Tagged: Taliban

Watch how a super-power defends itself

From a BBC report: “‘Another US strike’ hits Pakistan“  (emphasis mine) Five civilians and seven militants have been killed in north-west Pakistan in a suspected US missile attack, local officials say. Missiles hit two...

Links and extracts for weekend reading

Irfan Husain on how the intelligentsia in Pakistan�is blissfully unaware (or indifferent) to the threat from Taliban Saurav Basu on Amir Khusro and the myth of composite culture and Kapil Sibal on�how the ‘NDA...

Pakistan: A State-sponsor of Terrorism?

Came across this news-report yesterday and wondered whether there is now sufficient�evidence to�declare Pakistan a state-sponsor of terrorism?� …Elements of Pakistan’s ISI and its paramilitaries are actively backing Taliban insurgents and if their sanctuaries...

The “Weeping Buddha”

Remember A Sequel to Bamiyan…? Well, there is more…Swat now appears to be officially under Taliban control Excerpts from: ‘Taliban has the responsibility to arrest Musharraf‘ (emphasis mine). I doubt that there is now any...

Gandhigiri, Taliban and the need for reform in Islam

Be careful before you try “Gandhi-giri” – It may earn you a fatwa. Most of you may have already come across these two seemingly unrelated news items. A closer look at them though underlines the need for...