Hearts on The Line in Pakistan

A fellow at the Pacific Council on International Policy and author of "Descent Into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia" writes that the world has been "stunningly indifferent" to the plight of the more th …

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Some in Qaeda Leave Pakistan for Somalia and Yemen

American officials say they are seeing the first evidence that dozens of fighters with Al Qaeda, and a small handful of the terrorist group's leaders, are moving to Somalia and Yemen from their principal haven in Pakistan's tribal areas.

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Iraq's New Death Squad

According to Congressional records, the ISOF has grown into nine battalions, which extend to four regional "commando bases" across Iraq.

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Curbing extremism

People with jobs and regular incomes are less likely to turn towards extremism.

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Villagers angered by mosque blast attack Taliban

Pakistani tribesman unaffiliated with the country's military took up arms (Dawn) against Taliban militants following a recent mosque bombing in Upper Dir province in the country's northwest that incensed the tribesmen.

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The most deadly US foe in Afghanistan: The Haqqani Network

Afghanistan's most lethal group, the Haqqani network, is a shadowy outfit that many officials consider to be the biggest threat to the American presence in the country.

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Arms smuggling unchecked in Mardan, Pakistan

A new and a possibly serious security crisis is in the making in the vicinity of the sprawling temporary dwellings of the IDPs in District Mardan where sophisticated weaponry is being bought and smuggled in from the AJK area through agents and carriers in Sakhakot and Shergarh lo …

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India for reshaping ties with Pakistan

India's new government outlined its policy road map (Hindu) for the next five years and said it will take a "zero tolerance" policy toward terrorism. Dawn looks at what this might mean for Pakistan.

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New Approach to Afghanistan Likely

Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal said that violence and combat deaths will intensify as more U.S. troops surge into Taliban-held areas of Afghanistan, but he vowed to execute a "holistic" strategy in which killing insurgents would be subordinate to safeguarding Afghan civilians.

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The Myth of the Moderate Taliban

Differentiation between hard-core Wahhabis, Muslim Brotherhood adherents, and Iraqi subversives, and the ambivalent elements among their foot soldiers, has been adopted as a policy trope by the Obama administration, which claims it can locate and turn wavering members of the Tali …

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The Future of Soldiering

In describing the recent intellectual history of Pentagon thinking about irregular war, Mattis cited Bosnia, Chechnya, Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon in 2006, and the events in Georgia and South Ossetia last summer. "The signposts have come into focus," he said.

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Pakistan needs 'shift' to beat the Taliban - Ahmed Rashid

The latest deadly bomb attack in the Pakistani city of Lahore has once again highlighted the threat posed by the Taliban. The militants now face a much more determined government, people and army - but there is a long way to go.

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The Outlook for the Oil Price

The precipitous fall in oil prices over the past year may just be paving the way for another spike

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Taliban kill Afghan students, burn schools

Taliban and other militant groups are forcing schools to close across Afghanistan's southern Helmand province, assassinating teachers and students and destroying school buildings.

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Nearly 3 Dozen Taliban Gunned Down: Afghanistan

Quqnoos reports U.S. and Afghan forces killed over thirty Taliban militants in raids in Paktika province, which borders Pakistan.

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TTP claims Lahore bombing, threatens more attacks

The Pakistani Taliban, meanwhile, claimed responsibility (Dawn) for a bombing in Lahore yesterday that killed over twenty people and injured 200 or more.

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In Search Of Success (Af-Pak Policy) by Steve Coll

Exactly three decades ago, in the spring of 1979, an uprising against Afghanistan's then Soviet-backed regime drew the Carter administration into discussions about how to assist the region's Islamist rebels.

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Al-Qaida today: a movement at the crossroads

If you wonder what has happened to Al-Qaeda, follow the trail of Arab and Muslim public opinion, and you'll get a clear picture of its massive crisis of authority and legitimacy. Militants of all stripes, particularly repentant jihadis, know they are at a crossroads.

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Pakistan on the Brink - Ahmed Rashid

Pakistan is close to the brink, perhaps not to a meltdown of the government, but to a permanent state of anarchy, as the Islamist revolutionaries led by the Taliban and their many allies take more territory, and state power shrinks.

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Al Qaeda recruits back in Europe, but why?

Determined to die as martyrs, the French and Belgian militants bought hiking boots and thermal underwear and journeyed to the wilds of Waziristan.

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General faulted for awarding Tillman medal

The general picked to command U.S. forces in Afghanistan privately warned superiors in 2004 that Army Ranger Cpl.

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Pakistan Is Rapidly Adding Nuclear Arms, U.S. Says

WASHINGTON — Members of Congress have been told in confidential briefings that Pakistan is rapidly adding to its nuclear arsenal even while racked by insurgency, raising questions on Capitol Hill about whether billions of dollars in proposed military aid might be diverted to Pa …

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Could Taliban get keys to Pakistan's A-bomb? | csmonitor.com

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Pakistan: The State of The Union

Pakistan is viewed in U.S. foreign policy debates almost entirely in terms of the terrorist threat posed by the growing Islamist forces there to the international community, to Afghanistan, and to the stability of the Pakistani state.

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Pakistan is facing galloping Talibanisation: Ahmed Rashid

On Monday, April 4, veteran journalist Ahmed Rashid addressed a select crowd at Karachi's Mohatta Palace Museum.

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