mengal and Jamil Bugti, in an effort to reconcile with the annoyed leaders of Balochistan. According to official sources, Chief Minister Nawab Mohammad Aslam Raisani immediately issued orders to [...]
Drone strike on Balochistan: Where is the right target?
US President Barrack Obama has committed an additional 30,000 troops under his new Af-Pak policy announced at United States Military Academy in West Pont, New York. Under this plan, Washington is contemplating withdrawal of forces from Afghanistan in the next 18 months. According to Obama, the US will firstly break the Taliban momentum and then [...]
Human rights defender names his alleged murderers shortly before his death
Human rights defender names his alleged murderers shortly before his death Mr. Nisar Baloch, aged 46, was shot dead on November 7, 2009 in Karachi by motorbike riders. Police have refused to mention the names of the murderers in the First Investigation Report (FIR), owing to the fact that the accused persons belong to ruling [...]
Pakhtoon History
Pakhtoon History from ALAIWAH! Highlanders and Rulers Pakhtoon due to the poor quality of land they occupy and their insistence on living on higher grounds have always been economically challenged. Their response has always been to supplement their income by working outside their home land. In the past they excelled as soldiers and were part [...]
Inside the mind of a female suicide bomber
I ran across an interesting story posted by Imran Baloch of a woman, Baida, a suicide bomber jailed after her failed attempt to blow herself. She lost her father and brother; ironically she opted to blow herself. Her story is intriguing, living in an isolated community dominated by extremists, women in such areas are powerless, [...]
Quetta Shura: Threat to secular Balochistan?
Threat to secular Balochistan? As Pakistan’s internationally acclaimed journalist, Ahmed Rashid, laments in his book Descent into Chaos, “Today, seven years after 9/11, Mullah Omar and the original Afghan Taliban Shura still live in Balochistan province.” A Baloch nationalist leader, Sanaullah Baloch, also bemoans the presence of Taliban supporters who have captured land worth [...]
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) propaganda
Dawn.com has an interesting editorial on the state of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in Pakistan. Waliur Rehman, the kingpin of militants in South Waziristan, has emerged from hiding to make some bold claims. ‘Thousands’ of the TTP’s men have been sent to Afghanistan to fight the American-led foreign forces, according to Rehman, while the TTP has [...]
Pakistan ignores US requests to tackle the Haqqani Network
The Pakistani government and military have rejected US requests to dismantle the deadliest Taliban network, which operates in eastern Afghanistan and is based in North Waziristan. Read more: http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/12/pakistan_ignores_us.php#ixzz0ZmtrseSD Haqqani Network slideshow
Dawn.com: How teenagers were lured by Taliban
PESHAWAR: An artificial paradise (Jannat) established by terrorists for brainwashing would-be suicide bombers has been captured by security forces in South Waziristan Agency.
