KARACHI - When United States President George W Bush and British Premier Gordon Brown interacted with their Pakistani and Afghan counterparts on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York last week, they expressed satisfaction for the conflict escalation against the Taliban and al-Qaeda in the South Asian War theater. (See Militants shake off Pakistan’s grip Asia Times Online, Sep 29.)
This escalation, particularly in Pakistan’s tribal agencies, is a gamble based on the tactics used by the US’s chief man in Iraq, General David Petraeus, in 2007. Following a "surge" in the war, the US offered an olive branch to the militants. This created a
wedge between al-Qaeda and the Iraqi tribal resistance and led to a significant reduction in the intensity of the resistance.
In Pakistan, there is no sign of this happening. Indeed, the reverse is true.
On Monday, Pakistani security officials warned that the militants battling Pa...
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Humanitarian aid is one of those things that sound good at first, but at second thought comes off as arrogant and outright dumb. The instinctive response to problems abroad is to help other people get back on track. But is it really that easy? What if we end up doing more harm than good? Even more, what are the true intentions behind humanitarianism, which today has turned into an industry?
Humanitarians are part of the problem, not part of the solution. So goes Conor Foley's argument... more
ISLAMABAD - In Pakistan zijn woensdagochtend vroeg circa tachtig mensen omgekomen door een aardbeving met een kracht van 6,2 op de schaal van Richter. Een hoge functionaris van de provincie Baluchistan verwacht dat het dodental nog flink zal oplopen.... more
L’ epicentro del violento sisma , di 6,2 gradi della scala Richter è stato nelle montagne di Chiltan. Diverse persone sono ancora intrappolate sotto le macerie
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