Pakistan’s New War Games

Note: The fol­low­ing is a par­tial repost of my story that ran on Reuters India. TAME­WALI KHARIPUR, Pak­istan (Reuters) — Pak­istan army troops backed by fighter planes con­ducted a mock bat­tle with India in the largest mil­i­tary exer­cise in 21 years, sig­nalling that the old rival remained its biggest secu­rity threat. In a dusty yet impres­sive dis­play of conventional […]

InsurgencyWatch moving to True/Slant

In the com­ing days, Insur­gen­cy­Watch will be mov­ing to True/Slant, “an orig­i­nal con­tent news net­work tai­lored to both the ‘Entre­pre­neur­ial Jour­nal­ist’ and mar­keters who want a more effec­tive way to engage with dig­i­tal audi­ences.” (That’s what the offi­cial about page says.) It’s not a deci­sion I’ve made lightly, but I real­ize that gone are the days when the […]

Obama, us leaders should contemplate future of Afghan women - Chicago Tribune

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Obama, us lead­ers should con­tem­plate future of Afghan women Chicago Tri­bune Would nuclear-armed Pak­istan become even more vul­ner­a­ble to its own Tal­iban insur­gency? Will a defeat embolden America’s ene­mies? That line of think­ing must … Viet­nam syn­drome has begun in AfghanistanSri Lanka Guardian (blog) Troops Can’t WaitInvestor’s Busi­ness Daily Polit­i­cally Cor­rect: More troops to AfghanistanUni­ver­sity Daily Kansan ABC News -AFP -PRESS TV all 872 news articles »

Officials: Campus blasts perplexing - United Press International

Offi­cials: Cam­pus blasts per­plex­ing United Press Inter­na­tional ISLAM­ABAD, Pak­istan, Oct. 21 (UPI) — The Inter­na­tional Islamic Uni­ver­sity, where bomb blasts killed at least six peo­ple, is a unique Pak­istani insti­tu­tion … and more »

Schools closed in Pakistan after bombing - GMA news.tv

Schools closed in Pak­istan after bomb­ing GMA news.tv An Asso­ci­ated Press reporter met three Tal­iban fight­ers Tues­day trav­el­ing in a car with dark­ened win­dows at Shak­toi, a town close to the bor­der between … and more »