Archive for the ‘Taliban’ Category
I am a terrorist and so are you
[picapp align=”center” wrap=”false” link=”term=pakistan+lahore+attack&iid=8939974″ src=”4/0/3/7/An_Ahmadi_Muslim_c58f.jpg?adImageId=13093023&imageId=8939974″ width=”380″ height=”254″ /] There are many before me who have written about Friday’s attack on the Ahmadis in Lahore. By the time this piece goes into print, still more will have written – and written better – of the audacious attack on Jinnah Hospital by the terrorists who came back […]
Filed under: MInority rights, Politics, Taliban, Terrorism | 10 Comments
Tags: Lahore attack, Lahore Jinnah Hospital attack, Pakistan, Pakistan Ahmadis
Sign of the Times
[picapp align=”center” wrap=”false” link=”term=president+barack+obama&iid=7349027″ src=”f/2/a/f/OBAMA_af7d.JPG?adImageId=8298547&imageId=7349027″ width=”380″ height=”472″ /] Even though the phrase is repeated ad nauseum, Pakistanis seem to be more annoyed than usual on hearing US leaders urge Pakistan to ‘do more’. The Daily Times on Sunday has United States President Barack Obama saying to CBS News that ‘Pakistan must help US against Qaeda.’ […]
Filed under: Foreign Policy, Taliban, Terrorism, US-Pakistan relations | 14 Comments
Tags: Afghan Taliban, Al qaeda, Blackwater, Drone attacks, Guardian, Mustafa Qadri, Obama, Pakistan, Pankaj Mishra, Quetta, Quetta Shura, Taliban, United States, US, Xe
Army of Frankensteins
At least 40 people were killed in a suicide attack in Rawalpindi yesterday. Maybe because the attack targeted Muslim worshippers gathered for what is in the Islamic cultural of the subcontinent the week’s most important namaz many reacted by declaring that this CANNOT have been done by Pakistanis. For whatever reason, it is increasingly the […]
Filed under: Politics, Swat Offensive, Taliban, Terrorism, Waziristan Offensive | 42 Comments
Tags: 9/11, fidayeen, India, Israel, Pakistan army, Pakistan mosque blast, Rawalpindi attack, Rawalpindi blast, suicide attack, Taliban, US
