Tag Archives : north waziristan

Pakistan has sealed its fate, to the tune of millions of dollars. It finally got what it wanted, or what it said it needed. Zardari just has to deliver now. Pakistan’s proxy mission for the West: to take on the Taliban and al-Qaeda inside Pakistan in a struggle in which there are no guarantees of success. The US Senate has unanimously passed the [...]

The issue of safety of the Pakistani nuclear arsenal has made more than a few people worried, wary, and beleaguered. Maybe it is because Pakistan, the purported ground zero of Islamist armed terror, also has an image of having a weak government and fast turning into a failed state. While pouring in supposedly much-needed military funding into the country, [...]

The captured New York Times reporter, David Rohde, fled his Taliban captors in a daring escape and now is safe at the Unites States Air Force Base in Bagram, Afghanistan. David escaped the clutches of the Taliban after a seven months long captivity along with a local reporter Tahir Ludin. However, their driver Mr. Manghal did not escape for reasons [...]