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[26 Apr 2011 | Comments Off | ]
Act One, Part Two

The CIA-ISI spy war is an ongoing saga.

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[16 Apr 2011 | Comments Off | ]
Hi-Tech and High Risk

As collateral damage keeps mounting in America’s often misdirected drone attacks in Waziristan, the Pakistan military may be forced to take action of its own.

Blog Row, The Water Cooler »

[14 Apr 2011 | Comments Off | ]
Friends “In Deed”

If the US and the UK are our true friends, then they have to help implement truly beneficial socio-economic measures in both Afghanistan and Pakistan.

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[19 Mar 2011 | One Comment | ]
Spy vs Spy

Most Pakistanis are not aware of the depth and scope of the current Pak-American relationship. As such, it should be scarcely surprising if our American allies feel slightly bemused when they hear the sounds of Pakistani patriotism on the loose.

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[27 Jan 2011 | 7 Comments | ]
Flawed Strategy

Can drone attacks really help the US win the war against Al-Qaeda?

Arts & Culture, Books »

[26 Dec 2010 | Comments Off | ]
A New Discourse

Two anthologies of South Asian Voices trace the problems plaguing the region in an attempt to recast South Asia in a new image.

Arts & Culture, Books »

[15 Dec 2010 | Comments Off | ]
Book Review: The Scorpion’s Tail

The Scorpion’s Tail is a well-argued plea for a critical appraisal of the current efforts to defeat and eliminate Al-Qaeda and Taliban forces.

Arts & Culture, Books, News & Politics »

[18 Nov 2010 | Comments Off | ]
New Book: The Scorpion’s Tail

Zahid Hussain’s new book is a hair-raising account of the ground realities in the war against terror and a lucid examination of what the US and Pakistan fear.

News & Politics, Opinion, Viewpoint »

[17 Nov 2010 | 2 Comments | ]
Masters, Not Friends?

Contrary to claims, the latest US-Pak dialogue was yet another case of Pakistan being talked at, rather than talked to.

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[12 Nov 2010 | Comments Off | ]
NATO Supplies Under Attack

If not the nationalist militants, who is behind the recent surge in the arson attacks on NATO tankers and trailers carrying food and fuel to Afghanistan?