Category Archives: Pakistan
Maybe Faisal Shahzad isn’t that simple
Robert Wright, writing on the New York Times website, had a very intelligent takedown of simplistic attitudes towards jihadism as exhibited by Daniel Pipes and Jeffrey Goldberg, who treat religious violence as an entity that exists on its own, divorced … Continue reading
AfPak always reminded me of Aflac
Remember those commercials with the duck? Anyway, point is, the Obama Administration is dropping the term AfPak. Josh Rogin writes on his blog at Foreign Policy. They’re getting rid of it because–surprise!–it “does not please people in Pakistan.” Personally, I … Continue reading
Filed under Afghanistan, American Politics, Diplomacy, Pakistan
Taliban’s PR
Is the Taliban on a PR offensive? Based on interviews given to CNN and the New York Times, it seems as though they might be. CNN’s intrepid Nic Robertson, a quintessential war correspondent, sat down with Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid … Continue reading
Filed under Afghanistan, Pakistan, War
Loose
Abdul Qadeer Khan, the Pakistani scientist who shared nuclear secrets with Iran, North Korea and Libya, was released from house arrest today. (Via Abu Muqawama.) I’m sure that he will be under close surveillance by Pakistan’s ISI, but it’s a … Continue reading
Filed under Pakistan
A name to remember
My friend Leo was talking to me about Swat the other day, though I can’t remember what he was saying exactly. We read the Wikipedia article for a while. If you don’t want to read it here’s the summary: Swat … Continue reading
