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Spy or Intermediary?

Colonel Imam’s death at the hands of the TTP would have one believe he was a spy for the ISI, but the military’s half-hearted efforts to secure his release indicate otherwise.

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[22 Feb 2010 | Comments Off | Rahimullah Yusufzai]
Bone of Contention

The Haqqani network’s alleged presence in Pakistan has become a prickly issue between Washington and Islamabad.

Blog Row, News & Politics, Zahid Hussain »

[17 Dec 2009 | One Comment | Zahid Hussain]
A Confrontation with Haqqani is Bad?

Will widening the military offensive in Pakistan to include the Haqqani network in North Waziristan imperil the fragile domestic consensus on fighting militancy?

Blog Row, The Water Cooler »

[22 Sep 2009 | 5 Comments | Nadir Hassan]
Weekly Briefing

The weirdest, most wonderful and downright depressing stories that came out of Pakistan this past week.

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[8 Feb 2009 | 2 Comments | Zahid Hussain]
Paradise Lost

Eighteen months of military operation has produced little results. The army achieved some significant successes last year, when they pushed out the militants from most of the areas, but an ill-fated peace deal signed by the provincial government allowed the militants to regroup and return to Swat.

Opinion, Viewpoint »

[3 Feb 2009 | Comments Off | Ayesha Siddiqa]
Searching for the Genie

To date, there is no clear assessment of what the agency spends annually. Lt. General (retd) Asad Durrani, who is also one of the former ISI chiefs, once claimed that the government spends on the organisation as much as it would in purchasing a fighter aircraft. This means an annual budget of US$25-35 million that is part of the budget listed as ‘Inter-Services Organisations’ in the overall breakdown of annual defence spending revealed this year to the parliament.

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[8 Mar 2007 | Comments Off | Zaki Chehab]
Profile: Hamid Karzai

“Looking at Afghanistan from the perspective of other countries will only cause trouble, not help us,” says Hamid Karzai,

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[12 Nov 2006 | Comments Off | Zahid Hussain]

Some 85 people died in the deadliest ever single operation launched by Pakistani forces against suspected militants in the lawless tribal region

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[9 Nov 2006 | Comments Off | Massoud Ansari]
Militant Media

The Taliban are making effective use of training and recruitment videos as propaganda in the fight against NATO troops.

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[19 Jun 2006 | Comments Off | Zahid Hussain]
The Taliban Strike Back

Over a hundred people gathered last month at a mosque in the small village of Mahmoudabad, a mile from the Afghan border, in the Chaman [...]