/CORRECTED REPEAT*/POLITICS: Pakistan’s Offensive, Afghanistan’s Risk
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Commentary By Killid Correspondents*
KABUL, Oct 13 (IPS) – For generations, Pakistan’s southern Waziristan region has been a launching pad for insurgent military operations in Afghanistan
During the Soviet invasion of this country, Mujahiddin used the area as a staging ground for attacks on Russian soldiers. [...]
POLITICS: Pakistan’s Offensive, Afghanistan’s Risk
Global Analyst Online – Global News Blog / IPS
Commentary By Killid Correspondents*
KABUL, Oct 12 (IPS) – For generations, Pakistan’s southern Waziristan region has been a launching pad for insurgent military operations in Afghanistan
During the Soviet invasion of this country, Mujahiddin used the area as a staging ground for attacks on Russian soldiers. [...]
THE PUNJABI TALIBAN
INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM MONITOR–PAPER NO. 566
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B.RAMAN
The interrogation of Muhammed Aquil alias Dr.Usman, the only surviving member of the group of nine terrorists, which launched a commando-style attack on the Pakistan Army’s General Headquarters (GHQ) at Rawalpindi on October 10,2009, which lasted a little over 20 hours, has [...]
AFGHANISTAN: Fighting Reinvigorated Taliban Needs Regional Plan
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Zeina Khodr*AJ/IPS
KABUL, Oct 7 (IPS) – As U.S. military strategists consider whether to send additional troops to Afghanistan, there is little doubt among many Afghans and government officials that the Taliban has resurged with increasing strength and expanded its influence across the country.
Gen Stanley [...]
PAKISTAN: Local Residents Tacitly Approve of Swat Killings
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Ashfaq Yusufzai
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Oct 1 (IPS) – Widespread reports of extrajudicial killings of suspected Taliban by the military do not seem to have raised alarm bells among a people that have been deeply traumatized by the militant group’s atrocities.
A number of residents of the [...]
OBAMA’S AF-PAK TROIKA FAILS TO DELIVER
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By B.Raman
http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/papers32/paper3186.html
US policy-makers had hoped that the taking-over of Gen. David Petraeus as the commander of the US Central Command, and Gen. Stanley McChrystal as the US Commander in Afghanistan working under Gen.Petraeus would bring about a more proactive strategy to weaken the Taliban and create a [...]
GERMANY: Opposition Builds Up Over Afghanistan
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By Julio Godoy
BERLIN, Aug 14 (IPS) – German writers and philosophers have begun to condemn military intervention in Afghanistan as an "invasion", a "mistake", and a "delusion".
In an essay titled ‘Cowardice before our own people’ last week in Der Spiegel weekly, philosopher and writer [...]
END OF BAITULLAH MEHSUD?
INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM MONITOR— PAPER NO.547
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B.RAMAN
( To be read in continuation of my article of June 26,2009, titled "Co-Ordinated Hunt For Baitullah Mehsud" at http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/papers33/paper3275.html . Article annexed for easy reference)
The co-ordinated hunt for Baitullah Mehsud, the Amir of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), undertaken by the [...]
OBAMA’s NIGHTMARE: CONTRADICTIONS IN AFPAK POLICY
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By M RAMA RAO
New Delhi: As President Obama is getting ready for a midcourse correction to his AfPak policy, he and his advisors must come to grips with the very basic features of the policy that has brought a new nightmare to the Americans. The policy has [...]
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