Pakistani military

By Kamal Hyder in Asia on October 10th, 2010
Photo by AFP

Residents live under a constant fear of being hit as dozens of unmanned drones buzz the skies over North and South Waziristan. The drones frighten children and women who sometimes become the victims, especially if the intended targets are anywhere close to their homes.

According to local tribal sources, the Americans have planted several spies whose job is to insert microchips in vehicles which are then tracked and taken out by missiles fired from drones.

When the US drone attacks started several years ago, their priority was to get the al-Qaeda leadership, But a lot has changed since then, and it appears the Americans have expanded their targets to include foreign fighters, the Pakistani Taliban, and al-Qaeda and its affiliates.

According to one senior Pakistanii military official, the accuracy of the drone raids has increased but that it still causing civilian casualties because of the nature of the way local houses are built.

By Kamal Hyder in Asia on September 10th, 2010
Photo by AFP

Muslims across the world are furious that an American pastor would threaten to burn copies of the Quran. If such an act was committed in a Muslim country, the man would soon find himself shredded to pieces by uncontrollable mobs.

It's a pity that even today, as people across the world consider themselves civilised modern citizens of the world, they may be becoming accomplices to an act of "terror" that could cause huge and irreparable harm, cost human lives and lead to the damage to property. 

Beyond that, it would jeopardise America’s future role in the Islamic world. 

By Gregg Carlstrom in Asia on May 23rd, 2010

Hamid Gul, the former head of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency, talks about US pressure on the Pakistani military, fighting in the tribal agencies, and the prospect of political reconciliation with the Taliban.

The US government has placed a certain amount of pressure on Pakistan to "do more" to combat terrorism in the tribal agencies, particularly in North Waziristan. Gul called that counterproductive, and said the Pakistani military is already fighting in most of the tribal regions; he also endorsed the idea of a political solution to the conflict between the Pakistani government and the Taliban, even though previous peace treaties collapsed after a matter of weeks or months.

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