The unpopularity of US drone strikes has been exaggerated
Pakistani politicians fume and rant against US unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) strikes against al-Qaeda and Taliban targets in the tribal areas in Pakistan’s North-west. The outrage is a charade, at least for the politicians in government, because some of the UAVs are operating out air bases in [...]
Pakistan’s strategic retreat will be irreversible…unless the military establishment is transformed
First the facts: the Pakistani government has struck a deal with Maulana Sufi Mohammed, who heads an organisation called the Tanzim Nifaz Shariat-e-Muhammadi (TNSM) to impose Nizam-e-Adl regulations, which are based on Sharia law, in the Malakand Division of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP). [...]
A question of superior force, superior tactics and resolve
Sushant Sareen’s piece on the psy-war in Afghanistan makes an important point:
Even more galling is the nonsense being peddled that this war is not winnable and that the Pashtun lands are the graveyards of empires past and present. Not only is this historically incorrect, it is also [...]
..and violations thereof
Over at Five Rupees, Ahsan has an excellent take on the goings-on between the United States and Pakistan along the Durand line.
I should also stipulate for the record that the violation by the U.S. of Pakistan’s sovereignty—the notion that a state practices exclusive control of territory within its borders—in FATA is a red [...]
Say the corps commanders of the Pakistani army?
Bruce Loudon of The Australian reports that the Pakistani army’s corps commanders have ordered their troops to retaliate against US troops crossing over into their territory.
What amounts to a dramatic order to “kill the invaders”, as one senior officer put it last night, was disclosed after the commanders—who [...]
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