The latest drone strike, and the certainty that there will be others in future, will undoubtedly derail Islamabad’s plan to buy peace with the terrorists who have been on a killing spree across Pakistan
Islamabad is evidently fighting a losing battle with self-inflicted terrorism, and, as its core security assets are targeted with increasing frequency, the capacity to contain this threat appears to be diminishing
Does the military and political leadership have the capacity to learn any lessons from the enduring disaster that is its own history?
The world, and the US in particular, is yet to respond unambiguously to the continuing adventurism of a nation that should have been declared rogue more than two decades ago
Relentless military suppression, human rights violations and excesses by intelligence and security agencies continue unabated.
A total of 3,433 people were killed in 215 suicide attacks across Pakistan during the three years since Operation Sunrise, between July 2007 and July 2010.
Operation Orakzai is yet another instance of Pakistan army declaring victory over ‘terrorism’ which is easily rebuffed by various local and official sources
The latest arrests are further confirmation of the growing counter-terrorism co-operation between India and Bangladesh, after years of Bangladeshi support to insurgent groups active in Northeast.
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